| Author | Message | ||
     Dick_stilton |
http://www.swiss500.ch/Englisch/index.htm For anyone that fancies it I can arrange digs + an almighty piss up before/after or both. dickstilton@gmail.com | ||
| Ducbsa |
That would be some day! I did this trip (only365 miles) in the rain http://tinyurl.com/8auzyt and was my clutch hand sore. | ||
| Bcordb3 |
I looked at the map of the course and now I think I am dizzy! | ||
| Thesmaz |
I did the event last year and will be going again this coming year! It was an amazing event and a real challenge! The map on the web site is from a GPS track of last years event. The route for the upcoming one will not be know until you make all of the check points and receive each piece of road book. It took me 22 hrs of virtually non stop riding to complete the event! You may think that it's no big deal but its not a race and the checkpoint open/closed at certain times and you have to follow the road book otherwise you may miss a secret checkpoint. If you don't have all of the required stamps from the checkpoints as well as all of the stamps from the secret checkpoint then you are not awarded "completion" nor the pin. | ||
| Ducbsa |
Different from 500 miles droning along on the Interstate. Hah, tire wear only on the center 1/2", instead of leaving no chickenstrips. | ||
| Skinstains |
I would really like to do that run. I just can't immagine 500/550 miles taking 24 hrs. Is the route paved ? There's definately something more to it than simple paved marked roads. | ||
| Thesmaz |
Yes the roads are paved but there are no highways or straight long roads. They send you down all of the back roads and there are lots of turns. It is an orienteering ride that you can't use a GPS for. Each piece of road book does not have the street names nor towns that you will be passing through but directions like "when you see the sign for XXXX town turn left". The check points open/close at specified times and if your early to a check point then you wait for it to open. If you're late, then your ride is over. They don't give you the complete road book at the start but you pick up a new piece at each checkpoint. After work I'll scan a page of the road book so that it's easier to understand. I thought the same thing the first time I did one of these rides in Belgium, boy was I wrong! The folks of the Antwerp HOG chapter kept us in the Ardennes for 13 hours! The biggest thing is that you do not stop to sleep throughout the whole thing, otherwise you'll miss a check point. Lots of coffee, energy drinks and power bars are what get me through. | ||
| Skinstains |
We need one here in the States. | ||
| Ezblast |
Its Called: The Buell Blast SLO Ride - lol - EZ | ||
| Ulynut |
Sounds like a lot of fun. I could see myself getting really, really lost out there though. |
