Ben from St. Louis on 6/24/2008 1:14:23 PM:
You can add my name to the list as well (Ben DuMont - I'm the guy in the Sedalia paper)...just finished two weeks ago yesterday, yes through flash flood conditions (it rained 90 percent of the day) and yes, on my road bike and skinny racing tires...but it was all for a good cause, to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research, as my wife is a survivor. What I had trained for and planned to take 14 hours or less, due to the horrid trail conditions, took more than 16 hours. It was like riding through deep, wet sand in many parts and frequent deadfall slowed me down as well. What a ride, and what an experience! A friend rode the final 40 miles with me. PBS did a nice piece on the ride in support of the cause (or go to www.YouTube.com and search for "KETC ride cure"):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ne5QLLfV--I
If I do it again, will do it with somebody else the entire way and on a DRY day!!!