This is a thread to post legitimate conflicts with a possible date for FM.24.08.
FM.24.08 will _NOT_ be on a date where an event in bold exists.
If you think something should be bold. Say so and why.
!!!Any comment here that is not legit, or is discussion, may be removed.!!!
Note: College kids will be around after Labor Day, so the openish dates after Labor Day are probably better than those before.
April 5-6 Gainesville Georgia Cup
April 12-13 Chattanooga Georgia Cup
April 19-20 Sea Otter
April 26-27 Athens Twilight Crits (25-26), Tour de Georgia (21-27), 24 Hours of Vail Lake
May 3-4 Nalley Roswell Crit
May 10-11 Festival of Speed #1 (Fri,Sat)
May 17-18 24 Hours of Conyers, Action Cycling 200, 12 Hours of Tsali, Dahlonega Georgia Cup
May 24-25 Memorial Day Weekend
May 31+ 14th Annual Bump and Gring (Birmangham, AL XC MTB), Union City Georgia Cup
June 7-8 BRAG (7-14), Juniors Track Nationals, 24 Hours of Big Bear, National Trails Day (SORBA)
June 14-15 BRAG (7-14), Juniors Track Nationals
June 21-22 Cowbell Challenge (Charlotte NC 12hr), La Grance Georgia Cup, Juniors Track Nationals, Great Divide Race (20-15)
June 28-29 Corndogorama, Marietta Georgia Cup, SORBA Raccoon Run XC, Juniors Track Nationals, Great Divide Race (20-15)
Jul 5-6 July 4th Weekend, Tour de France, Great Divide Race (20-15)
Jul 12-13 Festival of Speed #2 (Fri,Sat),Tour de France, Rome Georgia Cup, Georgia Games, East Cost Nationals MTB Windham Resort NY, Great Divide Race (20-15)
Jul 19-20 Tour de France, USAC-MTB Nationals (West Dover, VT 17-20th), Carter's Lake MTB Classic (CK gone?)
Jul 26-27 Tour de France, 24 Hours of Killington
Aug 2-3 USAC-MTB 24 Hour Nationals (Wausau, WI), SORBA Macon Madness XC (CK gone?)
Aug 9-10 Olympic Road Cycling (1-2,5) (CK gone?)
Aug 16-17 Fool's Gold MTB Race, Georgia Cup Augusta, Weekend before first week of GT+GSU, Olympic Track Cycling (15-19)
Aug 23-24 Weekend before first week of Emory, Olympic MTB (22-23)
Aug 30-31 Labor Day Weekend, USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships – Greenville, SC (sept 1st is US 100K Classic - Atlanta, Ga), Masters Track Nationals (27-31), Dragon*Con(29-1)
Sep 6-7
Sep 13-14 Buckhead - Georgia Cup, Collegiate Track Nationals (14-16), 6 Hours of Herb, MS 150 Atlanta Challenge
Sep 20-21 Festival of Speed #3 (Fri,Sat), 24 Hours of Landahl, 12 Hours of Dauset, Big Creek Festival
Sep 27-28 Downtown Decatur Alabama Crit
Oct 4-5 Elite Track Nationals (3-7), Fat Tire Festival
Oct 11-12 24 Hours of Moab, Assault on Brushy Mtn Festival
Oct 18-19 First weekend of Georgia Cyclocross (Conyers), Yellow River MTB Festival
Oct 25-26 GA Cyclocross (Winder), 12 Hours of the Hill of Truth TN, Tumbling Creek MTB Rumble
Nov 1-2 GA Cyclocross (Monroe), Halloween Weekend, Long Hunter MTB Festival TN
Nov 8-9 GA Cyclocross (Macon), Middle GA MTB FEstival
Nov 15-16 GA Cyclocross Finals (Augusta)
Nov 22-23
Nov 29-30 Thanksgiving weekend
http://www.alabamacyclingnews.com/Race%20Writeups/2008+ALGABRA+CALENDAR(1).xls
http://grannygear.com/index.shtml
http://www.sadlebred.com/2008/calendar2008.html
http://www.hubracing.com/hubracing/calendar/
http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/schedule/
http://www.sorba.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=59
already?
just knocking out some of the dates for now -
Jul 12-12 - Festival of Speed 2
Aug 16-17 - Fool's Gold MTB Race
Sep 20-21 - Festival of Speed 3
uh. hit refresh :)
uh. hit refresh :)
ah!
you work Faster!
Why you hating on Cali?
Feb 17-24 Tour de California
note how there are no dates
note how there are no dates in feb because thats tomorrow? :)
of course I did, tic. btw,
of course I did, tic.
btw, Feb begins on Friday in my book.
September 6-7 looks pretty
September 6-7 looks pretty damn good. I wish to avoid the cold, because I get cold. That is about the same as 07.
We should check and make sure there are a few concerts, football games and a big weekend convention going on, just too make it interesting. How about during Dragon-con and we can race right down Peachtree!?
falcons schedule isn't
falcons schedule isn't posted yet. find dates for things and put them here.
Braves in town Sept. 6-7
Saturday night at 7:35, Sunday at 1:35.
I'd kind of prefer it not
I'd kind of prefer it not happen during concerts/conventions I will be attending. Non-cycling sporting events are cool by me though.
Fun!
It just makes it more fun! The GT game, The Dave Mathews concert and the Lynyrd Skynyrd Hall Of Fame thing really made FM.24.07 much more fun!
I was signed up for a late fall adventure race a few years ago. Turns out the race was taking place a week after deer season opened. So they canceled it! So a few of the slower folks might have gotten shot? Not everybody can win! (I always vote against the furry brown team jersey!)
Good idea
a shooting element makes any event more fun. With that in mind, we need to make sure that any route makes people have to take Boulevard.
I wasn't arguing against the
I wasn't arguing against the sentiment, just the specific event you want the race to conflict with.
Dragoncon
8/29-9/1
discussion deleted. talk
discussion deleted. talk about this elsewhere please.
Dude, we were just playing
Dude, we were just playing and it was about the race.
read the notes in the thread
read the notes in the thread starting thing at the top. (now in bold with little !!!s around it) Nothing personal here, just if this thread gets to be too long it's going to be a problem.
NP
Sorry 'bout dat.
I need a date
anyone, anyone?
Not Dfunk, though... too much baggage.
That's ok
I'm so over you.
Great Divide Race
June 20 - July 15
Tour de Georgia
April 21 - April 27
Let's do this September 6-7.
Let's do this September 6-7. Any objections, state them now!
GaTech released its football
GaTech released its football schedule two weeks ago (in case that applies to anybody else, and yes the stadium has bike racks) and Sept 6-7 is an away game, so your choice looks good.
2008 Schedule
Aug. 28 (Thur.) JACKSONVILLE STATE
Sept. 6 at Boston College
Sept. 13 at Virginia Tech
Sept. 20 MISSISSIPPI STATE
Sept. 27 Open
Oct. 4 DUKE (Family Weekend)
Oct. 11 GARDNER-WEBB (who?)
Oct. 18 at Clemson
Oct. 25 VIRGINIA (Homecoming)
Nov. 1 FLORIDA STATE
Nov. 8 at North Carolina
Nov. 15 Open
Nov. 20 (Thur.) MIAMI
Nov. 29 at Georgia
PS. NFL schedules dont come out until April or June
you should announce (in a
you should announce (in a more central location) that the date is currently being voted on. I think 3/4 the way down the "race date" page is still a little hidden.
theres no vote here though.
theres no vote here though. People have had their chance to say things in this thread, and many opinions are being taken into account. This is the cumulation of all of those opinions and events.
The open source thing doesn't work so well for a set timeline, so this year is going to be a little more structured. The intent will still be for everyone to be happy, but yeah. Stay tuned!
gottcha. so my opinion is
gottcha. so my opinion is "this date works for me"
sounds good to me :)
sounds good to me :)
Laborday Weekend
I don't know what you were thinking when you said "Aug 23-24 Labor Day Weekend", but Labor Day Weekend is Aug 29 - Sep 1.
Prolly just a typo
But it's a moot point, as the proposed race date is 9/6-7, which I am in favor of.
It's hard to get lots of
It's hard to get lots of dates right!
And maybe a typo but Aug 29th is a friday and Sep 1 is a monday ... ;)
You're right on that. Labor
You're right on that. Labor Day Monday is part of Labor Day weekend, but I'm only including the Friday because I won't be at work!
Hell
If you are me it is difficult to get one date, even, and I ain't talking about the fruit (dunno where to get those either).
But I suppose we are talking about calendar dates, Sept 6 & 7 are fab and it is a holiday in Brazil so my little brother may be able to join us (maybe). I have never raced him but I would expect him to be fast.