Bike 2 Creekathon

OVERVIEW

Hello fellow thoners of the creek,

By now you are all signed up for some awesome crunchy creekathon trips. You might be paddleboarding, stilting, yogaing, hot dog eating, etc etc. But what about the journey of getting to the creek? Doesn’t it feel too easy to just pile into a car and magically get there?

Noosh and I have a solution for you: Bike to creekathon!! A couple of very awesome alums used to lead bike to the creek trips and as we reminisce on our times here at uva, we would like to harness their spirit and carry on the legacy. And there might be a surprise alum who will join us… who will it be?!?!?

Here is some more information, mostly copied from Patrick and Adam’s trip description, because they phrased it oh so well:

The route is very beautiful, and is mainly back roads so you don’t have to worry much about cars. If you want to see it, here is the strava I took for it last year: https://www.strava.com/activities/8943341959. It is a little steep at some points, and we will be on roads without bike lanes, so that’s why I listed it as intermediate. Please note that you will also likely have to bike back from creekathon, we can organize how we wanna approach this once we have everyone who wants to go — we will make sure nobody bikes back alone.

All that being said, if you wanna come and need help securing/repairing a bike. Please also reach out to us, we want you to be able to come and will try to help you as best we can! Ideally, since this is a road biking trip, you would have a more enjoyable time on a bike with relatively small tires (road/racing style-gravel/hybrid tires) and no/minimal suspension, especially since it is kinda hilly, and so we can try to stick together. We are meeting at the shrack so that we can make sure all our bikes are ready to go (inflated, lubed, etc.).

When you join this trip, make sure to go to the trip description for the main carpool to creekathon and change your response to the survey to signify that you will NOT drive and that you will NOT ride in a car.

9:30 – meet at the shrack
9:45 – roll out
10:45 – arrive at da creek!

2:30/3 – get ready to start heading back
3:30/4 – arrive back at our homes

YOU bring:
bike (see above for specs)
spare tube for said bike (nice to have in case of a flat)
helmet (let us know if you need one!)
water
snack
whatever you were already bringing for creekathon

WE bring:
bike tools
vibes