BRAT 2010 Routes

I recently traveled to Tennessee to do Bike Ride Across Tennessee (BRAT). After returning, I've taken the cue sheets and put all of the routes (save the last day) into bikemap.net. Here they are

Route	Miles	Climbing (ft)	Route Link
Harrison Bay to Fall Creek Falls	79.3	4461	http://www.bikemap.net/route/709097
Fall Crek Falls Loop	61.2	3379	http://www.bikemap.net/route/709105
Fall Creek Falls to Athens	61.3	3182	http://www.bikemap.net/route/709109
Athens to Fort Loudon	58.5	2919	http://www.bikemap.net/route/709114
Fort Loudon to Hiawassee State Park	50.4	2559	http://www.bikemap.net/route/709115
Hiawassee State Park Loop	40.9	2230	http://www.bikemap.net/route/710320

A couple of comments about the route.

-- The route was hilly. There is no flat ground in Eastern Tennessee. The biggest climbs were on days 1 and 2, but the route was never really flat.

-- The route took a lot of major roads (read highways) rather than putting us on rural back roads. Given, in some places there is only one road across a river or a ridge, but in other places, it appears perfectly acceptable back roads were available as an alternate. Not sure what the organizers were thinking when they decided to use these roads. Just so everyone knows, I would not suggest riding the routes above for Days 1 or 3. A lot of fast traffic on the majority of those routes. The routes for Days 2, 4, 5 and 6 are pretty good though.

I'll have more to say about BRAT in the coming few days.