Iron Butt
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From: SW Minnesota
This picture link got posted on the IBA site....called the DustButt 1000. Doing it on the dirt !
http://mapmaker.smugmug.com/gallery/5181459_oX9As
http://mapmaker.smugmug.com/gallery/5181459_oX9As
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Central FL
FYI...
I submitted my paperwork in mid-August. i got my email from Kneebone saying it was approached last Thursday. Ira said it is taking 10 to 12 weeks for certs to get done. thought you all would want to know.
I have my second SS1000 this friday (11/7). This stuff is kind of fun
I submitted my paperwork in mid-August. i got my email from Kneebone saying it was approached last Thursday. Ira said it is taking 10 to 12 weeks for certs to get done. thought you all would want to know.
I have my second SS1000 this friday (11/7). This stuff is kind of fun
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Florence, MT (Bitterroot Valley)
Congrats! Been on plenty of those short, long rides, but never got certified. I'm rethinking I might really need to do that, just to get the piece of paper and the patch. Thanks for reacquainting me with the memories....
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Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Daytona Beach
Congrats to all who have done these rides. So many have done a thousand in day, but don't have the paperwork. It's just a peice of paper. Continue to ride safe. I have found, after 500 miles in the saddle it gets hard. Real hard. When you do one of these be preparied. Know whats in store for you. Before I do one, the week-end before I'll knock down a 500 miler or so, to get all the bugs out. Your biggest lose of time is your stops. Carry a cooler of bottled water(so you don't have to go into the store to get it). Don't drink a bunch of coffee before the ride. Eat light the morning of the ride. Resist meals at the Waffle house, you don't want to have the smothered, stacked, crammed, jammed hash browns (trust me). Eat light. Most important, drink plenty of fluids, lots.
It will be cold in the morning when you start, you can handle that. If you are riding 1000 in day, it's going to be night when you get close to the end. It is cold and that is when it takes it's toll. Remember this, have your warm stuff handy(look back to wasted time). Be ready when there is a problem, 15 hours into the ride and only 100 miles to go you don't want to have issues. Be prepaired. My first one I did with 5 other riders, never again. It took us 17 hours. My last one was with one other rider, 15 hours. My best was alone, 12 hours. Before you do one, read all you can on long distance riding, the Ironbut site has lots of helpful tips. I can't do 1000 mile days one after another. But I can knock one (thousand miler) down anytime I have to.
It will be cold in the morning when you start, you can handle that. If you are riding 1000 in day, it's going to be night when you get close to the end. It is cold and that is when it takes it's toll. Remember this, have your warm stuff handy(look back to wasted time). Be ready when there is a problem, 15 hours into the ride and only 100 miles to go you don't want to have issues. Be prepaired. My first one I did with 5 other riders, never again. It took us 17 hours. My last one was with one other rider, 15 hours. My best was alone, 12 hours. Before you do one, read all you can on long distance riding, the Ironbut site has lots of helpful tips. I can't do 1000 mile days one after another. But I can knock one (thousand miler) down anytime I have to.
Last edited by Nitzo; Nov 3, 2008 at 06:45 PM.
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From: Central FL
Congrats to all who have done these rides. So many have done a thousand in day, but don't have the paperwork. It's just a peice of paper. Continue to ride safe. I have found, after 500 miles in the saddle it gets hard. Real hard. When you do one of these be preparied. Know whats in store for you. Before I do one, the week-end before I'll knock down a 500 miler or so, to get all the bugs out. Your biggest lose of time is your stops. Carry a cooler of bottled water(so you don't have to go into the store to get it). Don't drink a bunch of coffee before the ride. Eat light the morning of the ride. Resist meals at the Waffle house, you don't want to have the smothered, stacked, crammed, jammed hash browns (trust me). Eat light. Most important, drink plenty of fluids, lots.
It will be cold in the morning when you start, you can handle that. If you are riding 1000 in day, it's going to be night when you get close to the end. It is cold and that is when it takes it's toll. Remember this, have your warm stuff handy(look back to wasted time). Be ready when there is a problem, 15 hours into the ride and only 100 miles to go you don't want to have issues. Be prepaired. My first one I did with 5 other riders, never again. It took us 17 hours. My last one was with one other rider, 15 hours. My best was alone, 12 hours. Before you do one, read all you can on long distance riding, the Ironbut site has lots of helpful tips. I can't do 1000 mile days one after another. But I can knock one (thousand miler) down anytime I have to.
It will be cold in the morning when you start, you can handle that. If you are riding 1000 in day, it's going to be night when you get close to the end. It is cold and that is when it takes it's toll. Remember this, have your warm stuff handy(look back to wasted time). Be ready when there is a problem, 15 hours into the ride and only 100 miles to go you don't want to have issues. Be prepaired. My first one I did with 5 other riders, never again. It took us 17 hours. My last one was with one other rider, 15 hours. My best was alone, 12 hours. Before you do one, read all you can on long distance riding, the Ironbut site has lots of helpful tips. I can't do 1000 mile days one after another. But I can knock one (thousand miler) down anytime I have to.
Good advice above. Just finished my second one. Took me 20 hours. I stopped a lot, not just for gas.
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Congrats to all who have done these rides. So many have done a thousand in day, but don't have the paperwork. It's just a peice of paper. Continue to ride safe. I have found, after 500 miles in the saddle it gets hard. Real hard. When you do one of these be preparied. Know whats in store for you. Before I do one, the week-end before I'll knock down a 500 miler or so, to get all the bugs out. Your biggest lose of time is your stops. Carry a cooler of bottled water(so you don't have to go into the store to get it). Don't drink a bunch of coffee before the ride. Eat light the morning of the ride. Resist meals at the Waffle house, you don't want to have the smothered, stacked, crammed, jammed hash browns (trust me). Eat light. Most important, drink plenty of fluids, lots.
It will be cold in the morning when you start, you can handle that. If you are riding 1000 in day, it's going to be night when you get close to the end. It is cold and that is when it takes it's toll. Remember this, have your warm stuff handy(look back to wasted time). Be ready when there is a problem, 15 hours into the ride and only 100 miles to go you don't want to have issues. Be prepaired. My first one I did with 5 other riders, never again. It took us 17 hours. My last one was with one other rider, 15 hours. My best was alone, 12 hours. Before you do one, read all you can on long distance riding, the Ironbut site has lots of helpful tips. I can't do 1000 mile days one after another. But I can knock one (thousand miler) down anytime I have to.
It will be cold in the morning when you start, you can handle that. If you are riding 1000 in day, it's going to be night when you get close to the end. It is cold and that is when it takes it's toll. Remember this, have your warm stuff handy(look back to wasted time). Be ready when there is a problem, 15 hours into the ride and only 100 miles to go you don't want to have issues. Be prepaired. My first one I did with 5 other riders, never again. It took us 17 hours. My last one was with one other rider, 15 hours. My best was alone, 12 hours. Before you do one, read all you can on long distance riding, the Ironbut site has lots of helpful tips. I can't do 1000 mile days one after another. But I can knock one (thousand miler) down anytime I have to.
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Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Kingwood, TX
Congrats!!
I'm hoping to do Houston-Laredo-Dallas-Houston sometime this winter when it's not so freakin' hot!
I'm hoping to do Houston-Laredo-Dallas-Houston sometime this winter when it's not so freakin' hot!
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From: Nevada
Same here. My hat's off to Iron Butt riders. However, the 1000-mile days I've completed have all been on my own terms, not the IBA's.
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Colorado Springs
A bunch of you commented on the 1000 miles in 12 hours, but nobody mentioned the 1109 miles in 12.5 hours. That's 88.72 miles per hour with no stops. If all stops added up to 1 hour then the average speed would have been 96.43 miles per hour.