Flint Hills Ultra Gravel Tour

FHU Gravel Tour leaves from Emporia, KS annually the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend at 8am. The Start and Finish location is in front of the Emporia Zoo entrance gate on the south side of town. I will have registration for the FHU Gravel Tour. There is NO entry fee. I want to have registration so I have a better idea of how many are coming and if I need to provide safe long term parking. I can better distribute last minute known route information and such as a friendly observer. Registration is extremely appreciated but not required. The ride is intended to be completely unsupported. You show up. You get a high five. You pedal. Good luck. Trackleaders will be setup prior to the event. You may opt to use the service and you may opt to not use the service.

Support. No support. Look. I'm not going to follow you around with a drone. Go enjoy the route. Yes you can go off course to the McDonalds...just come back to the course where you left off. Yes you can stay at a Holiday Inn...just come back to the course where you left off. If you have family with an RV at some park along the way...give them a high five for me. If you ride the entire route with no cell phone, no human contact, eat plants and the occasional handful of ants, drink your own filtered urine and prefer your bike single speed, steel and with 100 pounds of pannier bags...I'll high five you myself. Respect other riders on the course. Respect their individual journey. Respect their space. You are all awesome.

Okay. Yes. We will record fastest known times. We will have separate records for Supported and Non-Supported. Supported means I don't care if someone hands you a bottle every mile as long as your bike is completely self propelled. Non-Supported is exactly what it means. No pre-planned support along the route if this is the record you are going for. I ask observers to please respect the effort and allow the rider to ride with no support. I need to be notified at least 1 week ahead of time for ANY record attempt. No notification equals no record attempt. I will verify all requested Time Trial attempts.