Glad to see that adding the century has perked some interest! I'm an Oakland Yellowjacket who has been on the committee organizing the ride since the first one, so I can answer some of your questions.

The century ride will have 10000 (!) feet of climbing...thanks for pointing out the inconsistency on the website. We did decide to eliminate Southpark from the route this year, although it's still an option if you want to tackle it! The route will take Grizzly instead.

Some more changes this year: Lunch will be served out on the route for the century riders; we going to add more food to the rest stops (yes, there WILL be peanut butter); we will be stationing volunteers at key turns to make sure people go the right way. Any other suggestions? I'd be glad to hear them as we are doing lots of planning now and we want to make it the best ride possible! We'll make sure to have lots and lots of water out there to help combat the Sept. heat.

Also, I'm the volunteer coordinator so if anyone isn't able to ride but wants to help out, let me know. We are especially interested in experienced cyclists to help out at the rest stops. Thanks!

Tara