At the convention one year, in a conversation with “The Duck”,
he stated that a 50 mile ride was about the distance the average rider could do
easily in a day, depending on the terrain. J Wonder what he meant by that?
Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RDCARRIE@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005
2:09 PM To: rides2far@xxxxxxxx;
mmaul@xxxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Speed at
multiday rides
In a message dated 2/24/2005 12:30:22 PM Central Standard
Time, rides2far@xxxxxxxx writes:
I've had an awful lot of riders from out there tell me
they've done what they *knew* were extremely short multi-days.
I've only done FortStanton (in terms of
multidays), both the 55 and 35, but I can tell you, those were the shortest 35
and 55 mile rides I've ever done! My husband did two 35s out there, and
he agrees. I'll bet each distance was a good 10 miles short. I
remember hearing that someone had mentioned this to those in charge once upon a
time, and it was justified by saying, well, the trails are really tough,
so... The trails are *not* very difficult, IMO, and at any rate,
nothing justifies an incorrectly measured trail.
That said, I've talked to folks who have done some other multiday rides, and
they feel the distances were correct on the ones they did. I don't think
one can point to any one thing regarding the speed people ride.
