HWY 50 to Denver and back

[rogdeb]

How many miles on the tire Mark ?

I just got a fresh rear mounted for the SWFOG trip, figuring I only had 1000 or so left on the existing tire - 6000 on it at the moment.

 

[Willie]

Very nice RR ... it is hard to capture what you see with a camera. We just finished 50 from Reno to just south of Provo Orem Lehi UT areas where turned onto RT6, which is in our back yard on the Cape in Massachusetts. Another one of those cross country US Routes.

Thanks for the post

Willie

 

[Old Michael]

Oh, MY!

A Bokerfork Ride Report.

Let's see here.......

More scenery.

GREAT narrative.

Who doesn't love a good tunnel?

Golly, I sure do.

...and I'm pretty sure Beemerdons loves 'em too!

Especially with trains penetrating running through them.

A little more scenery.

Again, I'm awe-stuck by your skill at painting word pictures!

Nicely done, MarkyMark.

Looks like a groovy time was had.

 

[Bugnatr]

Very nice pix.

How far apart were gas stations? That's the one thing I always wonder about in the more sparcely populated parts of the country. You can usually find one within 300 miles even on the most desolate roads - no problem in a car since most have close to 400 mile range these days, but sucks on a 250 or so mile (with a slight downhill) range FJR.

I do carry a 30 oz MSR fuel bottle, but that's only good for about 10 or 12 miles. I've been looking at 1 gallon fuel jugs, but there not very vapor tight and really stink up the sidebag. Maybe just get a couple more MSR bottles.

Gas is rarely more than 80 - 100 miles apart. I've ridden all over the western deserts etc. and never had a worry with the Feejeers 240 mile range. Now on my FZ1 I have to watch the gas much closer.

However, it does pay to plan ahead and be prudent. For example, I'm pretty sure there is no gas between Marsing, ID and Elko, NV which is a distance of 246 miles via 78/51/225. Right on fumes at that point. Why go that way? Humbolt Nat'l Forrest and some of those Western scenic vistas. Looks like a cool road between Mountain City and Wild Horse Reservoir.

Edit: Great pics BTW. You've reminded me of Rt 50 back across the West. We'll probably drop down 395 and pick it up in Reno or our way back from the PNW this Fall. Thanks!!

Google maps street view shows a Shell station in Grand View, ID. Is it closed?

He did asked about hwy 50 where gas is no problem, but I do agree with good planning.

 

[Old Michael]

How far apart were gas stations? That's the one thing I always wonder about in the more sparcely populated parts of the country. ..

Gas is rarely more than 80 - 100 miles apart...

... it does pay to plan ahead and be prudent. ...

...He did asked about hwy 50 where gas is no problem, but I do agree with good planning.

See, THAT'S why I so often ride with Bokerfork.

He's always got gas.

 

[beemerdons]

How far apart were gas stations? That's the one thing I always wonder about in the more sparcely populated parts of the country. ..

Gas is rarely more than 80 - 100 miles apart...

... it does pay to plan ahead and be prudent. ...

...He did asked about hwy 50 where gas is no problem, but I do agree with good planning.

See, THAT'S why I so often ride with Bokerfork and SacramentoMike.

He's always got gas.

Fixed.

 

[Sparky.88]

Thanks for sharing your ride. The pic's were great. It's been a few years, but I love riding out west.

As a college student in northern MI, I had a friend from out west. She made a comment about missing the wide open spaces back home. I didn't understand what she was talking about. We were going to school in the middle of nowhere, nothing but trees / hills / Lake Superior nearby. It wasn't 'til I lived out west later that I understood her comment. Pictures really don't do justice to the impressive scenery and feeling of grandeur. Your ride pic's bring it all back.

 

[James Burleigh]

Coming back from NAFO west across the desert, I remember seeing bicyclists with 100 miles behind them and in front of them with nothing in between, and wondering how they could possibly carry all the water they needed. Crazy MoFo's.

I enjoyed the pics and write-up. Thanks!

 

[Bokerfork]

Oh, MY!

A Bokerfork Ride Report.

Let's see here.......

More scenery.

GREAT narrative.

"Oh Mark, you must do a ride report when you get back. I can't wait to see your pics. No need for witty repartee."
No wonder no one else will ride with you......bast'd

Just for that I'm bringing my own sleeping bag to Taos.

Mark

 

[beemerdons]

Oh, MY!

A Bokerfork Ride Report.

Let's see here.......

More scenery.

GREAT narrative.

"Oh Mark, you must do a ride report when you get back. I can't wait to see your pics. No need for witty repartee."
No wonder no one else will ride with you......bast'd

Just for that I'm bringing my own sleeping bag to Taos.

Mark

Well Mark, this will be an all time new for you two, a night out on the road where you two aren't together in the same sleeping bag! In Taos we will try to have pegscraper - Ed attempt to get a few pictures of this highly unusual occurrence!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Coming back from NAFO west across the desert, I remember seeing bicyclists with 100 miles behind them and in front of them with nothing in between, and wondering how they could possibly carry all the water they needed. Crazy MoFo's.

<bicycle ride hijack>

My brother in law, Lee - when he was 35, married, and with young kids, took 4 weeks off of work and rode coast to coast in the spring on his bicycle from San Clemente to Daytona Beach. He took 24 days to ride across...about 100+ miles per day, no matter what the weather held. He carried lots of water and bananas...that was his Easter Sunday dinner. His wife and kids met him in Daytona Beach for the last few days of vacation.

His most dangerous days were riding the narrow highways in Alabama, wondering if that trucker behind him gave a **** and would move over as he blew by...occasionally they wouldn't.

Good job, Lee! :clapping:

 

[dcarver]

This pix gets the dcarver best pix vote..

I like life forms living where they should not.

Like BeemerDons and Arizona.

 

[madmike2]

Hey, Really Old Michael.... :bleh:

Mark, this was a great report! Perhaps SOME people need a running narrative because their addled, pre-alzheimer thought processes need all the help they can obtain. :dribble:

Or, maybe they're used to being "spoon-fed" ideas and thoughts?

Of course, I'm not directing the above statements to any particular member, like Old Michael. I'm just making general reference.....

Add my name to the list of those who have ridden that highway and appreciate your stirring of our memories.

This pix gets the dcarver best pix vote..

I like life forms living where they should not.

Like BeemerDons and Arizona.

Gunny! That is a great photo.

Er...dcarver's comment? :rofl:

But you forgot to mention Papa Chuy's ******* step-son. :yahoo:

 

[beemerdons]

Hey, Really Old Michael.... :bleh:

Mark, this was a great report! Perhaps SOME people need a running narrative because their addled, pre-alzheimer thought processes need all the help they can obtain. :dribble:

Or, maybe they're used to being "spoon-fed" ideas and thoughts?

Of course, I'm not directing the above statements to any particular member, like Old Michael. I'm just making general reference.....

Add my name to the list of those who have ridden that highway and appreciate your stirring of our memories.

This pix gets the dcarver best pix vote..

I like life forms living where they should not.

Like BeemerDons and Arizona.

Gunny! That is a great photo.

Er...dcarver's comment? :rofl:

But you forgot to mention Papa Chuy's ******* step-son. :yahoo:

That is an outstanding photograph Bokerfork, Thank You! I'm still waiting for the pictures of you and Old Michael sharing a sleeping bag. Come on Mark, tu Papa Chuy Viejo is not getting any younger here!

 

[Old Michael]

This pix gets the dcarver best pix vote....

...Gunny! That is a great photo.

That is an outstanding photograph Bokerfork, ...

It's a friggin' ROCK ... and a friggin' TREE!

....It's probably his back yard, ferchrissake.

If you get a stiffie looking at something old and gnarly, and clinging to life, I've got pics of SacramentoMike I'll share with you.

 

[beemerdons]

This pix gets the dcarver best pix vote....

...Gunny! That is a great photo.

That is an outstanding photograph Bokerfork, ...

It's a friggin' ROCK ... and a friggin' TREE!

....It's probably his back yard, ferchrissake.

If you get a stiffie looking at something old and gnarly, and clinging to life, I've got pics of SacramentoMike I'll share with you.

Well I don't know Mick, you put SacramentoMike in a strapless red cocktail dress and high heels, get the mood lighting just right and toss down two bottles of Merlot, smoke a doobie, and then.....

 

[mikerider]

How was the weather this time of the year on hw50?

 

[CAJW]

Hey MikeRider, you're going to have to give it up if trying to redirect to the original subject matter. This thread went straight to hell with the strapless red cocktail dress visual!

 

[beemerdons]

Hey MikeRider, you're going to have to give it up if trying to redirect to the original subject matter. This thread went straight to hell with the strapless red cocktail dress visual!

Brother CAJW, just wait until pegscraper - Ed posts up the pictures from SW-FOG 2011 in Toas, Nuevo Mexico of Mark and OM sharing the same sleeping bag; Hell's Bell's Hombre, that will throw this thread right over the damn cliff!

 

[mikerider]

Hey MikeRider, you're going to have to give it up if trying to redirect to the original subject matter. This thread went straight to hell with the strapless red cocktail dress visual!

Sorry for interrupting, CAJW, my bad...