Absolutly, you can register day of.  Registraion fees are higher for last minute registraion due to higher event staff needs and cost commitments.

We will have event expo and packet pick up Friday May 8th 12pm-7pm and Saturday May 9th from 5:30am-7:00 am with the  ride starting at 7:30am.

Oue expo will be located at Bessie Smith Cultural Center 200 E MLK Blvd Chattanooga, TN and part of the funds will go to support thier efforts to preserve Chattanooga's rich African American culture and muscial roots.

The city has parking lots and street parking down town.  Please besure that you are not in a paid space as the city does ticket and provate lots will tow.  We reccomned leaving you car at your hotel and ride in to the start.

While we do not have a full course cut off there will be a cut-off enforced on the 120K loop.

We can allow you to pick up multiple packets if you have ID and they have signed all required waivers.

We would like to remind everyone that urinating in public is against the law.  There are portalet loacted at the start finish and each rest stop. Please allow this to serve as your warning you will be ticket if caught uriniating in public.

As of now we are not providing onsite gear check.  Should this change will will email everyone on the details. 

You will get a Tshirt.  We truly want you to be able to say I rode x miles and climb a billion miles ad all i got was a t-shirt.  Plus you can combine them with all your other event shirts and make a cool blanket.   If we get to 500 participants we will have a victory challenge coin, because we know that medal wall is getting full.

Yes you are required to wear a safety approved cylcing helmet at all times your are on a bike.  (It is just the smart thing to do.) We all all riders 10 yrs and up.  If they are on a tandem we can allow younger.  That being stated it is important to note that these are challenging courses that are not the most kid friendly.  Before you birng you young rider on the big loops please consider their level of skill and ability to finish the course.