Ride To Eat - FarRide #2

Mitchell QLD 21st October 2006

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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. 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:
I also recommend a few reads of the Archive of Wisdom and this excellent writeup on Fatigue

As I am based on the Sunshine Coast Qld I have decided to center this one again on a distance from here.

Destination : MITCHELL, QLD

Date : 21st October 2006

Time : 11 am to meet at Great Artesian Spa, southern end of Mitchell
Please attempt to be at this location at between 11am and 11.30am, see how good your planning is
12 noon - Eat at Great Artesian Spa

Place :

Great Artesian Spa - 12 noon for lunch - View Map #24
Heading in from south this is at the southern end of town on left after going over the river. If heading in from the north ride right through town and it's on the right before the river.

I have chatted to them, nice people. We can angle park out the front. Fuel is either across the road or a BP approx 1klm on the northern end of town.

We will gather here, do the river walk or check out the spa before lunch at 12 noon

Other links:
Ten murals by 'Daniel Wallwork'
More about Mitchell

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.

If anyone is interested in making this into a leg of an IBA SS1600k which is 1600k under 24hrs please let me know. A witness is required at the start and end as part of the certificate procedure, I (David "Davo" Jones) am on the Approved IBA Witness list

What to do now !!

If you are coming email me at FarRiders, if you fail to inform me you are coming prior to the meet you will not be listed as finishers on the Official Finishers List

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Name and Nick
Contact Number
Type of Bike
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Message Board Discussion

I have been asked where the name came from, FarRide. I watched a movie recently 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 I liked the term when related to endurance riding.