FJRForum Official 2015 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis thread

[PapaUtah]

It's number 56 and on a larger monitor it is clear as a bell...I don't see any problems in that photo what so ever.

 

[HotRodZilla]

She's looking at the photo on the daily update, not the photo above. They are two different photos, probably because it was realized that one number was absolutely not visible and one was mostly obscured. The photo that Iggy posted is the fixed one from the daily update.

 

[steve_g]

the picture in the Day 1 report had at least one un-readable flag. but the picture above shows all of them.

 

[BritRider]

Padre Island National Seashore must be worth a Gazillion points.

 

[wheatonFJR]

I'm having a hard time seeing Mr. 50something's number in the second row behind a head...will that be an issue?

Not for me....but for him. ;-)

Looks like 156 to me, fairly clearly.

It's number 56 and on a larger monitor it is clear as a bell...I don't see any problems in that photo what so ever.

 

[Ignacio]

They do have to sleep sometime don't they. Considering some traffic and stops I still think there cutting it close but what do I know.

Higher mileage riders can average 1150 miles a day over the course of the rally including rest bonuses and down time at checkpoints. What we will be seeing though in the next few hours I think is apogee for most and the rubber band will start tugging the mass back towards ABQ.

I think the one in Bend is now headed East to John Day Fossil Bed NM and probably then towards Idaho back towards NM, but the one that was just there and heading north....starting to wonder if he's planning to still head NE towards Montana or something. In fact, I see he just hit Lexington...he's getting very close to my personal radar range.

 

[Dan S]

Speaking of LEOs, all those guys heading NW on 84 are in for a rude awakening when they hit Oregon and the posted limit drops from 75 to 65. And all State highways are 55 and many are patrolled heavily. No ones going to make good time in Oregon.

 

[Hello Kitty]

Barb - the pic you posted isn't the same one in the daily report. so you raise an excellent point. the photo you posted, as well as the one in the daily report may not be "the photo" upon which riders are judged. So all may be well. The guy in the floppy hat to the right of the guy in the pink shirt is more behind him in the photo from the daily report. Number completely obscured. 56, yes, that's what it is. And knowing that, yes, I can see that in the pic. Not knowing it, which is the criteria upon which I have personally been judged in rallies, I couldn't say that is true. 76 perhaps?

I don't recall what the rules were for the IBR, or if they've changed from when I did it, but scorers were supposed to be able to see what needs to be seen on a laptop screen without zooming in and squinting. Again, the photo Barb posted shows the numbers, the one in the daily report does not - especially for floppy hat. Maybe that was a mind game for spectators, and I bit.

 

[Ignacio]

Speaking of LEOs, all those guys heading NW on 84 are in for a rude awakening when they hit Oregon and the posted limit drops from 75 to 65.

Actually, even more rude. The speed limit in Ontario, OR is 65, but the speed limit 1 mile east in Idaho is now 80 clear to Nampa!!!!

 

[BritRider]

Speaking of LEOs, all those guys heading NW on 84 are in for a rude awakening when they hit Oregon and the posted limit drops from 75 to 65.

Actually, even more rude. The speed limit in Ontario, OR is 65, but the speed limit 1 mile east in Idaho is now 80 clear to Nampa!!!!

I rode up that way a couple of weeks ago. Spotted several OR State Patrol cars between Ontario and Baker City. Also a fair amount of construction through Boise with reduced speed limits.

 

[James]

I'm having a hard time seeing Mr. 50something's number in the second row behind a head...will that be an issue?

Not for me....but for him. ;-)

Looks like 156 to me, fairly clearly.

It's number 56 and on a larger monitor it is clear as a bell...I don't see any problems in that photo what so ever.

Sorry, I meant 56. Multi-tasking poorly, as usual.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Speaking of LEOs, all those guys heading NW on 84 are in for a rude awakening when they hit Oregon and the posted limit drops from 75 to 65.

Actually, even more rude. The speed limit in Ontario, OR is 65, but the speed limit 1 mile east in Idaho is now 80 clear to Nampa!!!!

I rode up that way a couple of weeks ago. Spotted several OR State Patrol cars between Ontario and Baker City. Also a fair amount of construction through Boise with reduced speed limits.

I think construction would throw a big unknown variable into the mix. Is that something riders plan for, or do they just deal with it as they come up on it?

 

[BritRider]

Speaking of LEOs, all those guys heading NW on 84 are in for a rude awakening when they hit Oregon and the posted limit drops from 75 to 65.

Actually, even more rude. The speed limit in Ontario, OR is 65, but the speed limit 1 mile east in Idaho is now 80 clear to Nampa!!!!

I rode up that way a couple of weeks ago. Spotted several OR State Patrol cars between Ontario and Baker City. Also a fair amount of construction through Boise with reduced speed limits.

I think construction would throw a big unknown variable into the mix. Is that something riders plan for, or do they just deal with it as they come up on it?

SLC through Provo on I15 was also a nightmare. But then again when is it not.....

 

[marcusorelius]

As reported on the Xl sportster forum by one of the Parrothead (Chris) supporters , he was spotted in the wilds of wyoming * got some brake repair done.

 

[RJAMT]

Padre Island National Seashore must be worth a Gazillion points.

Exactly what I was thinking. I can't decide if I'm watching brilliance or madness but my god it's exciting!

 

[gixxerjasen]

Can't remember the year, 2011 or 2013, but the Alaska bonus was considered a fools errand and no way to make it....and three or four riders snagged it and made the checkpoint. Ya never really know on these things.

And this sucks working for a bank with no forum access all day. I have a zillion pages to catch up on when I get home!

 

[Ignacio]

They do have to sleep sometime don't they. Considering some traffic and stops I still think there cutting it close but what do I know.

Higher mileage riders can average 1150 miles a day over the course of the rally including rest bonuses and down time at checkpoints. What we will be seeing though in the next few hours I think is apogee for most and the rubber band will start tugging the mass back towards ABQ.

Ack! Ignore me as well. As of this post rider have a tad over 51 hours to be back to the CP. I was shorting them a full day. They have to be in ABQ by 8 p.m. Thursday. Rubber bands and apogees aren't even close to happening yet....I think we're going to see a lot of movement in that mass that goes even farther north into Montana and west into Oregon.

Thanks my feline friend for figuring out where I went foggy.

 

[snackbauer]

Question: How often are sleep bonuses required, and how are they enforced?

 

[Hello Kitty]

I am not sure if they are mandatory or not, but typically, you can't outride the points, so people take them. Verified with receipts at the start and end.

 

[Ignacio]

Question: How often are sleep bonuses required, and how are they enforced?

Nobody knows this specific rally, but they have been more-or-less similar the past few rallies. In 2013 & 2011 they made them variable in points from 4 to 8 hours and technically optional, but worth so many points that they would be near universal. Besides the two built-in 10 hour rest stops at checkpoints--there likely will be a rest bonus in each of the three legs.

In addition, it has been more popular in at least the 2013 rally to have larger numbers of day-time only bonuses. So many that routing is often influenced so that a rider catches a last bonus right before dark, commutes to the next bonus, and naps before they can snap a picture at the first one of the morning. One of the marks of the bigger smarter dogs is how the strategically plan for stringing together daytime only bonuses together in combination with rest bonuses.

2013 Example of a Formal Rest Bonus
REST1 1920 points
Leg 1 Rest Bonus
Anywhere

Starting on Wednesday, July 3

Earn 4 points per minute for staying in one place for a minimum of 4 hours, up to 8 hours
maximum credit. Your starting receipt may be on Tuesday but you must then document
at least 4 hours on Wednesday (no points are earned before 12:00:01 am on Wednesday).
As long as you start on Wednesday, you can continue earning credit on Thursday.
Document a stop for four (4) or more hours starting on Wednesday, July 3