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From: Upstate NY
Just hop on your bike and head West - you'll pick up an hour of daylight as you pass through the next time zone. It's probably easier to do a 1,000+ mile ride by yourself than with another person.
Last edited by MTGlide; Aug 16, 2010 at 12:13 AM.
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It's highly recommended to ride with another person. A bud and I are planning on doing the New England 1000 next week. It starts and ends in Augusta ME.
IBA Event Calendar then check out the Rides and Rules tab.
IBA Event Calendar then check out the Rides and Rules tab.
Last edited by soos; Aug 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM.
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It's highly recommended to ride with another person. A bud and I are planning on doing the New England 1000 next week. It starts and ends in Augusta ME.
IBA Event Calendar then check out the Rides and Rules tab.
IBA Event Calendar then check out the Rides and Rules tab.
crooked fairing and all! I'd do it with you guys if I didn't have one of the grandkids b-day party on the 21'st and Bentleys the next weekend
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I agree with MTGlide, just point it west and go - and based on personal experience, it is much quicker when solo. To give you an example, I ran an in-state Colorado SS1k a few weeks ago. Last week, a buddy wanted me to ride with him on his first Iron Butt ride, so we rode the same in-state route and he led. Even though he was heavier on the throttle than I was solo, it took us 2 hours more to complete the same ride.
Why? Gas stops were longer, pit stops were longer (especially at the 1-holers!), we chatted at each stop, it took longer to pass traffic on 2 lane hiways, if we got separated by traffic he'd slow down to wait, etc., etc.. By and large, this would be a solo sport.
Understand the rules for documentation, make sure you look at your route on "shortest route" mode (if there is a shortcut - however inconvenient - the IBA verification team will assume you took it), stay hydrated, be safe and have fun!
Why? Gas stops were longer, pit stops were longer (especially at the 1-holers!), we chatted at each stop, it took longer to pass traffic on 2 lane hiways, if we got separated by traffic he'd slow down to wait, etc., etc.. By and large, this would be a solo sport.
Understand the rules for documentation, make sure you look at your route on "shortest route" mode (if there is a shortcut - however inconvenient - the IBA verification team will assume you took it), stay hydrated, be safe and have fun!
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doesn't matter if it is quicker or not, as long as you do it in 24hrs. 12 hrs, 23hrs, doesn't matter. i like the idea of having a riding partner in case something goes wrong.
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You're absolutely right - the certificate is the same whether the ride was done in 16 or 24 hours, but with all due respect, the longer I'm on the road, the more fatigued I become. The more fatigued, the more stressed. The longer the ride, the greater percentage of the ride is done outside of daylight hours and night riding is inherently more stressful, on constant alert for critters. I can think of all sorts of reasons why I want to spend less time on an Iron Butt ride than more.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating burning up the track After all, 1,000 miles in 16 hours is averaging only slightly more than 60 mph, and that is easily doable on the Interstates out here.
As for riding partners, I've been lucky enough to ride about 20k miles so far this year (I'm also lucky enough to be retired!). If I was waiting on a riding partner, I wouldn't be having near this much fun.
Ride safe.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating burning up the track After all, 1,000 miles in 16 hours is averaging only slightly more than 60 mph, and that is easily doable on the Interstates out here.
As for riding partners, I've been lucky enough to ride about 20k miles so far this year (I'm also lucky enough to be retired!). If I was waiting on a riding partner, I wouldn't be having near this much fun.
Ride safe.
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1. Does he give you a specific route out to 95N from the start point?
2. He gave me directions to the start point via Gardiner. Can we return that way?
3 Did he give you specific checkpoints?
I did ask him about taking route 2 all the way to S Burlington and he told me we could jump on 89 in Montpelier which will save time. Have a safe ride.