Awesome dude! A good friend of mine from college also has MS. Can't wait to tell her we are doing this.

As far as I know the team is part of the training program. The team leader sent out an email that mentioned joining a 12 week program of training rides starting in January. We will definitely be doing that. Definitely looking forward to the revelry of biking through the towns and to the finish line. I'm definitely going to buy a new pocket/point-n-shoot digital camera. the one i have currently is about 10 years old and doesn't work right anymore. and I'm not going to bring my big dSLR.

One question I came up with - do riders usually put on a rack and a pannier or trunk bag for stuff while out riding? like food/drinks/other supplies like tools and spares and stuff? Or is it more like keep a spare tube in your saddle bag, get refreshments at the break areas, and just pedal!

The thing I'm most worried about is the weather being nice. I can hack a long ride with some training. I just don't want to be absolutely miserable doing it!

I haven't read the BF rules in a while, but I'm assuming we can't post here asking for donations toward the fundraising, right?