iron butt challenge cancelled

[Doctor T]

3 of us had planned to do an iron butt challenge on New Year's Day. This has been agreed since May. Chichester to Penrith. Just over 1000 miles. But now due to the latest weather forecast we've had to cancel. Bummer.
We have a good mix of bikes. HD Pan Am, Tri 120 and me on the RT. One of us only passed his test last year and hasn't ridden outside West Sussex.
Now time to rethink. We are going to approach a local kids charity to hopefully raise a little money for them.

Happy New Year everyone

[Strat Tuner]

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I've done three of the Iron Butt rides and proudly display the artwork for each on my motorcycle.

I did the first one, the "Saddle Sore 1000" (1000 miles in less than 24 hrs) solo.
Temecula, Barstow, Kingman, Flagstaff, Phoenix, and home makes a nice 1000-mile loop! :-)

The other two, I did with riders from church as fundraisers. We used an android app called "Glympse". It can be made to generate a website address ANYONE can look at and see your speed/location in real time. That way, those who pledged money per mile could watch.

Take rain gear! Even in sunny California, I needed that half way through. For me the main concern was heat. I went in April just because the heat in high summer gets up around 38C (100F)!

I left about 03:00 hrs. That put me home by 22:00 hrs. Listening to music is good to help stay awake.
Good luck on your ride.

[Strat Tuner]

That reminds me...

In extreme heat, I read once that it's good to bring along a 100% cotton shirt with long sleeves for underneath your mesh coat. (The mesh coats are reasonably affordable, and I carry one with me in addition to a normal riding coat, AND a "frog tog" outer coat for rain.)

You soak the cotton shirt wet and ride with it under your armored mesh until it dries. The water evaporation keeps you cool, and you can just stop at a gas station or rest stop to re-wet the shirt.

I've done that in 114F (45.5C), and it worked well. The shirt drys very quickly, but I stayed mostly cool.
Safe travels!

[Doctor T]

SS1000_Full_package_400.jpgI've done three of the Iron Butt rides and proudly display the artwork for each on my motorcycle.

I did the first one, the "Saddle Sore 1000" (1000 miles in less than 24 hrs) solo.
Temecula, Barstow, Kingman, Flagstaff, Phoenix, and home makes a nice 1000-mile loop! :-)

The other two, I did with riders from church as fundraisers. We used an android app called "Glympse". It can be made to generate a website address ANYONE can look at and see your speed/location in real time. That way, those who pledged money per mile could watch.

Take rain gear! Even in sunny California, I needed that half way through. For me the main concern was heat. I went in April just because the heat in high summer gets up around 38C (100F)!

I left about 03:00 hrs. That put me home by 22:00 hrs. Listening to music is good to help stay awake.
Good luck on your ride.

Thanks for the encouragement. As I am in the UK I always carry a set of lightweight rain gear.

[Strat Tuner]

Yeah, kind of guessed that after I made the post.
It's that green and pleasant land thing... :-) (that's LAND not lad)

[burridge01]

Yeah, kind of guessed that after I made the post.
It's that green and pleasant lad thing... :-)

Green and pleasant lad.
Something Doctor T isn't telling us

[Strat Tuner]

it's a mis spelling !!!

It's LAND ... L A N D... you comedian.!

[burridge01]

it's a mis spelling !!!

It's LAND ... L A N D... you comedian.!

If you sayso

[Capt Sisko]

That reminds me... done that in 114F (45.5C)

Not really a porblem we have in the UK!

I did an SS1000 from the northern half of England to the top right hand corner of Scotland and back in the first week of June last year. The tempurature in Scotland got as low a 5c and it hailed on me (I'll tell you, that's noisy when it hits your helmet). It was warmer back at the start/finish at 1.00am when I got back than it was at midday in Scotland.

[Strat Tuner]

No, heat not a big problem there. Just wanted to make an informative post.

Cold is something else!
Nice work keeping it upright. :-)

[Doctor T]

Am not a hot weather bloke. Prefer it around the mid 50/60s. Anything above 70f and am baking, high blood pressure doesn't help.Am sure I was born in Antarctia a previous life. If you believe that sort of thing.