The HBC ride scheduled for today, the Bell Buckle Blast, is CANCELLED for both the Metric and full Century routes.  The forecast calls for rain picking up as the morning progresses.  Thanks to Mary Turner and Jerry Franks for the early call.

We will see what conditions are like tomorrow morning for the Sunday ride, but it doesn't look promising.

For Saturday Mary Turner has planned a very special metric century adventure to Bell Buckle.  With a warm morning predicted and the longer than usual route, the ride will begin at 8:30.  The route is fairly flat and goes from College Grove over to Midland and Fosterville in Rutherford County and then heads south to the quaint village of Bell Buckle, famous as home to The Webb School and lots of local shops.  Four possible rest stops are available there, as indicated on this map.

The course then comes back by Kingdom Road and Haunt Hollow, in preparation for Halloween!  The route is 62 miles,  Here's the cue sheet:

College Grove to Bell Buckle Metric Century

Century Option also CANCELLED!
A group of HBC riders, led by Jerry Franks and Bruce Green, are planning to make the Bell Buckle ride into a full century!  They will leave from Trinity Park at 7:20 and hook up with Mary's group at College Grove.  Please note that the time has been moved back to 7:20 in order to get to College Grove in time.  The full century offers a fairly flat route, with less than 3,000 feet of climbing (according to ridewithgps) for the whole century!  So it should be fast!  Here's the Century cue sheet:

Trinity Park to Bell Buckle - 100.8 miles!