GEOFFREY'S DOUBLE CENTURIES

ALL GUTS, NO GLORY, AUGUST 6, 2005, RIDE INFO

More fun than farts in an elevator. AND it starts at 4:00 AM.

The route will be mostly the same as last year. I will survey the route beforehand to check for new construction sites, and I may tweak the last few miles back into downtown. I will have turn sheets for everyone at the start.

This ride will begin at 4:00 am on Saturday, August 6, 2005, from a parking lot at the corner of Fannin Street and Leeland Street in downtown Houston, across the street from 30-story Houston House Apartments. See the link above for driving directions.

There are quite a few free and safe parking spaces on Leeland next to the lot. You can park in the lot for about $2.50 for the day.

I've ridden the whole route many times, but never, I'll confess, all at once. (210 is the best I've done.) There are some miles in Liberty and Chambers Counties which are chip-and-seal and which may make your fingers numb, but over all, pavements are pretty good.

See the Crank 200 page of this site for general info on how the rides work and what to bring.

A bathroom at the start is available in my apartment, across the street.

The first 10 miles or so are through some less affluent neighborhoods, but at 4 am, traffic will be nonexistent and you will see very few people.


See you on the road.

I recently read about double centuries in California which actually have hills in them, even mountains. (They are such showoffs.) It's true that All Guts, No Glory is basically as flat as a pancake, except for a few overpasses. Look at it this way. You can ride up and down mountains. Or you can ride for 70 miles along the flat Texas coast in 98 degree, 98% humidity weather, into a 20 mph headwind. (It was like that one year.) And then still have sixty miles to go. Take your pick.

I hope to see you out there. You won't be sorry. (Well, you might be sorry, but only for a couple of days.)