I got an email from the director of the Texas Time Trials (Sept 19 -21 in Glen Rose)  http://www.tt24tt.com/
 
Currently for "The Tejas 500" there are no females, no female teams, no 3 person teams, no tandems, or tandem teams, entered.
     The Tejas 500 is the UMCA World Championship one solo male and female will earn the right to wear "The UMCA World Championship 500 mile Jersey".
Currently for "The Iron Butt 24 hour race", there are No tandems or tandem teams, no female bents, no 3 person female teams,  or 3 person mixed teams, and no 4 person male teams, entered.  
Currently for "The Tin Butt 12 hour race", there are no solo bent racers, no 3 person female or mixed teams, and no tandems or tandem teams, entered.  
Currently for "The 6 hour Shoot Out" we have no male or female bent, no two person female team, entered.  
Currently for the "Sprint" we have no male or female bent, no female or male tandem, or a 2 person female or mixed team, entered.  
 
 
The 500 miles is being raced by Ted Edinger from Louisiana, and DJ is coming in from The Woodlands to race the 24 hour but that's it.  Of course, there will be three racers known for 'bents out there, but it looks like all of us will be riding "upwrong" bikes.
 
So, why aren't any of the local 'bents racing this one?

Could the entry fee be a factor?

Quote from shellbear on Aug 22^nd, 2013, 4:47pm:

 
Uh Oh, i never looked at them........maybe not

All endurance races, as usual.  No sprints.  It's a cruel world, designed for the slow of twitch.  

The TTTT is definitely pricier than your typical rally, but it's a unique experience for the money, and it goes to a good cause.  Unfortunately, being an endurance race on a fairly tough course is also a semi-deterrent -- most riders probably don't feel up to it (Hell, I don't think I'M in good enough shape, not having done Rando rides at all this year).  However, in my case, I'm going to be in Kansas for the RANS rally that weekend...
 
Doing the 12-hour as a two-person team is actually a very doable thing, considering you get 90 minutes or so between laps to recuperate.  And all finishers get a pretty cool trophy, too...  I would definitely encourage some folks to put some pairs together!
 
 
 

With the high cost of entering, Dave and I will have to plan something like this into next year's budget.  But if we do, look for us possibly on a mixed tandem for 6 or 12hr.

Quote from Phantom Rider on Aug 22^nd, 2013, 9:20pm:

Phantom Rider,  
Thanks for your submission, but what I'm talking about is a heads up drag race.  50 yards/meters, 100 yards/meters, or even something like the Wolfpack Hustle, which is 1,000 feet, but that really starts to become an endurance race.  The nice thing about that distance is you have a chance to progress through your gears.  Though there, fixies and single speed bikes are pretty popular.  But the paucity of sanctioned drag races means it never comes into the thinking of most cyclists.  It's a shame, but that's the world at present.    
The Wolfpack Hustle Drag Race in Los Angeles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZdTgwT0rX8  One caveat: the accompanying music's lyrics are filthy.

Quote from Phantom Rider on Aug 23^rd, 2013, 8:57pm:

Message already sent.  When I was at the site, I saw they only accept fixies.  I'm twice shut out.  I'll post their response in another thread.  Sorry for Hijacking this one.  

Quote from AustinSkater on Aug 22^nd, 2013, 2:27pm:

I really enjoyed doing TTTT with Greg a few years ago. Except for that poor stretch of chipseal. After watching txdot intentionally destroying perfectly good roads and intentionally destroying popular cycling routes because "We don't think cyclists ought to be on our roads" and noone else appearing to be interested in doing anything about it I decided not to do any more races that used such roads.
 
And I accidentally did another one this past weekend at the Mid-Atlantic in North Carolina. It had a deceptively bad stretch of something like chipseal that was actually pretty fast but ended up bruising my heels and outer foot bones because my feet were getting hammered around inside of my shoes!
I had 259 miles at 12 hours but was only able to complete 4 more laps due to the intense pain I was having to deal with. Racing on these roads is not fun (if you can call a 24 hr race fun) and I'm not doing that race again either. Getting sore and grumpy in my old age. :^)

Quote from AustinSkater on Aug 26^th, 2013, 5:51am:

 
Hey Key, I know just the stretch of abandoned road you would need!  It's near by, in McKInney proper.

Quote from Monkeywrangler22 on Aug 27^th, 2013, 3:49pm:

Oh, Vic, please post where this is.  I'd love to check it out!  Of course, it's the end of the performance riding season for me, so my own speeds will be lower, but I will keep the place in mind for next season.  I also have a local hill that I think I can hit 50 mph on.  It's near the courthouse.  I've already hit 45 mph on it, on a circa 45 lb trike, (wing was attached then): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr7T6IWw_UQ

The service road of the Dubya Tollway near me is a nice 2-mile hairpin section -- unfortunately, it's downhill to the lake, then back uphill...
 

 
Next time I have a gathering out here, maybe we'll do downhill sprints, then just climb back up at your own pace...

Quote from AustinSkater on Aug 28^th, 2013, 12:47pm:

 
Interesting observation!!!  Granted, somebody sees you with the cameras they have on the bridge, but if there's no sign...