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I was just thinking that way faster than what I average when I am only riding ... I assume Gary had to eat, take a nap or two and tend to other necessities in the 51 hour period.

 

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Cannot find the pertaining article, but from what I could find the guy is somewhat of a long distance/endurance pro. I see he takes short catnaps during his endurance trips.



But keeping high average speeds up is more difficult than what you may realize. If you tried to cover 100 miles in a single hour, but could only do lets say 70mph for the first 50 miles, you’d need to average almost 170mph for the second set 50 miles. Most folks think you’d only need to do only 130mph but covering the first 50 miles @ 70mph consumes 42 minutes. To cover the second 50 miles in the remaining 18 minutes will require approx. 170mph.



75mph average whilst having the odd catnap etc. means that guy must have been hauling ass. And a lot of that would have been at night on unfamiliar roads. Crazy.

 

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Well it was a coast-to-coast ride, so 3800 miles is probably not far off. Whatever it turns out to be, it is an achievement to say the least.



I sure as hell wouldn’t want to ride with him. I’d like to do the same trip over 6 –7 days, maybe taking a day or two off in between days on the road, and enjoying the sights and surroundings whilst I ride.

 

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Re: Skip the Little Big Horn.

Don't worry, I know how to deal with alcoholics

 

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Re: Skip the Little Big Horn.

Oh yeah.

Crack out the ol' whiskey bottle and the party starts. Next day you own all their property.

I guess grandpa had the wiskey bottle handy, an viola, he had a score. hahahaha I am such a cunning linguist.