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Ride To Eat - FarRide West #11 - "Port Hotel"
"Hopetoun, W.A. - 20th February 2010
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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. 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
Destination : Hopetoun, W.A. on Veal Street - S33 57.040 E120 07.583
Date : 20th February 2010
Time : 12.30 to 1.00pm
This is the time to get there, aim for 12.30pm.
No checkins will be allowed prior to the checkpoint opening at 12.30pm.
The checkin time window closes at 1:00:01
No starting docket with a time earlier than Friday 19th
February 1:01pm will be
accepted
1pm Lunch @ Port Hotel
Place : Veal Street, Hopetoun. 1pm for lunch
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.
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.
Port Hotel has limited accommodation.
Also
MOTEL and CHALET VILLAGE - Modern motel built in rammed earth, in the centre of
Hopetoun opened October 1992. Excellent facilities all rooms with ensuites.
Phone: (08) 98383219 ask for Brenda
CARAVAN PARK - A sheltered, stunningly beautifully
natural gardened caravan park, with many trees situated right next to the beach.
Large camping ground. Chalet accommodation and On Site Vans are available. Phone:
(08) 98383096
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 West #11
To be listed as a finisher, you must checkin during the time window. So plan your ride carefully.
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.
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
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.
