i vote for may 7th. nobody wants to do this in the cold and rain...honestly, now.
also, relative to the scope of the event - I heard some group of riders is planning team kits this year (warm up suits, jerseys, caps, the whole bit)...
I used to live near Stan Sheetz in Altoona; I could always attempt to ping him for some schwag. wp
beer at every sheetz? my pace would dramaticaly slow.
the first shirt is good. just don't eat the hummus in somerset though or you will get the shitz. and the pukes.
my "dinner" at the end of CtC 09 after day 1 was a 12 inch MTO (roat beef, extra mayo with spicy pepper rings) and a pint "chug" of Galliker's famous iced tea. (sorry: breezewood location)
i had breakfast the following morning around 830am at the Sheetz in Chambersburg (my first ever shmuffin - egg and cheese x2).
after that - I was in Turkey Hill and WaWa land the rest of the way.
Illie P I used to live near Stan Sheetz in Altoona; I could always attempt to ping him for some schwag.
Scary thought:
The Official Sheetz FoOt-LoNg Crush the Commonwealth Race and Menagerie.
All Sheetz all the time for me. I blame my serious stomach issues on not having one in the first hundred miles. That or maybe my body doesn't like peanut butter and nutella sandwiches as much as I thought. I think a little Sheetz action would have fixed me right up.
Wow... Already planning this one. I hope to god I don't get stuck at some crummy job or with a bad back this year. That is the funnest ride there is all year around here!
ok, i know it wasn't an option for start date, but i'm really voting for april twenty fourth. i'm going out to see screeching weasel the night before, so this works out perfectly.
does anyone else find themselves in a similar situation?
The later the better in my opinion LOL... Nobody likes riding in rain and then suffering from borderline hypothermia while trying to sleep a few hours!
Time to get stupid.
May 7th.
I regret to inform that I will be unable to attend this year's CTC as I will now be out frolicking around europe in May. Bummer.
The other Ted is moving to Boston, so looks like the King Ted challenge will have to wait.
I think I'm in this year. No fixed gear this time though. Probably.
Dan, I think your ride to somerset, or however far you made it deserves mention as one of the craziest fixed-gear tricks ever pulled.
Somerset, yeah. I still maintain that I would have been as okay as anyone else had I not been drenched and freezing for 12 hours straight. Or if would have had fenders. Or if would have not been wearing a messenger bag. Oh well, live and learn.
Do a lot of people ride this race without fenders? I would think they would be a must have given the distance and potential for any type of weather conditions that time of year.
Some do, some don't. I always have, might not this year.
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