Rider Comments
Just wanted you to know this was a great ride. We planned our vacation around this ride and came all the way from Texas to do this on a Tandem. We spent a week in Oregon before the ride. We spent time on the coast and some time in and around Bend but the highlight of our trip was Crater Lake and this ride. Besides the beautiful scenery which was incredible you did such a good job on the organization and support. I can tell you sweat every detail and do everything you can do to make the day enjoyable and safe as possible for the participants. The volunteers were awesome and I know you could not do it without them. Thank you for being a part of making our vacation one to remember and treasure.
Nanette and Ronnie Bryant
2009 Crater Lake Century
I can’t express what an amazing day I had. This has to be "the greatest century ride " anywhere!!!!
The scenery, the road marks, the sag stops, they where so great, they were only topped by the homemade ice cream!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH see you next year.
John A. Hewitt
2009 Crater Lake Century
It was an excellent ride...and very well organized.
Thank you for your hard work and keeping us well informed.
It was definitely worth the drive up from San Francisco and the two nights hotel stay. I would like to see more of Oregon. Maybe next year I'll try to figure how to ride from KF to Bend!
Thanks so much,
Molly Cargas
2009 Crater Lake Century
Thank you for the awesome ride on Saturday. My trip from the Seattle area was a lot of fun and I will come back for this ride! What a challenge! And the traffic was not bad at all for a weekend. Mount Rainier National Park has at least twice that volume of traffic.
Thanks again
Paul Grove
2009 Crater Lake Century
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Great ride again this year. We loved the weather! This is our second time and the support you provide is excellent. Love the volunteers. Yes, traffic at the beginning was a bit heavy, but let me tell you it is nothing compared to the rude drivers we encountered on the RAMROD (Rainier 7/30).
We never got honked at on this ride and the drivers for the most part went around us slowly, giving us wide berth. My Mom lives in Klamath so I get down there every month or so. Two fellow riders from Portland came with us this year and they loved the ride. I bet more of our group will want to come next year. I'm looking forward to the jersey email. Thanks again for a great ride. The best century ride in the NW in my opinion and I've done a lot. Even the chip seal with the 'fresh oil signs' wasn't too bad.
Sue Moerer
2009 Crater Lake Century
Thank you for putting on this event, and organizing it so well. I can tell this takes a lot of work, and I appreciate all the communication about the event. This was our first time, and even though I am not in my best cycling shape (counting all the stops, it took me over 10 hours), this ride was not too challenging for me. The climbing was not too steep, but it did last for about 50 miles which was challenging (as I mistakenly thought the climbing would last for only for 30 miles)! I'm really glad to have participated and would do it again, and will recommend this ride to my friends.
Thanks again for all your efforts! Great job and please thank all the wonderful volunteers!!!!
Ellen Laing
2009 Crater Lake Century
Just a note to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed the ride, and the food was great at both the rest stops and the dinner. I've been bicycling for 36 years, and this is one of the best rides out there. You don't have to be young again. Having turned 76 last week, I still enjoy cycling. It just takes a little longer to recover from a ride like this.
Ed Blaydon
2009 Crater Lake Century
It was one of the best if not the best century rides I have ever done. When you've doing them for a long time, some of the memories fade. It was definitely the best one in the last couple of years. It was very well supported, organized, and beautiful. Thank you for all your hard work and I will spread the news of how wonderful it was to my friends in Grants Pass who didn't know about it. I will definitely do it again next year!
Rest up, have a beer. You deserve it!
Stacey Romney
2009 Crater Lake Century
I was absolutely amazed at what a wonderful event the Crater Lake Century was. This was my first year. I have been cycling for over 40 years, and this event rates as one of the very best I've ridden in. The lightly traveled roads were wonderful, the scenery spectacular. As you mentioned, the weather was great. The organization of the ride was terrific, the volunteers friendly and most helpful, and the food was delicious. I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to have participated.
$3500 for the Klamath County Museum system... just the icing on the cake!
Thank you so much for all your hard work in putting on this event. I will look forward to riding again next year!
Jeff Gilmore
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I just wanted to thank everyone for a super, terrific ride yesterday. That was the best century I've ever done. Best scenery, best lake ever, best food at the stops, best food post race (I'm still thinking about the potato salad and the home-made cookies) the most friendly volunteers. It was a wonderful experience and I feel very fortunate to have been able to do it.
Please thank the volunteers for me if you can, as at some of the stops I was so focused on food and up coming hills that I forgot.
What a great day. Best of luck in the future for your ride. If I'm in the area or remotely close by I will certainly do it again.
One more comment and then I promise I won't bug you again. I want to add that it's not just the scenery and food ect., but this is a rider's ride Great climbing, good roads, a real challenge, which makes it just plain fun.
Sarah Jilka
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The team did a MAGNIFICENT job on this ride. The volunteers were knowledgeable, food at the stops was fresh, ripe and tasty, Water tasted great, and the info you forwarded in advance helped me feel prepared. I rode it solo, so the extra "insurance" provided by your excellent preparation gave me emotional confidence. I've been on several other organized rides and you deserve a feather in your cap for this one. In fact, I was happy to write a check as a donation at the end as my small way of saying thank you for the outstanding results your team produced. Nice follow up e-mail too :-)
Best,
Kira Higgs
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Thanks we had a great ride and everyone was super please let us know the new dates as we plan to come again next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom and Kristen Lane
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Thanks for the email and for the great event. This was my first year doing the ride and I have been raving about it to everyone who will listen. I also heard that a Portland news anchorman, participated in the ride as well and has also been spreading the good word.
This was by far the best-supported century I've ever done. I know it sounds like a small thing, but I LOVED the pre-peanut buttered and jellied sandwiches that were cut into quarters! That was so nice. The homemade cookies were also excellent.
The volunteer support was wonderful and everyone was so kind. I will definitely be back for next year's ride and am excited to hear that it might be a week earlier, since Hood to Coast is always that last weekend in August. Too many fun things to do!
Thanks again for a great ride!
Suzanne Swanson (bib 100)
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First of all I want to say THANK YOU for all your help. I would not have made it all the way without your assistance and spare tubes. I did manage to only use one of the 3 tubes you gave me. I returned the other 2 spare tubes to your son at the finish line. I cannot say thank you enough for your assistance and for keeping an eye on me. My family and I appreciated your kindness.
Aside from my misfortune with flat tires (which I believe was due in great part from the manufacture of the tubes itself), the ride was just awesome. Crater Lake is a breath taking place and I was dumbstruck and in complete awe with such a beautiful park. The volunteers were very friendly and kind and my heartfelt thanks go out to all of them for their great job. I would like to give a special thank you to the lady on the red pick-up (sorry I didn’t get her name) for spending a few minutes with me on the side of the road while I waited for my wife to bring my “bullet proof” tires after my 2nd flat.
I believe that in the end several riders assisted me as I struggled with my flats and their kindness was also appreciated. Call it a “team” effort, as I would not have finished without all the help I received. It was a humbling experience that I will always remember. Crater Lake will forever be in my heart.
Until next time . . . . best regards,
Flavio
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Just my two cents worth.....
The ride this year was absolutely awesome!!!! The best century by far that I've participated in all year. The scenery, as usual, was unbelievable. Great support, great food, everyone was super nice, and the barbeque was outstanding - especially the desert!!!
As for next year, I think you should keep the ride on Sunday - it makes it much easier for people that live farther away to come down on Saturday instead of fighting traffic on a Friday night.
I'll sign up for next year as long as my work keeps me in Oregon.
Thanks again!!!
Carl Gatzke #39
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Thanks for the hard work in organizing this STELLAR ride! It totally blew me away. Course was great and who could've asked for a better day!!!!!! Please thank the volunteers for the support and help. Everyone was so kind and giving!
Thanks,
Dr. Parker Mah, DC (the one in the Spiderman jersey!)
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Best Ride Ever!
Thank you and the volunteers for a great job this was by far the most beautifulest, most interesting and the hardest, but with an awesome finish. Thank you and will be looking forward to next year........Thanks again
Phillip Willard
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Thanks a lot for all your work on this. It really was the best century I have done.
It is great how well organized it is. Nice work!
Evan Swanson
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This was, indeed, the perfect ride! Every aspect of it was superb. Having been President of Siskiyou Velo for a couple of years, overseeing the production of the Mountain Lakes Challenge rides, I know what effort goes into these events. You are one dedicated soul to do this year after year. It need not be said, but your work is most sincerely appreciated.
Rick Berlet
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The ride was absolutely spectacular. I came up from SF for the ride and couldn't have had a better experience! The countryside was gorgeous, the Lake magnificent, the weather superb, and the volunteers and help were excellent. I can't wait to tell my bike friends back home about the ride and my wonderful experience. Hope to see you next year.
Kim Rupert
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I just wanted to say thanks for an outstanding ride. A few of those climbs were a little tough, but well worth it. The rest areas and volunteers were awesome. The variety of snacks at the stops were excellent and so healthy. My husband and I really enjoyed the barbecue as well. Looking forward to doing the ride again....and seeing all the photos from this year.
Lisa Haff
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I loved the ride. Just fabulous. Seeing Crater Lake for the first time, and earning the view(!) was a wonderful experience.
Please give your volunteers my sincere thanks. They were all great and the stops were well located and nicely stocked, and everyone was so friendly!
I hope you do the event next year; there is already one friend from DC who wants to do the ride after seeing the pictures I took!
I'll come next year if I can manage to fit it into my schedule. One suggestion: Announce the date as early as possible. If I can come again, I'd like to spend a night at the CL lodge and would have to book that very early.
Thanks again for a great, great time.
Chuck Bouldin
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I just want to say thank You to all of the friendly people who supported the ride. I had a great time and can't wait to do it again next year. There's no place quite like Crater Lake; what a fantastic natural resource!
For the relatively small number of riders, I was very impressed with the amount of support. You've got it down. Keep it going, and I'll keep coming back!
I truly hope that from your side that it was a successful fundraising event for the museum.
Thanks again!
Robert Lecher
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I just got home from the ride and wanted to drop you a thank you for a great day. The ride was great, volunteers were nice and fun to visit with, food at the rest stops was great and the barby at the museum was also great. Nice job. I think you should call it the most beautiful century in America!
Sincerely
Tom Lomax, Bend Or
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I’m sorry I did not get the chance after the ride to thank you again for the opportunity to participate in the Crater Lake Century.
Without a doubt it was the best century ride I have ever done. And yes I’ve done a few, 8+ (I’ve only been riding for a little less than 2 years).
The ride is beautiful, the food stops perfectly placed, the food best ever (Imagine, FRESH sandwiches. We’re not used to that in our neck of the woods). The support staff were friendly and fun. The clothes drop was much appreciated. And, the BBQ at the end topped off a magnificent day. My only criticism is that you don’t charge enough for this ride. I’d gladly pay $100. So, I’ll be making a donation to the Museum after I get back home.
Please tell all your support volunteers what a wonderful job they did.
If you have contact with the park service, I hope you let them know what a wonderful opportunity this is for cyclists. I hope in the future more people will be able to enjoy this event with Crater Lake. It truly is a treasure. I can’t imagine a better ride anywhere in the US.
I can’t imagine all the work you must have put into this event. I have no doubt it took an enormous amount of time. But all that work created a great many smiles and memories for a great many people, me included.
Thanks again. I hope I have the chance to do this again.
Eric V. Jeppesen
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Just wanted you to know this was a great ride. We planned our vacation around this ride and came all the way from Texas to do this on a Tandem. We spent a week in Oregon before the ride. We spent time on the coast and some time in and around Bend but the highlight of our trip was Crater Lake and this ride. Besides the beautiful scenery which was incredible you did such a good job on the organization and support. I can tell you sweat every detail and do everything you can do to make the day enjoyable and safe as possible for the participants. The volunteers were awesome and I know you could not do it without them. Thank you for being a part of making our vacation one to remember and treasure.
Nanette and Ronnie Bryant
2009 Crater Lake Century
I can’t express what an amazing day I had. This has to be "the greatest century ride " anywhere!!!!
The scenery, the road marks, the sag stops, they where so great, they were only topped by the homemade ice cream!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH see you next year.
John A. Hewitt
2009 Crater Lake Century
It was an excellent ride...and very well organized.
Thank you for your hard work and keeping us well informed.
It was definitely worth the drive up from San Francisco and the two nights hotel stay. I would like to see more of Oregon. Maybe next year I'll try to figure how to ride from KF to Bend!
Thanks so much,
Molly Cargas
2009 Crater Lake Century
Thank you for the awesome ride on Saturday. My trip from the Seattle area was a lot of fun and I will come back for this ride! What a challenge! And the traffic was not bad at all for a weekend. Mount Rainier National Park has at least twice that volume of traffic.
Thanks again
Paul Grove
2009 Crater Lake Century
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Great ride again this year. We loved the weather! This is our second time and the support you provide is excellent. Love the volunteers. Yes, traffic at the beginning was a bit heavy, but let me tell you it is nothing compared to the rude drivers we encountered on the RAMROD (Rainier 7/30).
We never got honked at on this ride and the drivers for the most part went around us slowly, giving us wide berth. My Mom lives in Klamath so I get down there every month or so. Two fellow riders from Portland came with us this year and they loved the ride. I bet more of our group will want to come next year. I'm looking forward to the jersey email. Thanks again for a great ride. The best century ride in the NW in my opinion and I've done a lot. Even the chip seal with the 'fresh oil signs' wasn't too bad.
Sue Moerer
2009 Crater Lake Century
Thank you for putting on this event, and organizing it so well. I can tell this takes a lot of work, and I appreciate all the communication about the event. This was our first time, and even though I am not in my best cycling shape (counting all the stops, it took me over 10 hours), this ride was not too challenging for me. The climbing was not too steep, but it did last for about 50 miles which was challenging (as I mistakenly thought the climbing would last for only for 30 miles)! I'm really glad to have participated and would do it again, and will recommend this ride to my friends.
Thanks again for all your efforts! Great job and please thank all the wonderful volunteers!!!!
Ellen Laing
2009 Crater Lake Century
Just a note to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed the ride, and the food was great at both the rest stops and the dinner. I've been bicycling for 36 years, and this is one of the best rides out there. You don't have to be young again. Having turned 76 last week, I still enjoy cycling. It just takes a little longer to recover from a ride like this.
Ed Blaydon
2009 Crater Lake Century
It was one of the best if not the best century rides I have ever done. When you've doing them for a long time, some of the memories fade. It was definitely the best one in the last couple of years. It was very well supported, organized, and beautiful. Thank you for all your hard work and I will spread the news of how wonderful it was to my friends in Grants Pass who didn't know about it. I will definitely do it again next year!
Rest up, have a beer. You deserve it!
Stacey Romney
2009 Crater Lake Century
I was absolutely amazed at what a wonderful event the Crater Lake Century was. This was my first year. I have been cycling for over 40 years, and this event rates as one of the very best I've ridden in. The lightly traveled roads were wonderful, the scenery spectacular. As you mentioned, the weather was great. The organization of the ride was terrific, the volunteers friendly and most helpful, and the food was delicious. I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to have participated.
$3500 for the Klamath County Museum system... just the icing on the cake!
Thank you so much for all your hard work in putting on this event. I will look forward to riding again next year!
Jeff Gilmore
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I just wanted to thank everyone for a super, terrific ride yesterday. That was the best century I've ever done. Best scenery, best lake ever, best food at the stops, best food post race (I'm still thinking about the potato salad and the home-made cookies) the most friendly volunteers. It was a wonderful experience and I feel very fortunate to have been able to do it.
Please thank the volunteers for me if you can, as at some of the stops I was so focused on food and up coming hills that I forgot.
What a great day. Best of luck in the future for your ride. If I'm in the area or remotely close by I will certainly do it again.
One more comment and then I promise I won't bug you again. I want to add that it's not just the scenery and food ect., but this is a rider's ride Great climbing, good roads, a real challenge, which makes it just plain fun.
Sarah Jilka
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The team did a MAGNIFICENT job on this ride. The volunteers were knowledgeable, food at the stops was fresh, ripe and tasty, Water tasted great, and the info you forwarded in advance helped me feel prepared. I rode it solo, so the extra "insurance" provided by your excellent preparation gave me emotional confidence. I've been on several other organized rides and you deserve a feather in your cap for this one. In fact, I was happy to write a check as a donation at the end as my small way of saying thank you for the outstanding results your team produced. Nice follow up e-mail too :-)
Best,
Kira Higgs
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Thanks we had a great ride and everyone was super please let us know the new dates as we plan to come again next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom and Kristen Lane
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Thanks for the email and for the great event. This was my first year doing the ride and I have been raving about it to everyone who will listen. I also heard that a Portland news anchorman, participated in the ride as well and has also been spreading the good word.
This was by far the best-supported century I've ever done. I know it sounds like a small thing, but I LOVED the pre-peanut buttered and jellied sandwiches that were cut into quarters! That was so nice. The homemade cookies were also excellent.
The volunteer support was wonderful and everyone was so kind. I will definitely be back for next year's ride and am excited to hear that it might be a week earlier, since Hood to Coast is always that last weekend in August. Too many fun things to do!
Thanks again for a great ride!
Suzanne Swanson (bib 100)
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First of all I want to say THANK YOU for all your help. I would not have made it all the way without your assistance and spare tubes. I did manage to only use one of the 3 tubes you gave me. I returned the other 2 spare tubes to your son at the finish line. I cannot say thank you enough for your assistance and for keeping an eye on me. My family and I appreciated your kindness.
Aside from my misfortune with flat tires (which I believe was due in great part from the manufacture of the tubes itself), the ride was just awesome. Crater Lake is a breath taking place and I was dumbstruck and in complete awe with such a beautiful park. The volunteers were very friendly and kind and my heartfelt thanks go out to all of them for their great job. I would like to give a special thank you to the lady on the red pick-up (sorry I didn’t get her name) for spending a few minutes with me on the side of the road while I waited for my wife to bring my “bullet proof” tires after my 2nd flat.
I believe that in the end several riders assisted me as I struggled with my flats and their kindness was also appreciated. Call it a “team” effort, as I would not have finished without all the help I received. It was a humbling experience that I will always remember. Crater Lake will forever be in my heart.
Until next time . . . . best regards,
Flavio
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Just my two cents worth.....
The ride this year was absolutely awesome!!!! The best century by far that I've participated in all year. The scenery, as usual, was unbelievable. Great support, great food, everyone was super nice, and the barbeque was outstanding - especially the desert!!!
As for next year, I think you should keep the ride on Sunday - it makes it much easier for people that live farther away to come down on Saturday instead of fighting traffic on a Friday night.
I'll sign up for next year as long as my work keeps me in Oregon.
Thanks again!!!
Carl Gatzke #39
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Thanks for the hard work in organizing this STELLAR ride! It totally blew me away. Course was great and who could've asked for a better day!!!!!! Please thank the volunteers for the support and help. Everyone was so kind and giving!
Thanks,
Dr. Parker Mah, DC (the one in the Spiderman jersey!)
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Best Ride Ever!
Thank you and the volunteers for a great job this was by far the most beautifulest, most interesting and the hardest, but with an awesome finish. Thank you and will be looking forward to next year........Thanks again
Phillip Willard
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Thanks a lot for all your work on this. It really was the best century I have done.
It is great how well organized it is. Nice work!
Evan Swanson
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This was, indeed, the perfect ride! Every aspect of it was superb. Having been President of Siskiyou Velo for a couple of years, overseeing the production of the Mountain Lakes Challenge rides, I know what effort goes into these events. You are one dedicated soul to do this year after year. It need not be said, but your work is most sincerely appreciated.
Rick Berlet
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The ride was absolutely spectacular. I came up from SF for the ride and couldn't have had a better experience! The countryside was gorgeous, the Lake magnificent, the weather superb, and the volunteers and help were excellent. I can't wait to tell my bike friends back home about the ride and my wonderful experience. Hope to see you next year.
Kim Rupert
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I just wanted to say thanks for an outstanding ride. A few of those climbs were a little tough, but well worth it. The rest areas and volunteers were awesome. The variety of snacks at the stops were excellent and so healthy. My husband and I really enjoyed the barbecue as well. Looking forward to doing the ride again....and seeing all the photos from this year.
Lisa Haff
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I loved the ride. Just fabulous. Seeing Crater Lake for the first time, and earning the view(!) was a wonderful experience.
Please give your volunteers my sincere thanks. They were all great and the stops were well located and nicely stocked, and everyone was so friendly!
I hope you do the event next year; there is already one friend from DC who wants to do the ride after seeing the pictures I took!
I'll come next year if I can manage to fit it into my schedule. One suggestion: Announce the date as early as possible. If I can come again, I'd like to spend a night at the CL lodge and would have to book that very early.
Thanks again for a great, great time.
Chuck Bouldin
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I just want to say thank You to all of the friendly people who supported the ride. I had a great time and can't wait to do it again next year. There's no place quite like Crater Lake; what a fantastic natural resource!
For the relatively small number of riders, I was very impressed with the amount of support. You've got it down. Keep it going, and I'll keep coming back!
I truly hope that from your side that it was a successful fundraising event for the museum.
Thanks again!
Robert Lecher
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I just got home from the ride and wanted to drop you a thank you for a great day. The ride was great, volunteers were nice and fun to visit with, food at the rest stops was great and the barby at the museum was also great. Nice job. I think you should call it the most beautiful century in America!
Sincerely
Tom Lomax, Bend Or
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I’m sorry I did not get the chance after the ride to thank you again for the opportunity to participate in the Crater Lake Century.
Without a doubt it was the best century ride I have ever done. And yes I’ve done a few, 8+ (I’ve only been riding for a little less than 2 years).
The ride is beautiful, the food stops perfectly placed, the food best ever (Imagine, FRESH sandwiches. We’re not used to that in our neck of the woods). The support staff were friendly and fun. The clothes drop was much appreciated. And, the BBQ at the end topped off a magnificent day. My only criticism is that you don’t charge enough for this ride. I’d gladly pay $100. So, I’ll be making a donation to the Museum after I get back home.
Please tell all your support volunteers what a wonderful job they did.
If you have contact with the park service, I hope you let them know what a wonderful opportunity this is for cyclists. I hope in the future more people will be able to enjoy this event with Crater Lake. It truly is a treasure. I can’t imagine a better ride anywhere in the US.
I can’t imagine all the work you must have put into this event. I have no doubt it took an enormous amount of time. But all that work created a great many smiles and memories for a great many people, me included.
Thanks again. I hope I have the chance to do this again.
Eric V. Jeppesen
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