How do you find the GPS odometer on Apple Maps for the ride log? Is it necessary for the award?
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As an aside joke, most people that have done a bunch of cert rides will have one or two that you might notice on paper as being... odd. I don't have any SS rides that were 'tight'. I do have three that were over 1100 miles. Mostly because that was the distance between where I bought a bike and home, but one is 1260 and that was supposed to be a BBG, but weather and gear didn't cooperate, so I called it earlier than my planned turnaround point and rode back to my starting point, (it was an event), with a 'big' SS1K instead of a BBG. I just didn't feel like another 300 miles of rain at interstate speed. Neither did my riding partner that day.
Your mileage accumulated while pulling off the main road for food and fuel probably isn't as high as you think. That's always slow roads, so I try to spend as little time as possible there. A food/fuel stop is normally only an extra half mile or less for me. It's not significant enough to worry about.
I base my rides off of "starting point to ending point". I don't include the extra quarter to half mile for food and fuel stops. I consider that mileage as part of the "cost of doing business". If that 5 miles actually makes a difference, I'm cutting it too close. Maybe I wasn't paying attention and GoogleMaps took me on the I-610 loop around Houston, but I don't have proof so the verification team assumes I went on I-10 straight through. That alone would cost me right at 20 miles. Not all shorter routes are that extreme, but it's easy to see how you can lose a few miles during the verification process. I suppose you could plan a route that is only 998 miles start to end points and try to get fuel stations that are a few miles off the main route, but I certainly wouldn't suggest it.
If the verification team puts my start and end points into GoogleMaps (or MapQuest or whatever they use) and it shows three possible routes, all 1025 to 1050 miles, what incentive do they have to dig around for possible shorter routes that can save 5 miles? It's a complete waste of their time at that point. On the other hand, if all three routes are 995, 1002, and 999 miles respectively, they are going to look pretty close and make damn sure I actually rode the 1,000 miles I'm claiming. The easier I make it for them, the less likely they are to find a technicality that can be used to make the official mileage less than 1,000. Besides, I just made it 1,000 miles. Another 25 miles to ride across town to a different hotel, or fuel station won't make a difference to me at all.
The hardest part about making an IBA ride is staying on the bike. Actually making 1000 or 1050 miles in 24 hours is extremely easy. The urge to get off the bike is what will kill you. It's a marathon, not sprint. On my two rides, I stopped at IHOP and Cracker Barrel for extended food stops and still had way more than enough time to finish in 24 hours. If I recall correctly, my overall times were 18 to 19 hours including a sit down meal (or two) in each just to get off the bike. If you're just doing 10 minute fuel stops and finger food you can eat while on the road, you can make an SS1000 in probably 16 hours if you never break the speed limit. If you're doing 5 over and leave at sunrise, I bet you could finish before sunset in the summer.
I base my rides off of "starting point to ending point". I don't include the extra quarter to half mile for food and fuel stops. I consider that mileage as part of the "cost of doing business". If that 5 miles actually makes a difference, I'm cutting it too close. Maybe I wasn't paying attention and GoogleMaps took me on the I-610 loop around Houston, but I don't have proof so the verification team assumes I went on I-10 straight through. That alone would cost me right at 20 miles. Not all shorter routes are that extreme, but it's easy to see how you can lose a few miles during the verification process. I suppose you could plan a route that is only 998 miles start to end points and try to get fuel stations that are a few miles off the main route, but I certainly wouldn't suggest it.
If the verification team puts my start and end points into GoogleMaps (or MapQuest or whatever they use) and it shows three possible routes, all 1025 to 1050 miles, what incentive do they have to dig around for possible shorter routes that can save 5 miles? It's a complete waste of their time at that point. On the other hand, if all three routes are 995, 1002, and 999 miles respectively, they are going to look pretty close and make damn sure I actually rode the 1,000 miles I'm claiming. The easier I make it for them, the less likely they are to find a technicality that can be used to make the official mileage less than 1,000. Besides, I just made it 1,000 miles. Another 25 miles to ride across town to a different hotel, or fuel station won't make a difference to me at all.
The hardest part about making an IBA ride is staying on the bike. Actually making 1000 or 1050 miles in 24 hours is extremely easy. The urge to get off the bike is what will kill you. It's a marathon, not sprint. On my two rides, I stopped at IHOP and Cracker Barrel for extended food stops and still had way more than enough time to finish in 24 hours. If I recall correctly, my overall times were 18 to 19 hours including a sit down meal (or two) in each just to get off the bike. If you're just doing 10 minute fuel stops and finger food you can eat while on the road, you can make an SS1000 in probably 16 hours if you never break the speed limit. If you're doing 5 over and leave at sunrise, I bet you could finish before sunset in the summer.