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rccardr -- I was just thinking that with all the hullabaloo surrounding El Tour anything scheduled that same weekend would get lost in the mix and have minimal attendance. Of course, last time I rode El Tour I felt like my '84 was about the oldest bike in the field, so maybe there's minimal overlap in terms of likely attendees. I've been wrong before.
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