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Anyone with Personal Experience Doing a Moto-Charlie Tour?
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<blockquote data-quote="rjrettig" data-source="post: 1383976" data-attributes="member: 19858"><p>I would say there were several factors:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anytime you are riding in a group, the mileage is less than an individual - gas stops, lunch stops, etc. just all take longer</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Roads - some of the back roads we were on were only a little more than 1 vehicle wide. This along with the winding roads limits the speed and thus milage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It wasn't a race for miles - we kept a good pace but speed and miles were not the main objective. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The scenery and views - if you are going to ride the Alps, you have to spend some time stopping and taking pictures of the grand views</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Food - we typically had a mid morning snack, lunch, and mid afternoon snack. Typically these were at places that had great views as well (dual purpose). For example, 2 days we took cable cars to the top of the mountains for lunch.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pacing yourself for 11 days of riding - When you are going to be riding for 11 consecutive days in the mountains, you need to pace yourself and not get exhausted and careless</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rest day - 1 day was a short day of riding or optional for no riding. We had several people that take the rest day - I rode anyway.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Crashes - We had 1 rider that had 1 minor crash (crossing wet railroad tracks) and 1 major crash (totaled on brand new BMW K1600 coming down Stelvio Pass which wiped out an afternoon of riding and some of the following morning</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rjrettig, post: 1383976, member: 19858"] I would say there were several factors: [LIST][*]Anytime you are riding in a group, the mileage is less than an individual - gas stops, lunch stops, etc. just all take longer [*]Roads - some of the back roads we were on were only a little more than 1 vehicle wide. This along with the winding roads limits the speed and thus milage [*]It wasn't a race for miles - we kept a good pace but speed and miles were not the main objective. [*]The scenery and views - if you are going to ride the Alps, you have to spend some time stopping and taking pictures of the grand views [*]Food - we typically had a mid morning snack, lunch, and mid afternoon snack. Typically these were at places that had great views as well (dual purpose). For example, 2 days we took cable cars to the top of the mountains for lunch. [*]Pacing yourself for 11 days of riding - When you are going to be riding for 11 consecutive days in the mountains, you need to pace yourself and not get exhausted and careless [*]Rest day - 1 day was a short day of riding or optional for no riding. We had several people that take the rest day - I rode anyway. [*]Crashes - We had 1 rider that had 1 minor crash (crossing wet railroad tracks) and 1 major crash (totaled on brand new BMW K1600 coming down Stelvio Pass which wiped out an afternoon of riding and some of the following morning [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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