how many KMs did you end up doing?
I did a similar route, but over 2 days - ended up around 1300 KMs
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Summer Solstice Route - Muskoka, Algonquin, Calabogie
- Thread starter shanekingsley
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how many KMs did you end up doing?
I did a similar route, but over 2 days - ended up around 1300 KMs
Seriously?
Yep great ride today we covered some great roads, also just over 1000km for me today, a new personal best
Nice riding with you all
Big thanks to @shanekingsley for organizing this, as well as the others for joining us.
I managed with 934 kms at the end of it.
Great run and it was a blast.
Hope to do it again.
Does a summer solstice happen once a year only?
no ....but I'll let you figure that out .....hint .....check my signature.
haha. I wish I was that lucky as well
Since you have the T7, then while up at Screaming Heads, try to squeeze in a run along Old Nipissing Trail, Orange Valley Road, Broadbent Road - nice hardpacked gravel roads. And I can't stress how nice the McDougall/Hurdville roads combo is. The sticky in this forum has those roads all mapped out.I'm sure it was you guys, I ended up doing a similar ride, however spent a night at a friends house in Ottawa and then rode back today, didn't have any Sat or Sun plans so split it up. I still have to do screaming heads, maybe next weekend
please everyone forgive me for not paying attention to a hobby forum very seriously... very very sorry
It's all good.
As I was on my way home I was thinking about the whole iron butt ride thing. No way I could sit on the highways for 1600km without riding into the ditch, but I think I could do 1600km of a similar route we just did in one day. That's only 250km more than I did and some roads really slowed me down - Southwood Road for example was in pretty poor shape and Kushog Lake Road was pretty sandy as well as some sections of South Lavant Road. I could plot a route of faster twisty roads and top gear sweepers with just a little bit of highway and probably get it done in the same amount of time. Surprisingly I wasn't sore when I got home, even with the shorty windscreen all day. I also didn't need much in the way of breaks as long as I was drinking water all day.
I did however tell my wife I would never ride a 17 hour day again, because these things make her rather nervous, so as long as it's 16:59 I should be fine?
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Mad Mike
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I was not sore either -- tired yes, but not sore. I think curvy roads keeps your body moving, which in turn keeps you from getting sore. I have done slab rides of 600km that make me saddle sore and stiff, a day of curves and twists that seems to be less hurtful.
As for covering that route faster... We did not see a single police car in 1200km - that was a bit unusual. Check the ride metrics on your GPS, I could do that route a bit faster on my FJR, I don't think much faster on a DL650.
As for covering that route faster... We did not see a single police car in 1200km - that was a bit unusual. Check the ride metrics on your GPS, I could do that route a bit faster on my FJR, I don't think much faster on a DL650.
ScorpionT16
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Well, finally made it to screaming heads over the weekend, we had an ADV Camp in Mattawa and for one of the days I did a loop down there. Amazing roads and scenery, lots of gravel
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