BluenoseFJR
Active member
I am thinking of attempting a BBG. Being in the Atlantic Provinces, it is a little challenging as there are not very many miles of twinned highway with higher speed limits. I have planned a route from Halifax to Montreal and back, which Google tells me I can do in just under 23 hours:
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Petro-Canada/Petro-Canada,+4200+Rue+Bernard-Pilon,+Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil,+QC+J3G+4S7/Petro-Canada,+7015+Bayers+Rd,+Halifax,+NS+B3L+2B8/@46.2106221,-70.5337574,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m20!4m19!1m5!1m1!1s0x4b5a21a3d8f172e3:0x5db35f6c99cc21c2!2m2!1d-63.6250885!2d44.6538276!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc9002c08d270b5:0x8d87cee4b30cdea8!2m2!1d-73.2826862!2d45.5842188!1m5!1m1!1s0x4b5a21a3d8f172e3:0x5db35f6c99cc21c2!2m2!1d-63.6250885!2d44.6538276!3e0?hl=en
I would love comments from those who have completed the BBG and other long rides. I have done a couple of SS1000s, including one all in NS last year, but the BBG distance I have only done in a cage, which is much different. I have 24 hour gas stations picked out, with 7 total stops planned plus the final fill to stop the clock back at the starting point. I am currently planning to leave Halifax around 2pm. The thinking here is based on missing Montreal traffic and trying to avoid moose country in NB at night. With this departure time I should be through NB before dark, but not back to NB much before sunrise.
My concern is with the overnight portion and not getting too tired. Typically I would start a long ride in the early hours so any night riding is done when I am fresh. With this plan, I would have been riding for 8 - 10 hours before dark, so not so fresh. If, instead, I leave home around midnight - 2:00 am, most night riding would be done at the start, but I would be in Montreal (although I am turning a little short of Montreal, so maybe not as important??) around noon and if I leave too early could be in moose country before daybreak. I am starting to lean this way, but would like to hear any advice from those more experienced in the art of the long distance ride.
I'll also see if I can figure out how to get a Spotwalla link set up and posted for anyone interested. Will update my departure time when the final decision is made. Thanks for any advice offered!
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Petro-Canada/Petro-Canada,+4200+Rue+Bernard-Pilon,+Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil,+QC+J3G+4S7/Petro-Canada,+7015+Bayers+Rd,+Halifax,+NS+B3L+2B8/@46.2106221,-70.5337574,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m20!4m19!1m5!1m1!1s0x4b5a21a3d8f172e3:0x5db35f6c99cc21c2!2m2!1d-63.6250885!2d44.6538276!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc9002c08d270b5:0x8d87cee4b30cdea8!2m2!1d-73.2826862!2d45.5842188!1m5!1m1!1s0x4b5a21a3d8f172e3:0x5db35f6c99cc21c2!2m2!1d-63.6250885!2d44.6538276!3e0?hl=en
I would love comments from those who have completed the BBG and other long rides. I have done a couple of SS1000s, including one all in NS last year, but the BBG distance I have only done in a cage, which is much different. I have 24 hour gas stations picked out, with 7 total stops planned plus the final fill to stop the clock back at the starting point. I am currently planning to leave Halifax around 2pm. The thinking here is based on missing Montreal traffic and trying to avoid moose country in NB at night. With this departure time I should be through NB before dark, but not back to NB much before sunrise.
My concern is with the overnight portion and not getting too tired. Typically I would start a long ride in the early hours so any night riding is done when I am fresh. With this plan, I would have been riding for 8 - 10 hours before dark, so not so fresh. If, instead, I leave home around midnight - 2:00 am, most night riding would be done at the start, but I would be in Montreal (although I am turning a little short of Montreal, so maybe not as important??) around noon and if I leave too early could be in moose country before daybreak. I am starting to lean this way, but would like to hear any advice from those more experienced in the art of the long distance ride.
I'll also see if I can figure out how to get a Spotwalla link set up and posted for anyone interested. Will update my departure time when the final decision is made. Thanks for any advice offered!