We will be meeting at the Chevron station on 43^rd/53^rd at 7:20 on Saturday for the last of the Epic TTs.  We will promptly roll out at 7:30 AM.  We will head to the Hague where we will pick up another contingent of TT aficionados and will continue on our way at exactly 8:10 am for the Brooker Course.

 

This is the last of the (can I say it again) Epic TTs for the season and I hope all of you can come out and play.  It is rumored that there will be huge prizes and super camaraderie.  So come out and see how fast you can go.  It’s just you, the clock and the bike.  It don’t get better than that.

 

See you there, Doug

 

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This weekend is the FINAL installment of the 2011 Gainesville TT Challenge Series.  We will meet at DeSoto Park in Hague at 8:00AM** on Saturday the 1st of October.

No Registration Fees.  No Race Numbers.  No Pay-Outs.  Just you, the bike, and the clock*

The Gainesville 2011 TT Challenge Series
Weather permitting, the next installment in the 2011 TT Challenge Series will be held on Saturday, October 1st at 8AM (if the weather is hellish we will hold it on Sunday the 2nd).  We will meet at DeSoto Park in Hague, and roll out to the TT course as a group. 

Please note, I will be meeting the group in Brooker.  I haven't asked him yet, but I think Doug will be kind enough to lead the group from Hague.  There will be a brief awards ceremony after the TT at the convenience store in Brooker.

A map of DeSoto Park is available at: http://www.gccfla.org/ridelocdesoto.html

About the 2011 Gainesville TT Challenge
The 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 October.  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.

The course can be viewed here:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/fl/gainesville/908126747151371702


2011 Series Leaders

Merckx -- David Gibson, 21:27 (Course Record for this category!)
Aero -- Shawn Gravois, 19:33 (Course Record for all categories!)
Anything Goes -- Jim Wright and Ty Mader, 19:37 (Course Record for this category!)

* - 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.