The Inaugural Dead of Winter Double Century
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The LA Wheelmen, Dead of Winter Double Century is the newest of the double centuries and the final California Triple Crown event of the year. I volunteered to staff the event so again I did it as a staff ride on an earlier date. The actual event dates are on the last weekend of November. The event is run on a Saturday and then again the next day. So many people signed up for the event that they had to run another one on a second day. I was planning on doing the staff ride on the following weekend after the event but then I heard from my friend John that a few people were doing it on the Saturday before. I was going to do the event with them but found out they were leaving from a different location, then doing the course from there so they could finish at home. All that said, I decided just to do it solo and self supported, the way I normally train on a long ride anyway. No big deal except that the weather took a really nasty turn with gale forc