Your hosts Tim & Sharon Patterson welcome your team to join nearly 100 other tandem enthusiasts at the Tennessee Tandem Rally for three fantastic days of riding in the beautiful foothills surrounding the Great Smokey Mountains on June 6 - 8. For those who have not yet experienced it, the Tennessee Tandem Rally's reputation for outstanding rides, food, and camaraderie has made it a perennial rally favorite. Many of the teams who will attend will be returning to Alcoa for their sixth consecutive Tennessee Tandem Rally. If you've been thinking about attending your first tandem rally, or your first Tennessee Tandem Rally stop putting it off an making excuses: come on and join us for a great tandeming experience. For those who have attended previous TTRs, new for 2008 will be: Our new host hotel, The Airport Hilton Combined lodging, breakfast, and rally registration fee structure A few 'tweaks' to the Saturday & Sunday ride routes SCHEDULE: The official rally begins on Friday with two ride times -- one early for those who arrived on Thursday evening and another shortly after noon for those who arrive on Friday. Friday evening is dinner on your own with a dessert social in the evening where rally goers can meet old friends and make new ones. Saturday begins with the rally's longer ride options and a catered lunch with live music just off the Greenway trail in Maryville and a short 4 miles from the host hotel. Our signature banquet will once again be held at Sullivan's in Maryville Saturday evening. Sunday will afford you one more chance to enjoy the fantastic foothill riding that exists around Alcoa, TN. RIDE INFO: For the benefit of those who haven't ridden in this part of the country, East Tennessee features many mountainous roads; however, don't be alarmed. Tim & Sharon have been riding around Alcoa for many years and been able to craft routes for the tandem rally that avoid the really steep stuff: that is, unless your team opts to join the now infamous "Thursday Team Challenge - more info below. That said, Tim & Sharon will ensure riders of all abilities will be able to find suitable ride options that will allow them to enjoy the beautiful scenery in and around the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. In addition to organized rides on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday that offer a variety of route options, we once again are offering a special Thursday Team Challenge before the official start of the rally. Please Note: For anyone who hasn't ridden in the foothills around the Great Smokey Mountains, even though we have lots of mountainous roads we are able to route riders around the really steep climbs. However, it's impossible to ride over 10 miles in the area around Alcoa, TN, without climbing something and what goes up must go down. Therefore, please use extreme caution on the descents as tandems left to descend without judicious braking can easily hit speeds of fifty miles per hour on some of the hills... far too too fast for many of the corners that you'll encounter. ACCOMMODATIONS: For 2008, the Tenneesse Tandem Rally has partnered with the Airport Hilton and your lodging for Friday and Saturday evenings are included in the rally registration. Accommodations provided as part of our package include a non-smoking double room and a breakfast buffet on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Your room reservations will be made by the rally and you will receive confirmation of your room reservations in the same Email that confirms the receipt of your rally registration. REGISTRATION: The Tennessee Tandem Rally is now full. Teams that would like to be put on the waiting list should send an Email Tim Patterson for additional information. In general, teams that have submitted registration forms who could not be confirmed can upon request be placed on a Waiting List. If and when cancellations are received, teams on the waiting list will be contacted to confirm their interest in attending the rally and arrangments for payments, etc... will be made at that time. For those interested in being place on the waiting list, it is noted that this year's rally uses an all-inclusive fee structure where both rally costs and hotel lodging are covered in a single $395.00 registration fee. A more detailed break down of whats included in the registration fees, along with payment instructions and terms and conditions for refunds can be found on our Registration page by clicking here. See Who's Registered For more info contact: Tim and Sharon Patterson Email: tim@tennesseetandems.com. Day time phone: (865) 809-2476 Evening phone: (865) 983-9126 before 10 P Best when viewed at 1024 x 768 Using Microsoft Internet Explorer Photos shamelessly stolen from Team Hunter; thanks David & Christen for documenting our lives. Copyright © 1998 - 2008. All rights reserved.  Page Updated: