The laws/rules state that you are to stop at all stop signs, stop lights. So how is the fact that we have 4 stops, one yield and one stop light a problem? All riders will have to endure the same things.  
 
 
In comparing the 2 courses, my best time on the old course was 1hour 4 mins( 19.Mph). Most of my runs were 1hour 7 mins(18.4MPH).
Yesterday I had an early morning ride in the rain, at 17.1MPh on fresh legs. My second lap was 18.7 MPH .That was a pace I could  have had done 4 or 5 times,like on a team or 6 hour event. So with that being said, maybe the training is paying off a little being a little faster on a longer harder course .
 
What ever the course ends up being I will do. But mostly I like not be dodging the big big trucks. AND to have a hotel(and other lodging close by), food, real bathroom, & convenience store close by is a huge improvement from the previous TT course.  

That was a fun ride, I am looking forward to the Tejas 500.  However, I am not looking forward to that 4-way stop 19 times  Is it possible to do a track stand on a Corsa?
 
I rode an 18 mile warmup, and then 3 laps on the course.
 
Lap 1:  1:22, 19.1 MPH, 116 BPM, 84 RPM, 2 Sonic Bacon Cheeseburgers
Lap 2:  1:19, 19.9 MPH, 130 BPM, 88 RPM, 3 Sonic Burgers
Lap 3:  1:26, 18.4 MPH, 125 BPM, 83 RPM, 2 Sonic Bacon Cheeseburgers
 
Hopefully the Sonic is open 24 hours, or I may have a problem around 2 AM Saturday.

Hey , a guy  like me  that like cheeseburger.  Can you say cheeseburger  cheeseburger  cheeseburger..      
 Later Thomas J    

:^) I wish I could average 20 on that course during the race!  I think that will be a pretty good race course though. Maybe around mile 18-20 or so there might be a little problem with car traffic but overall I think it will be pretty decent. Will have to take notes on the bridge descent for nighttime if I decide to go hard on that one. Appeared to be a couple of small holes that might get a little exciting. Maybe we could go back and take a closer look and maybe mark them with spray paint to make it easier to see at night.  The big hill with the descent just before it was precisely what I expected from the picture that was posted last week. I hit exactly 40mph at the bottom without hammering too hard - about what I think I'd do during the race - and held it above 25mph to about 2/3rds up where the little flare and left bend is I finally had to gear down to 4th or maybe 3rd gear and start spinning, so I won't need the little ring on this course and I think I'll swap out for an 11-28 instead of my 11-32 that I have to run around here.
 
Unfortunately it's not a fast course where a bent will shine like the HHH was, but it's not a killer course like the roads around here would be. And I'm really glad I won't have to use my little ring. That got really old on the HC600 last spring.  
 
I get pretty conflicted as to what cranks to use on the CA2. Unless I race in a mountain range or the HC600 again, OR I want to ride home... I won't need a triple. And if I jump up to a 170 double I could get a decent power meter for a decent price... Thinking I'll end up having to swap cranks like swapping rear wheels that way though. Maybe I just need to get used to walking the bike up my hill and get a power meter on a double... :^(  But don't worry, I'm not changing this soon before the TTTT. :^)

Bless You, Nelson!  That is fabulous. Thank you so much for taking care of that. That turn in the pitch dark would be iffy enough at speed and with what looked like potholes (not sure if that's what they actually were) that could spell disaster during the race.  If they arrest you, tell them they should be arresting TxDOT and their contractors first for destruction of public property and criminal endangerment for destroying tx roads as they have been doing. You are trying to make the roads safer.
 
TxDot just destroyed Hwy 16 that I live off of this weekend. 4 lane divided highway with a wide shoulder and now boulder seal with an inch or two of loose gravel everywhere. The road is down to one lane each direction from the cars throwing the loose gravel out of that one path. Of course, you can't ride a road bike in that stuff so I had to ride into town today in the left-hand lane as that's the only place I could ride, backing up traffic for quite a ways. Surprisingly the drivers actually got it and didn't crowd or honk or anything.
 
I noticed that TTTT director said they were donating the proceeds to the Texas Bicycle Coalition. When I register I'll be asking them to donate my part of it to some other bicycle charity as the T.B.C not only refused to help us fight TxDOT from removing shoulders in order to get cyclists off public roads, but went ballistic when I asked them why they were refusing. Sounds more like they've been infiltrated by developers only wanting to build bike lanes and bike paths as I've seen so many other places. If I'm wrong, I'll certainly apologize... after they actually get serious about stopping TxDot.