Recent content by LD Hack

Actually, I believe path #3 is the big point capitals of leg 3. To do well you need Hyder, 4 corners, or lots of leg #3 big point capitols. Decisions had to be made at Jacksonville that effected finishing position: Go to Key West??? Abandon Key West and bag big point capitals??? Dale posted...

From Tom's Day 7 report: "There were actually three separate paths to a podium finish that will become clear.... Several riders identified at least one ... Most didn’t read the material they received at the pre-rally banquet carefully enough and assumed that the most obvious path to a Gold Medal...

Me too. Without seeing a leg 1 rally pack yet, I want to see how my proposed route will work. I think it was possible to get the two corners of the 4 corner tour bonus along with OR, get upper tier West/Midwest states, along with VT/NH. Option exists, if I can gain 30/45 minutes over the leg...

There are advantages to a team, from my experience with Jim Winterer during IB5k. Planning is one, decisions along the way another. Biggest disadvantage is break down. A final reason is the fun factor; namely if you're not thinking you'll be one of the top 3 or so places, then factor in the fun...

IB5k – Perspective from one member of “Team Lyle” This rally was dedicated to Eddie James, the rallymaster of Butt Lite rallies and many Team Strange Minnesota 1000 rallies. The fact that there is a group of long distance riders concentrated in and around Minnesota is solely because of Eddie...

You should prepare for cold and rain, and be pleased with hot weather. I went in late July - early Aug, and hit rain from Calgary to the AK border. AK was dry. Coming back, the AlCan was dry, but Calgary to MN was rain all the way. Hit both hot and cold weather too. Bring an insulated vest that...

Hard to compare, and I think it depends on the rider. In the excitement, it's easy to screw up on leg 1 and not get enough sleep. It's really easy to do as a rookie to multi-day rallies. I did it on my first 7 day rally, and I suffered from it. Lesson learned very painfully by the end of the...