armour783
Premier Member
Try the Void's 10 hr rally in October - https://rallythevoid.org/pb/wp_45f32e32/wp_45f32e32.html
...and I only had ONE FLASHLIGHT (inside joke)
I have two distinct plans in my head right now.
first, I picked up some info from the Butt LIte Grand Tour: https://www.teamstrange.com/2021/grandtour/index.htm
I looked through the bonus locations. the Butt Lite IX details happen to be close to home for me, so I mapped out a route to 13 of the bonus locations that equate into about a 24 hour route. I won't be surprised that it'll probably take me longer than that. The point to this exercise is to understand the information provided, get a bit of experience at points and setting up a route to follow.
Second, I've registered for the Void rally: https://rallythevoid.org/pb/wp_b5d32459/wp_b5d32459.html
This one is in October and I'm just doing the 10 hour rally. Again, experience in getting the packet and planning a route, but this time, within the timeframe that would occur in an actual rally.
After that, I have BBG and CC50 bucket list items to attend to, but will also start looking into a few rallies for next year to continue to build experience.
at that point, I'll do an assessment of how my enthusiasm is for further pursuit of this insanity!
Thanks everyone for your input. it's greatly appreciated.
I have two distinct plans in my head right now.
first, I picked up some info from the Butt LIte Grand Tour: https://www.teamstrange.com/2021/grandtour/index.htm
I looked through the bonus locations. the Butt Lite IX details happen to be close to home for me, so I mapped out a route to 13 of the bonus locations that equate into about a 24 hour route. I won't be surprised that it'll probably take me longer than that. The point to this exercise is to understand the information provided, get a bit of experience at points and setting up a route to follow.
Second, I've registered for the Void rally: https://rallythevoid.org/pb/wp_b5d32459/wp_b5d32459.html
This one is in October and I'm just doing the 10 hour rally. Again, experience in getting the packet and planning a route, but this time, within the timeframe that would occur in an actual rally.
After that, I have BBG and CC50 bucket list items to attend to, but will also start looking into a few rallies for next year to continue to build experience.
at that point, I'll do an assessment of how my enthusiasm is for further pursuit of this insanity!
Thanks everyone for your input. it's greatly appreciated.
I have two distinct plans in my head right now.
first, I picked up some info from the Butt LIte Grand Tour: https://www.teamstrange.com/2021/grandtour/index.htm
I looked through the bonus locations. the Butt Lite IX details happen to be close to home for me, so I mapped out a route to 13 of the bonus locations that equate into about a 24 hour route. I won't be surprised that it'll probably take me longer than that. The point to this exercise is to understand the information provided, get a bit of experience at points and setting up a route to follow.
Second, I've registered for the Void rally: https://rallythevoid.org/pb/wp_b5d32459/wp_b5d32459.html
This one is in October and I'm just doing the 10 hour rally. Again, experience in getting the packet and planning a route, but this time, within the timeframe that would occur in an actual rally.
After that, I have BBG and CC50 bucket list items to attend to, but will also start looking into a few rallies for next year to continue to build experience.
at that point, I'll do an assessment of how my enthusiasm is for further pursuit of this insanity!
Thanks everyone for your input. it's greatly appreciated.
BS, yes you will!
We used to do this stuff with paper maps, highlighters and a bike..
Yep. I was away from LD riding for years and got back into it with the 2016 Cal24 Rally. I rode basically a stock bike with just a better seat and custom windshield. No lights, fuel, etc. And I continued to follow The Old Ways, navigating with just paper maps and a highlighter. I still managed a top 10 finish. But I also learned what I felt was really missing from the bike, and the experience helped me prioritize subsequent mods.We used to do this stuff with paper maps, highlighters and a bike. The buy in does not have to be large. Go, do, enjoy, learn from the experience.
And I continued to follow The Old Ways, navigating with just paper maps and a highlighter.
In my experience, shorter rallies can be more difficult than longer rallies to a certain point. On shorter rallies you have far less time to recover from an error.
Perhaps I should note that one of my main takeaways from the '16 Cal24 was that I really needed to join the 21st century and get a GPS. For example, I remember there was a small bonus in Geyserville. The paper map showed that I'd be riding right through Geyserville on my way to a checkpoint. But once there, the paper map was no help finding a specific address. My options were:A rider after my own heart. Good on ya!