Originally Posted by
big chainring
A double century, whats that 15 hours in the saddle. Thats a lot of time to work it out.
No, should be under 12. I did the exact ride solo last year in 11:45 moving time (with about an hour and a half of stopped time for breaks). It's pretty flat with about 5800feet of elevation gain but even that is a bit deceiving - there were basically about three real "climbs."
Yes there's time to work it out, but prefer to have the group know the plan ahead of time. Some of the roads will be relatively busy with traffic.