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On the RAAM web page they estimate the minimum @ $20k.
You use 2 vehicles, an RV and a van, which usually are rented and driven across the country and back. In LOP's example it says 15mpg average. You can count on substantially less than that, especially going east during the race.
You have to feed the crew and put them up in motels if time permits.
You use 2 vehicles, an RV and a van, which usually are rented and driven across the country and back. In LOP's example it says 15mpg average. You can count on substantially less than that, especially going east during the race.
You have to feed the crew and put them up in motels if time permits.
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"Imbisol" sounds like the next thing they'll take to beat COVID without getting vaccinated.
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I saw a political cartoon suggesting Ivermectin would defeat the "Medical Industrial Complex", which made me think, "Who do they think makes Ivermectin, anyway? Grandma Ivermectin? Going out to pick fresh herbs from the woods near her home, then brewing it up in small, artisan batches before bottling it and going from pharmacy to pharmacy feed store to feed store to stock it?"
MERCK makes it, for pete's sake.
MERCK makes it, for pete's sake.
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I saw a political cartoon suggesting Ivermectin would defeat the "Medical Industrial Complex", which made me think, "Who do they think makes Ivermectin, anyway? Grandma Ivermectin? Going out to pick fresh herbs from the woods near her home, then brewing it up in small, artisan batches before bottling it and going from pharmacy to pharmacy feed store to feed store to stock it?"
MERCK makes it, for pete's sake.
MERCK makes it, for pete's sake.
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This all sounds like a way of making yourself hate cycling.
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RV rental is not cheap these days. I looked into it some last year, and besides the daily rate of $300-400+/day for a Class B type, the charge was typically $.50 - 1.00/mile for every mile over 100, and add prep, clean and other fees. You're looking at at least $7,000 for two weeks plus mileage.
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Back roads, good hotels with actual beds, good food and beer every night, and the option to not ride some days. Maybe ride for two hours some days and sleep in the car/van on the way to the next hotel. Days off the bike, just wandering around some nice towns. Skipping Nebraska, because riding across Nebraska would take forever and feel like Hell.
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Don't look at me to organize this. I practically had panic attacks co-organizing a pick-up C&V ride on roads I know intimately. I've decided I'm not the leadership kind.
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Back roads, good hotels with actual beds, good food and beer every night, and the option to not ride some days. Maybe ride for two hours some days and sleep in the car/van on the way to the next hotel. Days off the bike, just wandering around some nice towns. Skipping Nebraska, because riding across Nebraska would take forever and feel like Hell.
With full support and luxury rides to the next destination if you don't want to pedal.
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Something like this, but on bikes: Taste of Tuscany - Autobahn Adventures
With full support and luxury rides to the next destination if you don't want to pedal.
With full support and luxury rides to the next destination if you don't want to pedal.
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States to skip: the "N" states with the exception of New Hampshire (during the right time of the year) and North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. There may be more.
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RAAM riders routinely cite Kansas as their least favorite state to ride through. Hot, pretty good chance of a 20 mph sustained crosswind if not a headwind much of the time, the western 1/3 of the state is where the "Kansas is flat" thing comes from, and plenty of aggro pickup drivers with questionable moral compasses. Plus the state is deceptively large and it takes a very, very long time to go west to east.
As someone who has lived here my whole life, yeah, I don't blame them.
As someone who has lived here my whole life, yeah, I don't blame them.
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I think you could make a pretty good tour on the West Coast by riding from metro area to metro area, but then noodling around in each for a couple days.
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RAAM riders routinely cite Kansas as their least favorite state to ride through. Hot, pretty good chance of a 20 mph sustained crosswind if not a headwind much of the time, the western 1/3 of the state is where the "Kansas is flat" thing comes from, and plenty of aggro pickup drivers with questionable moral compasses. Plus the state is deceptively large and it takes a very, very long time to go west to east.
As someone who has lived here my whole life, yeah, I don't blame them.
As someone who has lived here my whole life, yeah, I don't blame them.
Just say no.
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RAAM riders routinely cite Kansas as their least favorite state to ride through. Hot, pretty good chance of a 20 mph sustained crosswind if not a headwind much of the time, the western 1/3 of the state is where the "Kansas is flat" thing comes from, and plenty of aggro pickup drivers with questionable moral compasses. Plus the state is deceptively large and it takes a very, very long time to go west to east.
As someone who has lived here my whole life, yeah, I don't blame them.
As someone who has lived here my whole life, yeah, I don't blame them.
We rode into Chanute, Kansas and we were starving but the Mexican restaurant was closed between lunch and dinner. After the kid at the door told us that his mom sent him after us to tell us she would be happy to feed us. It was a feast and she just wanted to talk with us.
I thought most of Kansas was wonderful but we did have a day where it was like riding into a hair dryer.
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We do the Last Chance 1200k, and people from all over the world say it's extremely difficult. It starts north of Denver and heads to Kansas. Crest a roller, you see corn, crest a roller, you see corn, crest a roller, you see corn. Crest a roller, you see soy......
Just say no.
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We do the Last Chance 1200k, and people from all over the world say it's extremely difficult. It starts north of Denver and heads to Kansas. Crest a roller, you see corn, crest a roller, you see corn, crest a roller, you see corn. Crest a roller, you see soy......
Just say no.
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No climbing at all, but no descents either.
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