Quote from robert.j on Feb 1st, 2008, 2:54pm:Bud: I'd consider coming except for two issues: 1. I'm not up for anything approaching an 86 mile ride, and 2. I'm nowhere near y'alls class for speed on anything longer than 20 miles or so. 53 might be possible if there are some breaks, it's pretty flat and the speed doesn't get too high for too long.
I'd like to come, but don't want to slow you guys down or cause you to do less miles than you'd like. Let me know what you intend on doing and I'll decide wether I can handle it or not, or I suppose I could bail to the 33 mile route.
Robert
It appears everyone wants the 10:00 am start, and the 53 mile route, so that's what I'm planning on. The scheduled stops on that route are stores at mile 22 and mile 43. There are a couple of other early stores that could be optional stops, but not much between mile 22 and 43. Considering my conditioning right now, I can't imagine doing a really fast pace, but the route isn't flat; it's almost all rolling hills. They're not really steep and not really long, but rolling hills, nonetheless.
If you're up for the distance, come on and join us, it's a great route!