If anyone wants to ride up to Hague with me, I’ll be leaving from the
Chevron promptly at 7:30 am.
This
weekend is the FOURTH installment of the 2012 Gainesville TT Challenge Series.
We will meet at DeSoto Park in Hague at 8:00AM** on Caturday the 9th.
No
Registration Fees. No Race Numbers. No Pay-Outs. Just you, the bike, and the
clock*
The Gainesville 2012 TT Challenge SeriesWeather
permitting, the next installment in the 2012 TT Challenge Series will be held on
Saturday the 9th at 8am (if the weather is hellish we will hold it on Sunday).
We will meet at DeSoto Park in Hague, and roll out to the TT course as a
group.
A map of DeSoto Park is available at:
http://www.gccfla.org/ridelocdesoto.htmlGoogle
Street View of the meet location here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=gainesville,+fl&hl=en&ll=29.764377,-82.406945&spn=0.010878,0.052142&sll=29.705512,-82.37734&sspn=0.012003,0.026071&vpsrc=6&hnear=Gainesville,+Alachua,+Florida&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=29.764394,-82.406933&panoid=Dy4oP9tmtIzMOf2jHvrThw&cbp=11,266.37,,0,6.15About
the 2012 Gainesville TT ChallengeThe TT Challenge is a 9.3 mile out
and back time trial. It is open to anyone that rides a bicycle. During the
series, an Individual Time Trial will be held once a month until the end of the
series in September. We will record your times and at the end of each event the
results will be published. At the end of the series we will announce the results
of the best times, best averages, and course record. The overall winner in each
category will be given a handy certificate signifying that they got an official
"Atta Boy (or Girl!)", nothing else.
There will be three categories for
the challenge:
Aero -- This can
be a road bike with clip-on aerobars, or a TT bike, aero helmet, and skin
suit.
Merckx -- Road bike only,
no clip-on's, no aero helmets, no skinsuits, no wheels deeper than 30mm (I WILL
have a ruler with me, maybe)
Anything
Goes -- This is for anything that is pedal driven. Trikes,
recumbents, what-have you. If you can pedal it, you can enter it. Several groups
of people have asked about a Team Time Trial division, so this is it -- four
riders maximum, time ends on the third rider to cross the finish
line.
There will also be an optional fourth category,
"I want to ride a time trial, but I don't want anyone to know
my official time". We will not record your time if you're in this
category.
And just so you know the times to beat...
Current
Leaders
Merckx -- Ryan Saylor, 22:15
(4/7/12)
Aero -- Derek Schanze, 20:13 (5/5/12)
Anything Goes
-- Mark Kiester, 25:26 (3/10/12)
*** - The course can be viewed here -
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/fl/gainesville/908126747151371702*
- and of course, bragging rights..
** - Please note, you can meet us in
Brooker if you like, but it is your responsibility to be at the starting line
when we're assigning start order. If you show up to the start line AFTER people
have started, you will not be allowed to compete -- the volunteers helping to
run the TT this weekend have made it very clear that they have other plans
immediately after the event, so do them a favor and please be on
time.
*** - Please note, if you park at the start/finish line, you will
be asked to leave and park somewhere else, then come back.
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