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  1. Ira

    Selfie Ride Specificity

    It seems like what you propose is to simply pick out the letters you want from pretty random place names. I don't think that is consistent with the spirit of the ride, if not the letter. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
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    First Iron Butt Attempt Clarification

    The rules only specify that you need to ride at least 300 miles to your viewing location and document it. It does not specify that it needs to take place in the middle of the ride. So you can document it at any point after the 300-mile point. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
  3. Ira

    No Word on Application for Saddlesore 1000

    Send a PM to Howard Entman. He should be able to track it down. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
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    First Iron Butt Attempt Clarification

    Although completing and having certified a Saddlesore 1000 as a first IBA certificate ride is common, there are a variety of other rides that are acceptable. In this particular case, you could complete a Bun Burner 1500 (1,500 miles in 36 hours) to meet the requirement. And if you complete the...
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    IBA Bike Week Dinner, Palm Coast, FL, 2004

    Good times. :cool:
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    IBA Bike Week Dinner, Palm Coast, FL, 2004

    And for those of you have been around for a while, a few old friends.
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    Actual Date for Spring Equinox ride

    The rules state: "You must be riding sometime during the date of the solstice or equinox. Purists choose to be riding at the exact time of the solstice or equinox." Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
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    Membership number

    Look on the IBA UK Web site. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
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    IBA Bike Week Dinner, Palm Coast, FL, 2004

    Down Memory Lane. Ira
  10. Ira

    HAVE WE BEEN LIED TO ABOUT GORE-TEX VIA MADISON AVENUE MARKETING SCHEMES?

    To me, it looks like an ad for your blog. In any case, in the future please just post the info link with your discussion, as opposed to what amounts to a display ad.. Thanks. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
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    HAVE WE BEEN LIED TO ABOUT GORE-TEX VIA MADISON AVENUE MARKETING SCHEMES?

    This forum is not an advertising platform. Please refrain from using it as such. Thanks. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
  12. Ira

    Need Your Forum Status Changed?

    I'm looking at your avatar in your post, and I see your status as Premier Member and IBR Finisher, so I'm not sure where you are looking. Also, what do you mean by "All the diff was missing"? Thanks. Ira
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    Helmet Recommendations

    First, I want to mention that long distance riding places one at greater risk of injury than just doing short day rides. Many of those risks are out of one's control. I was once on a ride on an interstate where a golf ball sized rock was thrown up by a passing car and hit me square in the...
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    Need Your Forum Status Changed?

    I changed you IBA status to Premier, but not IBR finisher. That label is reserved for those who have completed the competitive Iron Butt Rally (held every other year), as opposed to those who have completed an IBA certificate ride or rides and are IBA members.
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    Need Your Forum Status Changed?

    What's your IBA member number? Thanks. Ira
  16. Ira

    Waiting 9 Months Office Won't Reply to Email

    I've asked Mike Kneebone to look into it. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
  17. Ira

    2024 Party info yet?

    No word yet, but traditionally the banquet is the last Friday of Bike Week, which would be March 8, 2024. Ira Agins Iron Butt Association
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    Waiting 9 Months Office Won't Reply to Email

    Or just PM me. That's why they pay me the big bucks. :-)