Going to depart the Hilton Garden Inn in Allen and ride through Paris, Athens, Moscow, Vienna, London and to Georgetown. My goal is to validated the planning software timing and routing through these segments.
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Monday, 7-18: Departed the host hotel right at 6:00 am. The weather was clear and dry the entire ride today. Temperatures reached the upper 90s by the time I got to Houston. Hit triple digits by early afternoon and stayed hot the rest of the day until I got to Georgetown. The riders of the Texas World Capitals Tour 1,000 will have nice fall temperatures at the end of September.
Overall, the roads are fast and wide with speed limits of 70-75 mph over 90% of the route. The majority, over 60% are four lane or Interstate highways. Services are plentiful along every segment. Some slow-down through communities, but that is to be expected. Traffic through the outskirts of Houston was flowing nicely around 12:30. There was a bit of a slow-down along Anderson Loop (1604) over the northern stretch of San Antonio due to a fender bender.
Along the way I stopped at each checkpoint to take a picture and do a log entry. Cellphone coverage was available at every stop, so riders of the TWCT 1,000 will be able to email their pictures.
I arrived at Georgetown on I-35 a little after 8pm. Compare the arrival times below to those of the projected times of Garmin BaseCamp route table.
- HGI Hotel - Paris: Arrived 7:20, 86.3 miles
- Paris - Athens: Arrived 9:05, 106.4 miles
- Athens - Moscow: Arrived 11:13, 121.7 miles
- Moscow - Vienna: Arrived 14:02, 197.4 miles
- Vienna - London: Arrived 18:06, 246.4 miles
- London - Georgetown: Arrived 20:09, 123.6 miles
The final segment from Georgetown back to the Hilton Garden Inn in Allen is a straight shot up I-35. At normal Interstate speeds, that's a little under 3 hours to cover the 193 miles. Most all riders should be back at the hotel by around midnight.
Sunday, 7-17: I've been farkling several items on the GS Adventure I bought in May. Recently installed the FLIR PathFindIR camera and display. I'll be using this in the early morning and after sunset along the TWCT 1,000 route tomorrow. And, this will be the first extended hot weather ride since installing the airflow farkle to help solve the right side hot spot comfort issue. It's projected to be in the high 90s or low 100s today. I'll post how it worked when I get settled in at the hotel in Allen.
Texas World Capitals Tour 1,000 segment ride plan:
The Garmin BaseCamp route timing is listed below. At each TWC checkpoint I'll drop a Spot message. This will be a good way to compare the planned vs actual route timing. For planning purposes I included a 0:10 minute dwell time at each checkpoint.
