Call for hill ideas

For 2008 I would like to take out some of the easier climbs and add some more difficult ones. As I see it, the 6 tough climbs that I would definitely leave in are La Collina, Righter's Mill, County Line, Hart's Lane, Port Royal and the Manayunk Wall. I would definitely like to add Delhaven St. off of Balligomingo Rd and Bryn Trydden behind the Spring Mill Country Club. I am also considering Pleasant Ave. in West Conshohocken and I am interested in including a couple climbs in the Valley Forge area. Any ideas?

Rough outline for 2008:

#1: La Collina
#2: Righter's Mill
#3: Bryn Trydden
#4: Pleasant Ave.
#5: County Line
#6: Climb in Valley Forge?
#7: Climb in Valley Forge?
#8: Delhaven St.
#9: Hart's Lane
#10: Port Royal
#11: Valley Green Rd?
#12: Climb in Manayunk?
#13: Manayunk Wall

Pittsburgh DD writeup

Check out Chew's write up plus photos from the Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen.
Barb "Barbarella" Howe also has a good write up on her cyclingnews.com diary.

Pittsburgh Tribune Review article

Saw this article, mentions the Philly DD.

PDD Videos

Coutesy of Jason Cole...

Points

Sorry for the delay, but here are the final points from the ride: (modified 11/9/07)

Men:
1. Mike Stubna: 59 points
2. John Minturn: 56 points
3. Joe Reynolds: 37 points
4. Tyler Wren*: 27 points
5. Justin Woulfe: 27 points
6. Charlie Zamastil: 9 points
7. Chris Pagoda: 7 points
8. Bob Kehl: 7 points
9. Guy's Rider?: 5 points
10. Brady Gibney*: 5 points
11. David Hilton: 3 points
12. Colin Barry*: 3 points
13. Lauren Fahnestock: 1 point

Women:
1. Maria Collazo: 90 points
2. Annie Malouin: 77 points
3. Andrea Walheim*: 26 points
4. Julie Davis*: 7 points
5. Jennifer Chun*: 6 points

* Did not finish ride

Thank you & suggestions

The Philadelphia Dirty Dozen was a huge success and I want to thank everyone who showed up. The weather did not completely cooperate and it was 46 degrees and rainy at the start, but it got a lot nicer throughout the ride. Congratulations to the winners, Mike Stubna and Maria Collazo and also a big thank you to Ryan Oelkers for leading the riders from climb to climb and to Jason Cole and Fred Billet for riding with me from climb to climb and turn marshaling.

I will have points posted soon and I will try to post any videos and pictures that people send me. I hope this can become an annual event and I welcome any suggestions anyone may have to improve the ride in the future. So far, suggestions have been:

- Drop Barren Hill
- Add Waverly Rd.
- Add New Gulph Rd.
- Add Delhaven St. (off of Balligomingo rd)
- Official sprint point in the middle of the ride
- Record names of all finishers
- Take a picture of all finishers
- Prizes for the winners
- Spring event in addition to the fall event
- Support vehicle with food & beverages
- Colin should race it & get someone else to score the points
- Danny Chew should ride out from Pittsburgh and race it
- Band at the finish
- Keg at the finish

Preride Videos uploaded

OK, I know that it's late and the ride is tomorrow morning, but here is the helmet cam video from Wednesday, broken down climb by climb. Sorry that the video is at an angle for the first 10 climbs, I didn't realize what was going on until the end of the ride.

Climb #1 (La Collina)


Climb #2 (Flat Rock)


Climb #3 (Hollow Rd)


Climb #4 (Righter's Mill Rd.)


Climb #5 (Rose Glen)


Climb #6 (Rebel Hill)


Climb #7 (County Line)


Climb #8 (Hughes)


Climb #9 (Spring Mill)


Climb #10 (Barren Hill)


Climb #11 (Hart's Lane)


Climb #12 (Port Royal)


Climb #13 (Manayunk Wall)