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  1. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327372/ns/travel-destination_travel/t/readings-show-four-corners-marker/ "according to Dave Doyle of the National Geodetic Survey, the monument marking the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah is about 1,807 feet east of where it should have been...
  2. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    He's probably sweating his balls off in the heat looking for cell phone coverage.
  3. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    Can you take 815, the rider who stopped in WV, off the public page? Screwing up the page zoom factor. As for the weather, would you rather have rain or heat?
  4. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    Also sets up a "supercapital" bonus possibility - all 48 + Wash DC = big money?
  5. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    Those guys up by Savannah are going to need to wick it up if they don't want to DNF.
  6. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    Maybe #921 is formerly #184 who appeared to pick up all the NE states on leg one and is taking the fast way to JAX?
  7. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    Brister is not DNF, he just accumulated more penalties than points. Click his name to see the scorecard details.
  8. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    You roll into the check point very near to closing time. Penalty points start accumulating after the checkpoint opens and you dnf after the checkpoint closes. Smart riders arrive before the checkpoint opens. Cameron was the mysterious SPOT #184 last night.
  9. velvet fog

    2011 IBR - The Inside View

    Think about the 4 corners vs capitals this way: 48 capitals X 100pts per capital = 4800 points = 4 corners I think there will be far more than 4800 points available from the capitals, so it would be better to invest those miles chasing capitals assuming that doing 4 corners and enough high...
  10. velvet fog

    25 Feet of Snow on the Beartooth!

    We're going to be heading through that are on June 12. Any good sources for up to date info? I've already got alternate routes but I will be making the decision in the morning of June 12.
  11. velvet fog

    2009 Iron Butt Rally - Official Daily Reports

    I guess that was a fairly appropriate typo. :headbonk: :arrowheadsmiley:
  12. velvet fog

    2009 Iron Butt Rally - Official Daily Reports

    Here's Mr. Bertram entering the Red Loin parking lot. I must have missed Mr. Rappaport in one of the cluster of finishers.
  13. velvet fog

    2009 Iron Butt Rally - Official Daily Reports

    Was there a relaxation of the penalty rules at the finish? I just looked at the scorecard of a rider I know came in after 7 and he doesn't have any penalty points. Edit - Would not have made a difference in the finish position, just curious.
  14. velvet fog

    Spokane Sept 3/4

    Leaving Covington Thursday around 2:30 returning Friday. Probably leave Spokane around noon. Gonna be there just long enough to see everyone roll in and collapse.
  15. velvet fog

    2009 Iron Butt Rally - Official Daily Reports

    What is Ignacio doing viewing this thread? Doesn't he have better things to do? :blink:
  16. velvet fog

    BT-021, Hungry for twisties? These tires are Yummy

    I'm figuring about 4k max for this set, about half what I was getting with a BT 020
  17. velvet fog

    BT-021, Hungry for twisties? These tires are Yummy

    Just got back from a 3300 mile trip from Seattle area to STN's National Meet in Custer. I put on a new set of 021 a week before departure and put about 100 local miles on to get them scrubbed in. I took mostly back roads (only about 400 miles of slab for the entire trip) and tried to find the...
  18. velvet fog

    Bridgestone BT-021 tire

    Just put on a set of 021s, only got 45 communting miles (one day's worht) on them so far. I'll update after a few hundred miles.
  19. velvet fog

    Rules for Life

    #1 - Don't piss off the people who fix your food #2 - No chick is ugly when your **** is in her mouth
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