Zipp/Bianchi/Atlanta/...from carbon vs aluminium thread

dave2pvd

Didn't want to keep thread-jack anymore.

el tel, what were you doing in ATL? Were you in GA Tech? When was that?

I live in Atlanta. Right near down-town. In an old neighborhood, which means civil-war old, not Viking-era old.

Cycling here is huge, despite the fact that this is a cycling-unfriendly city.

Some of our group rides have been around for ~30 years. It's a bit different to a lot of places; all the different teams go on the same group rides. Airport Ride is the biggest, sometimes with upwards of 200 riders.

If anyone is ever 'in the neighborhood', let me know.

el tel

Hi Dave, I used to go with a girl from Atlanta and would be out there all the time. She was GA Tech and I would go along to the odd lecture for the laugh. Didn't learn too much to be honest, was more interested in the talent than geochemistry or mineralogy Would spend a fair bit of time around Buckhead and up in Roswell and regret not having done any cycling while out there. Would make a smashing base for it I would imagine. Are you an Atlanta native yourself?

dave2pvd

el tel, I'm from Dublin. Lived here since '97.

Well, you dated yourself by referring to Buckhead. It doesn't really exist as an entertainment district anymore. The 'triangle' of bars and clubs were razed for high-rise development. No shortage of development here, just like Ireland went through.

If you've been to Virginia-Highlands, East Atlanta Village or Little Five Points, you were near where I am.

Talent in GA Tech? You should have checked out UGA

Did you happen to spend any time on the N GA mountains? Amazing cycling up there. The TdG has covered a lot of the more famous climbs. D O'L, Power and McCann would remember them well.

el tel

Coincidently it was '97 when I first went there too, gas was $1.28 a gallon - I could'nt get over it. Shame about Buckhead, enjoyed that part of town, never saw Elton John about though. Did some pretty good road trips from there, down to New Orleans, Florida, and all those places in Alabama which we read about in to kill a mockingbird.

blorg

Little Five Points was first place I went in the US (after the airport.) Then headed down to Milledgeville. It was quite a different introduction to the place than I expect is normal.

dave2pvd

Wow. What a contrast.

Milledgeville is beautiful old town. Aside from the parts that aren't What brought you to the former capital?

So, L5P or Five Points? BIG difference (as I suspect you know). Where did you visit exactly? Why there?

blorg

I had a bit too much to drink on Patrick's Day and decided I'd pop over to visit a friend in Georgia. Booked the flight at 2am and was on it 4 or 5 hours later. I got quizzed more than once by Homeland Security I can assure you, but they let me in. Nice to have it done in Dublin and +1 Visa Waiver Program

Flying visit just went for the weekend so no in depth knowledge of the place... It was Little Five Points, seemed to be full of quite nice bars, head shops etc. Nice place. Wasn't in downtown Atlanta at all.

One thing I recall was how the churches started out massive (shopping mall type mega-churches) on the immediate outskirts of Atlanta and got progressively smaller as we headed out towards Milledgeville. Last one I saw there would not have been room in it to store all my bicycles!

dave2pvd

blorg wrote: »

Flying visit just went for the weekend so no in depth knowledge of the place... It was Little Five Points, seemed to be full of quite nice bars, head shops etc. Nice place. Wasn't in downtown Atlanta at all.

L5P is home of Outback Bikes. They are our very first sponsor. They've stayed with us since the mid-90's. Voted Best of Atlanta several years in a row. Right across from the oddly-named Yacht Club pub. Not a lake or ocean in sight for miles.....