Good ride, nice weather (i.e., overcast skies, keeping the temperatures down!!!). I knew we would be riding most of the old Tx Time Trials course backwards, but I didn't know we would also be riding ALL of the CURRENT Tx Time Trials course!!! The loop from the left turn to go down to Brazos Point, all the way into Glen Rose, and back (including the nasty County Line Hill) is that current 26 mile TTTT course. I was having some nasty flashbacks...
I had borrowed some Spinergy 4-spoke 650 wheels from Dave Rothgeb with 23mm tires as an experiment, and they worked very nicely -- except they were a bit tricky in strong crosswinds on high speed downhills!!!! But they were easy to keep rolling, and seemed to absorb the chipseal vibration nicely despite the 23mm tires. And I had no flats
... Got a lot of admiring comments from riders about the bike and the wheels...
I'm tired... stopped at rest stops at ~24, ~34, 50, and 62, finished with somewhere around a 16+ average (no computer), getting to the car at 12:20, a bit behind Bud, who only stopped once (!!!!!)... Mark Leuck passed me within the first couple miles, and was never seen again.
Saw several other 'benters out, some of whom I'd never met before -- I'll post pics later.