Finished my 1000 miles ride to Colorado!!

[Tiger04]

Well got my iron butt ride completed at 9:04 pm last night . 1010 miles in 17 hours with 15 of those hours in the saddle. :shock: Left home at 4:10am on a cool morning and never really warmed up upper 50's low 60's. Tiger did great as expected. Had perfect weather for the ride sunny and a little windy. I'll post a better report later. I now get to plan my route back home which is going to be another great ride. :D

[ackme]

Congrats.  :icon_salut

On a rational level I know that I don't want to do an iron butt, however, it is oddly compelling.  

Then again, who said riding had to be rational  



ack

[coachgeo]

... who said riding had to be rational    ...

[BigMark]

Good work..

 I love those American roads. Over here it takes 19.5 hours to do a 1000miles and you have to circumnavigate England to do an "in country" ride.

 European roads however are probably equal in time to the US of A but the fast roads seem to lack the wide open spaces which i really liked through Utah - Nevada & Arizona...

Looking forward to the report and verification 10 miles is only a small margin for error.. Best of luck...

Mark.

[Sin_Tiger]

Congrats. Bro      

you have to circumnavigate England to do an "in country" ride.

Don't like foreign stamps like Scotland and Wales in your passport then :icon_study  :P

[BigMark]

I love Scotland... Wales is ok too.. (scotlands better) but the reasonable hotels are always £100.00 per night in the highlands and skye which limits my visit time some.

It's a thing, that's all. I have done a multi country ride and failed at a in country french ride a few weeks back.  I need to do an in country ss ride now  :D

Or i may just blat along the Autobharn to Poland - then on to the Ukraine border - that's 1000 miles and you get the opportunity to dodge bullets, Mafia and maniacs in the Ukraine if the mood takes you..

[Sin_Tiger]

You must be pretty posh, I manage to find good B&B's for around 30 quid with heart stopping breakfasts  :shock:

I'd love to do Poland having driven around it in the early 90's, wife's father came from Poznan and I have a fondness for the Poles.

[BigMark]

Never been called posh before...
I am the Formule 1 kid...
Must be me but when i look online i see them for £100.00 but then i do like to go up with my Mr's.. so we have a double room..  

Please feel free to point the way Sir  :D

[Bixxer Bob]

Mark, rather than hijack this thread completely, I've opened another - B&B Scotland..... worth a look!

[Sin_Tiger]

:oops:  sorry

[Tiger04]

I don't mind the extra discussions,hell its about the ride.