The Tour de Georgia 2006 is coming to Chattanooga and Herbert at Litespeed has a related blog.
Although I appreciate the demands of a cycling race, I’m thinking it’s not that great of a spectator event. By and large, you sit there and for a few seconds see the riders zoom by, and that’s pretty much it. Seems even worse than a golf event; at least there you can move around and see different parts of the course.
I see Litespeed, in Ooltewah, has tours of their factory available. That would be pretty cool to see. I went to college just a few miles from there, but at the time didn’t even notice that the place existed. Alas.
In other Chattanooga-area bicycling news, I’m thinking about doing my first 3 State 3 Mountain Challenge this May. I gather it’s a good event, and they’ve already got over 1,400 people registered for this year’s ride. The biggest hurdle in participating is that it’s early in the season to be in good enough shape to do a century. Although I’ve basically been riding throughout the winter, the longest ride I’ve done in 2006 is 42 miles. [Long rides and cold temperatures don’t mix well for me.] Better get cracking and hope for some nice warm weekends in April.