HOKA-HEY Officiial Iron Ass TRACKING THREAD
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I live here in Collier County. Oil well Road is just an old 2 lane road running through Tomato fields and orange groves. There is really only one curve and that is almost to 29. Not a hard road to ride but there is alot of bug life.
The paper said 2 were released and 2 are still in the hospital.
The paper said 2 were released and 2 are still in the hospital.
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From: Ms
First of all, Iron ***, I wish you the best, and a safe ride. Second, I don't think I could do this ride (had enough of sleeping under the stars with the Army). Third, after reading all of the threads, this sounds like a cluster **ck from the word "go"! It says on one of the web sites that a film producer is documenting this fiasco. I would bet that they have picked some of the more "interesting" people to follow, in other words, not your normal Joe. I would also bet that this ends up on HD Discovery with all the other bike shows which will generate money from comercials and T-shirt sales. As far as the prize money, I agree with another post here that pretty much states "how in the hell can you pass a lie detector test when the route is impossible to follow and speed limits can be easily overlooked. Who is able to keep up with 750 guys who will do any dirty trick in the book to collect that kind of booty. Not knocking the good, honest contestents that are in this thing, I'm just saying that the organizers made this thing impossible to do without cheating. I hope I'm wrong, for the sake of those who make it and for those who don't and of course for the money raised for the charities. Good luck to all.
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From: Trussville, Al
Red Cloud fired the original film producer. Odd uh?
It says on one of the web sites that a film producer is documenting this fiasco. I would bet that they have picked some of the more "interesting" people to follow, in other words, not your normal Joe. I would also bet that this ends up on HD Discovery with all the other bike shows which will generate money from comercials and T-shirt sales.
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http://www.hokaheygreg.com/followme.html = Greg
http://www.westvirginiabikers.com/20...aHey.html = Mitchell
http://www.spotadventures.com/user/p..._id=55038 = Carlos
http://www.spotadventures.com/user/p..._id=54273 = Charlie
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...FKD96Mly9 = Mark
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...Zeco2Lotk = Chris Carr
I was born in Birmingham, Alabama and bicycled and dirt biked quite a bit around Cheaha State Park and the Talladega National Forest between Sylacauga, Ashland, Lineville, Talladega and Oxford.
Ditto for the Sumiton, Cordova, Sipsey Wilderness area. I know the north half of Alabama like the back of my hand.
There is no way the six (6) riders above had the same written route instructions unless at least one of them is following somebody on 4-wheels or 2-wheels who knows the Hoka Hey route. Following could include receiving radio instructions from his support team.
http://www.westvirginiabikers.com/20...aHey.html = Mitchell
http://www.spotadventures.com/user/p..._id=55038 = Carlos
http://www.spotadventures.com/user/p..._id=54273 = Charlie
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...FKD96Mly9 = Mark
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...Zeco2Lotk = Chris Carr
I was born in Birmingham, Alabama and bicycled and dirt biked quite a bit around Cheaha State Park and the Talladega National Forest between Sylacauga, Ashland, Lineville, Talladega and Oxford.
Ditto for the Sumiton, Cordova, Sipsey Wilderness area. I know the north half of Alabama like the back of my hand.
There is no way the six (6) riders above had the same written route instructions unless at least one of them is following somebody on 4-wheels or 2-wheels who knows the Hoka Hey route. Following could include receiving radio instructions from his support team.
The guy I feel sorry for Charlie. He headed way up into the middle of Missouri before he realized he was on the wrong track. It looks like he is heading back down HWY 44 to catch up! HA!!!
It is kind of fun watching the progress...
Last edited by bradleys; Jun 22, 2010 at 02:36 PM.
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Gonna watch these guys was wondering about things.
The rules state that all bikes would have a chip placed on them. This is copied from the FAQ section: " Each rider/bike will be outfitted with a chip that will read the exact time the rider crosses the starting and the finish lines."
Bet it can track each one as well. If not then how would they know if bikes were on the interstates except for the decal that was put on the bikes during inspection.
The rules state that all bikes would have a chip placed on them. This is copied from the FAQ section: " Each rider/bike will be outfitted with a chip that will read the exact time the rider crosses the starting and the finish lines."
Bet it can track each one as well. If not then how would they know if bikes were on the interstates except for the decal that was put on the bikes during inspection.
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Gonna watch these guys was wondering about things.
The rules state that all bikes would have a chip placed on them. This is copied from the FAQ section: " Each rider/bike will be outfitted with a chip that will read the exact time the rider crosses the starting and the finish lines."
Bet it can track each one as well. If not then how would they know if bikes were on the interstates except for the decal that was put on the bikes during inspection.
The rules state that all bikes would have a chip placed on them. This is copied from the FAQ section: " Each rider/bike will be outfitted with a chip that will read the exact time the rider crosses the starting and the finish lines."
Bet it can track each one as well. If not then how would they know if bikes were on the interstates except for the decal that was put on the bikes during inspection.
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From: DFW
I think I read somewhere that the the chip was not a GPS device, just a identifier - meant to track your check-in and check-out times at each checkpoint. I suspect it is an IFRD card similar to those used for secure building access.
It will be very interesting to get a debrief from Iron *** when he returns.
It will be very interesting to get a debrief from Iron *** when he returns.
Last edited by bradleys; Jun 22, 2010 at 03:20 PM.
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From FAQ #7
While we don't plan on babysitting the Challengers, we will know if you stayed with your bike because we know the route inside and out, we will be using GPS to track the riders, there will be cameras crews everywhere, and we will be employing other less obvious methods to keep an eye on the things.
I still can't believe that the first one to cross the line in Homer would be the winner. If there are various routes, this would definitely NOT be a fair Challenge as each route would have its own set of circumstances encountered and each individual route would take a different time than any other route. I blieve the only way to make it fair for everyone is to have each route timed. Then the one closest to their time required on whatever route they are sent on would be the winner.
While we don't plan on babysitting the Challengers, we will know if you stayed with your bike because we know the route inside and out, we will be using GPS to track the riders, there will be cameras crews everywhere, and we will be employing other less obvious methods to keep an eye on the things.
I still can't believe that the first one to cross the line in Homer would be the winner. If there are various routes, this would definitely NOT be a fair Challenge as each route would have its own set of circumstances encountered and each individual route would take a different time than any other route. I blieve the only way to make it fair for everyone is to have each route timed. Then the one closest to their time required on whatever route they are sent on would be the winner.