Originally Posted by
Rick@OCRR
Hi Jerry,
Did you ride the Central Double Century in Litchfield, IL? That was my first double in '83 and my first (and only) triple in '85. Since you are in the St. Louis area, that would be my guess.
Bob Harting, who organized the CDC with the AYH every year now lives In the San Diego area and I see him every year on the Grand Tour Double out here (Malibu to Ojai and back, late June every year).
Rick / OCRR
I rode with Bob a few times a long time ago but I didn't do the Litchfield double. I did mine at the Mississippi Valley 24 Hour Challenge in New Baden plus a one-off double century out of Edwardsville. The MV24 was run by Mike Hahn also of AYH, or HI-GC or whatever they were calling it at that time.
Doubles are challenging. I attempted 6 of them but only completed 4. Knee pain stopped me at 162 miles twice. My daughter did 355 miles at the MV24 when she was 18 YO.