48 State Ride Starting July 31

Greg Rice

Greg Rice

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I am getting ready to attempt a IBA 48 state in less than 10 days ride starting Saturday, July 31. I am getting old ( 65 later this year ) and I need to get this ride done as I have been planning it since 2003.

My route is about 7,700 miles and I am going to attempt to finish in around 7 days. For a lot of the ride I hope to be riding at a BBG pace. ;)

Here is a link to a webpage with all of the my ride information.

http://www.gregrice.com/rides/gregrice-48-State-Ride.html
 
Surprised that you've not done this one.

I certainly enjoyed my run a couple of years ago. Starting as you are, you shouldn't have much difficulty with traffic in the northeast.

Have fun!
 
Greg Rice said:
I am getting ready to attempt a IBA 48 state in less than 10 days ride starting Saturday, July 31. I am getting old ( 65 later this year ) and I need to get this ride done as I have been planning it since 2003.

My route is about 7,700 miles and I am going to attempt to finish in around 7 days. For a lot of the ride I hope to be riding at a BBG pace. ;)

Here is a link to a webpage with all of the my ride information.

http://www.gregrice.com/rides/gregrice-48-State-Ride.html
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Fun ride, loved mine! Enjoy it.
 
Have you considered staying on I-90 west in SD and hitting the stateline fuel station in WY THEN double-back and head north into ND? That should be a LOT faster than the round-trip into Cowly, WY from Laurel.
 
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Stephen! said:
Have you considered staying on I-94 west in SD and hitting the stateline fuel station in WY THEN double-back and head north into ND? That should be a LOT faster than the round-trip into Cowly, WY from Laurel.
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I know you mean I-90 in SD as I know the Stateline gas station. I will take a look and see what the distance is to double back to SD and then north at Spearfish up US 85 to ND. I will let you know if it makes a difference.
 
Greg Rice said:
I made a route with your suggestion and it does save 85 miles and one hour. Thanks for the suggestion. :)
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Great!

More than the 85 miles, it will likely save you significantly more than one hour. That highway between Laurel and Cowly can become overrun with RV's, ranch traffic, and Looky-Loos. Passing can be difficult. Having to do it twice on the clock can be maddening.
 
Stephen! said:
Great!

More than the 85 miles, it will likely save you significantly more than one hour. That highway between Laurel and Cowly can become overrun with RV's, ranch traffic, and Looky-Loos. Passing can be difficult. Having to do it twice on the clock can be maddening.
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Your suggestion made me have to change my leg two route, state checklist, GPX file, load new waypoints and routes to the GPS's, Google map, my webpage and images. Thanks, I think. :)
 
Here is a photo of my low tech high reliability device that I will be using to track the status visiting the states. It will be in my map pocket on my tank bag. And just to be sure I made two of them.

State%20Tracking%20Checklist-web.jpg
 
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