Well given the location and the prep time I have I might be up for it by then.

I'm in...
 
Nelson and I participated in a true Fleche in '07 (360k).  It's a long story with a bad ending  
The real "Fleche" is ridden on Easter, and other than the distance being 360k, the rules of the Dart are pretty much the same.  
 
The day prior to our Fleche it was a typical warm spring day.  Our Fleche left from San Angelo (west TX) and ended at Joe Pool. Thus, we traveled in a north east direction.  The prevailing winds in TX are 90% of the time out of the southwest, thus the assumption was we would  pretty much have a tail wind. WRONG
 
As soon as we departed (at noon) a storm kicked up.  The winds came out of the northeast, thus in our faces.  We could only ride about 10mph, and even on downhills we'd slow down and had to pedal.  At around the 80-90 mile mark it was getting dark.  About that time the winds got even stronger and it began snowing.  To make a long story somewhat shorter, we rode until approx 1am.  We were roughly half way, and it appeared we would run out of time because we couldn't average more than about 9mph. We rode directly into a strong headwind and freezing snow for about 125 miles.  We all agreed that we would not make the cut off time, so as to not risk safety riding at night in those almost blizzard conditions, we DNF.
 
So while I have experience in this type of team event, I also have revenge on my mind.

Bud (et all) - I've pasted the link to the RUSA web's DART rules (http://www.rusa.org/dartrules.html).  Note that a team consists between 3-5 members.  So far there are four people; you, Greg, Mark and I.  
 
Since you started the thread for a bent team, I assume you'll be captain (a great title for you)!  I wonder if Nelson or Steve can either join the team, or help design a route.  They both ride in the area and know the roads.  George Evans has a 200k that leaves for the lodge, we could possibly modify that route.  Here is the cue sheet:
 
 
Go      Turn      Total      Directions
0.0      Ctrl 1      0.0      Lantana Lodge, 2200 FM 1192, Pilot Point, TX
0.0      L(E)      0.0      FM 1192
2.3      R(S)      2.3      Hill St
0.6      R(W)      2.9      Clifton St
0.1      FL(S)      3.0      Morrison St
0.0      FR(W)      3.0      Arthur St
0.1      FL(S)      3.1      McFarland St
0.0      FR(W)      3.1      Georgia Ave
0.2      FL(S)      3.3      Massey Rd
1.3      R(W)      4.6      FM 455
13.1      S(W)      17.7      Cross I-35W – Sanger, TX – Stores if you like
3.9      S(W)      21.6      Cross FM 2450 – Bolivar, TX – Store if you like
25.3      Ctrl 2      46.9      Forestburg Country Store – FM 455 & Spring St, Forestburg, TX
0.0      S(N)      46.9      Continue the way you were going on FM 455
0.1      R(E)      47.0      FM 922 at Tee
15.1      S(E)      62.1      Road makes S-bend – Stay on FM 922
10.0      S(E)      72.1      Cross I-35W – Valley View, TX – Store if you like
15.3      R(S)      87.4      US 377
0.9      L(E)      88.3      FM 121 – Tioga, TX – Store if you like
11.5      L(N)      99.8      TX 289 (8th St) – Gunter, TX
0.3      Ctrl 3      100.1      Exxon Expressmart, 599 TX 289 (8th St), Gunter, TX
0.0      R(S)      100.1      Out of Parking Lot, go south on TX 289 (8th St)
10.2      Ctrl 4      110.3      Shell Expressmart – 1513 S TX 289, Celina, TX
0.0      R(N)      110.3      Out of WEST side of parking lot, North on Bus 289
0.9      L(W)      111.2      FM 455 (Walnut St)
12.5      S(W)      123.7      Pilot Point – Cross US 377 – Road becomes Liberty St (FM 1192)
0.5      R(N)      124.2      Harrison St (Follow FM 1192 signs through town)
0.0      FL(W)      124.2      Liberty St (FM 1192)
0.4      R(N)      124.6      Jefferson St (FM 1192)
0.0      FL(W)      124.6      Main St (FM 1192)
0.0      FR(N)      124.6      Washington St (FM 1192)
0.1      L(W)      124.7      Walcott St (FM 1192)
2.6      Ctrl 5      127.3      Lantana Lodge, 2200 FM 1192, Pilot Point, TX
 
 

Bud - are you going to e-mail Geo and Dan to let them know we have a team.  Looks like we have the following potential team ridrers:
 
Bud
Greg
Mark
Nelson
Ray
 
What do you all think about the route I posted, or one of you more knowledable of the area can modify the route.

12 hours would make for a pretty slow 180k!
 
And we should get two teams - that would *rock*.  With the Pettys, and if Steve Barlow has his bike by then, we could do it for sure.

I'm still in, but I stink at route creation!

Quote from bikerteam on Sep 5^th, 2008, 8:28am:

 
So what would we change? Maybe use a different north/south route on the east end rather than SH289? Does anyone know those area roads?