Lance ArmstrongIt's Not About The Bike
"We set out on yet another
cold, raining, foggy day
with a plan to ride a
100-mile loop before we
returned and undertook
the big finishing ascent
of Beech Mountain.
We rode and rode through a steady rain, for four hours, and then five. By the time we got to the foot of Beech, I'd been on the bike for six hours, drenched. But I lifted myself up out of the saddle and propelled the bike up the incline . . ."
"As I started up the rise, I saw an eerie sight: the road still had my name painted on it."
Route 2--St. Andrews Road Loop
| Mile | Directions |
| 0 | Start at Beech Mountain Town Hall, turn left out of parking lot towards the ski resort. |
| 2.33 | Take the right fork on Pine Ridge Road (Beech Mountain Parkway forks left. |
| 3.76 | Right on St. Andrews Road. |
| 5.38 | There is an old cemetery on the right. |
| 5.76 | Left on Grassy Gap Loop Road (St. Andrews ends here.) |
| 6.38 | Right on Lake Road. |
| 6.45 | Left on Beech Mountain Parkway. |
| 6.97 | Right turn on to Wedling Weg Road. |
| 7.44 | Left
on Ski Way Road. * an option here to continue straight, go around Ski Way Circle and return (about 1/2 mile) |
| 7.47 | Right on Beech Mountain Parkway. |
| 7.94 | Beech Mountain Town Hall. |