It's time to take names and kick tires!
If you think you want to join the Iron Butted Beemers on the first weekend of May for an official Iron Butt SaddleSore 1000 Qualification Ride, reply to this post with the answer to eight questions:
Question 1: Who are you?This aint the LSAT; the questions are easy.
The ride committee has a plan and we want your input.
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What do you think of this two-day format? Would you rather end near home and say a brief goodbye after collecting our ending receipt?
Question 2: Do you like the 2-day format or would you prefer to begin and end at home?HOTELWhat kind of hotel would you stay in? Do you prefer cheap or luxurious? On-site lounge or near a dive bar? We are scouting and want to pick something that will promote comfortable reflection on a day well-wasted.
Question 3: What is your hotel budget or preference?RAIN TOLERANCEA few hours of rain in the forecast won't stop this crew but if a storm front parks itself over the route for the whole weekend, that's a different story.
Question 4: Would you still go if they forecast rain? How many hours of rain?RIDE STYLEDo you want to ride more or less as a group? Should we start together and then just set our own pace? Do you want to start at your own time?
Question 5: Do you want to start at the same time?Question 6: Do you want the group to stay close together or ride at different paces?Question 7: What is the range of your gas tank?Question 8: What is the range of your butt or bladder?Please post a reply with your responses. This is coming up soon so roll on down to Jim's Tech Day and ask him for a checklist of what to check before a long ride. Think how attractive you will be to the opposite sex when you put an official Iron Butt license plate frame on your bike. Woo-hoo!