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San Francisco Bay in a Day Double Century

This was the worst organized ride I have been on. Rest stops closing VERY early; a ridiculous number of turns listed on the route sheet - and some marked turns were not listed - plus my ride buddies and I were sent the wrong way by a group of course marshals, resulting in almost 20 extra miles ridden.

This is the only ride were I have had a rest stop (number 3 out of 9) close on me as I arrived, after starting at the prescribed time and holding an average speed of almost 15 MPH (no easy feat with all those stops signs and turns). Additionally the people manning some of the rest stops gave me the impression that they REALLY didn't want to be there.

After loosing so much time after rest stop 3 we didn't both even trying to stop at any further rest stops.

Roads: 8/10
Course Marking: 7/10 - Only one arrow but quite visible.
Route Map: 3/10 - Not all turns were listed.
Food: 6/10 - Not much stuff at the rest stops I saw.
Facilities: 6/10
Countryside: 8/10 - Some nice parts, interesting to go over Golden Gate.
Challenge: 8/10 - No really big hills, but with 150 listed turns not getting lost was the biggest problem.
Overall: 3/10

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