[ale] OT: BRAG!!!!!

[Tim Watts]

Yeah, but there's something about a stream of 2100 cyclists that makes
drivers just a little extra careful.  Can't really explain it.  Maybe
cuz they know they can't just speed away unnoticed if they get careless.
I've done the ride a number of times and have never felt unsafe.  In
congested areas there's usually police escorts to keep things sane.  But
mostly you're riding through lonely country roads on dewy Georgia
mornings.  It's something to behold.

This is a really well-run, well-supported ride.  And utterly doable if
you're in moderately decent shape.  At least it was when I was
40-something.  I highly recommend the experience.


On Sat, 2016-02-27 at 19:16 -0500, Boris Borisov wrote:
> In general a lot of nuts and bolts on the road :)
> 
> On Feb 27, 2016 6:49 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Rental trucks. Always driven by a novice.
>         
>         On Feb 27, 2016 6:16 PM, "Charles Shapiro"
>         <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
>                 Actually, the lumber trucks are mostly driven by pros.
>                 It's the battered pickup trucks hauling lawn equipment
>                 trailers that scare me the most.
>                 
>                 
>                 -- CHS
>                 
>                 
>                 On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Boris Borisov
>                 <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>                         Careful with these heavy duty, emissions
>                         exempt, pollutions vomiting diesel trucks on
>                         country roads :) 
>                         
>                         
>                         On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Charles
>                         Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
>                         
>                                 I am now officially registered for the
>                                 Bicycle Ride Across Georgia
>                                 ( http://brag.org ), June 4 - June 11
>                                 of this year. The ride this year is
>                                 from Atlanta to Savannah.  Post-ride
>                                 bus transit ( with your bike ) is
>                                 available from Savannah back to
>                                 Atlanta. 
>                                 
>                                 It will be Epic. BRAG is a
>                                 life-altering amount of fun.
>                                 Highlights from the years I've ridden
>                                 include finding a beautiful living
>                                 specimen of Dynastes Titus (the
>                                 largest beetle species on the East
>                                 coast) in a field just outside
>                                 Statesboro, eating delicious iced
>                                 watermelon slices from the back of a
>                                 pick-up truck in Swainsboro, and
>                                 seeing actual Vidalia onions drying in
>                                 the sun in Middle Georgia. You will
>                                 become acquainted with Georgia in a
>                                 way you never thought possible.  This
>                                 is really Not to be Missed.
>                                 
>                                 
>                                 I registered as a member of Team
>                                 Spatial Focus. So far I have 4
>                                 commitments to register under that
>                                 team name.  If we can get 6 more
>                                 people registered by March 16, we can
>                                 get free team jerseys, as well as
>                                 other perks during the ride.  
>                                 
>                                 
>                                 -- CHS
>                                 
>                                 
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