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Ride To Eat - FarRide #12 - "THE WALL"

"The Wall" - Nambucca Heads NSW - 6th February 2010

Come Ride - THE WALL

The number of participants on this ride is limited and that limit has been reached. 
Open Registrations are now closed.   However there may be cancellations and if so more registrations will be allowed to fill in.
Email FarRiders to be placed on a waiting list.  (Currently 2 vacancies - get in quick)

This will be of interest to those who like to take a "longer ride" with the ride being the focus not the coffee breaks. Most Ride to Eat FarRides will be planned at 1000k minimum days. This is not a group ride, there is no route to follow. Be at the Destination at the time stated and be able to complete 1000klm within a 24hr period. That is the purpose of FarRiders.

It is not of Iron Butt proportions (just yet) but its aimed at those who are after a good long days ride and to meet, although briefly, with fellow riders with the same mindset. The entry level IBA ride is called a SaddleSore 1600k which is 1600k under 24hrs IBA

The idea is that it be a minimum 500 klm ride to the food and drinks. 1000klm min for the day

Suggested Reading:
We also recommend a few reads of the Archive of Wisdom and this excellent write-up on Fatigue

This will be a yearly FarRide location, almost like a AGM of sorts. If you can only get to one FarRide a year make it this one as its an optional stay overnight and party ride.

Destination : NAMBUCCA HEADS NSW

Date : 6th February 2010

Time : 12 to 12.30pm This is the time to get there, aim for 12 noon.
No checkins will be allowed prior to the checkpoint opening at 12noon.
The checkin time window closes at 12:30:01
No starting docket with a time earlier than Friday 5th February 12:31 will be accepted

1pm Daylight Saving Time Lunch @ V WALL TAVERN

Place : V WALL TAVERN - Wellington Dr 1pm for lunch (Daylight Saving Time)
GPS: S30 38.823 E153 00.709

Make it easy for us and have at the ready the following.

1. Your start docket
2. Your distance to the meet location (this may be #3 )
3. Your total distance in 24hrs if that is your final distance for the day.

It's a popular motorcycle destination, lots of parking and right on the water. Their phone if you get lost: Ph (02) 6568 6344

As Nambucca is such a wonderful location this is now a yearly FarRide at this time of year. You will note the arrival time is an hour later than usual, this is to allow those doing the 1000klms before lunch to make it. We are encouraging everyone to make it an overnight ride so we get more time to mingle.

NOTE: If you are staying overnight and riding home Sunday. White Albatross Holiday Centre is where we stay which is right behind the tavern, manager@whitealbatross.com.au

Click here for booking details Tell them you are with FarRiders.

However please keep in the spirit of FarRiders. This can be done but those riders would still need to cover 1000k in the 24hrs inclusive of the meet time to be listed as having completed FarRide #12

Lets say you did 600 or more before lunch, then did a scenic route which ended up back at Nambucca Heads for a 1000k for the day. You still end up at Nambucca and its, what... 6pm maybe. Nice stop over and cruise home Sunday.   To be listed as a finisher, you must checkin during the time window.  So plan your ride carefully.

Please click here and read the base rules and FAQ's that apply to ALL FarRides.
By attending a FarRide you acknowledge and agree that you have read these in full.

Registering - What to do now !!

If you are coming you MUST register online here
If you fail to register prior to the meet you will not be listed as finishers on the Official Finishers List.
Registrations close at 5pm EST Thursday 4th February 2010 or when a set maximum number of participants is reached, whichever comes first.

If you have problems registering check your spam folder in your email, or email me. If you are not registered and on the list you will not be a finisher

The Australian states are in there
Also note the fuel range is in miles
We would also like ages if you don't mind
In the MTF field: please enter your FarRider # if you have one

Message Board Discussion

Davo was often asked where the name came from, FarRide. He once watched a movie called Hidalgo.
Quote from online: The Ocean of Fire -- a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert--was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy sheik invited an American, Frank T. Hopkins, and his horse to enter the race for the first time.

Frank was called "Far Rider" in that movie and Davo liked the term when related to endurance riding.  Thus FarRiders began.