Stratergy (spelled wrong to sound like a democrat)
Here is what I envision from a high level conceptual stand point. Unexpectant events will happen that will cause this to be changed. However, i think this strategy maximizes resources and improves our ability to rock the world record.
Bikers start biking anytime between 9pm-midnight every night. Bikers bike until 9am to noon the next day (or until their legs fall off).
The support team finds place to sleep (checks in / sets up camp / flirts with girls). Cyclists eat a ton of food and fall asleep at noon or so. They sleep until 8pm, wake up, eat a ton of food, then start biking. Support crew entertains themselves between noon and 8pm everyday. Support crew joins cyclists for lunch (at noon) and dinner (at 8/9 pm). Support crew sleeps from midnight (or whenever the bars close) till 8am. Support crew checks out of hotel, breaks camp, then drives Betsy (and Scooti) to catch up with cyclists. They find place to sleep. Find good place to eat. Rinse, wash, and repeat.
I like this because it allows us to have one hotel room for 24 hour period (saves $!) and is more comfortable for all (not eleventy gazillion people sleeping in same place at same time). Everyone gets a bed!
That’s strategery.
Comment by Dubya — August 17, 2007 @ 8:21 am
Nice plan… although I was hoping the support team… or at least scooty would be with us a large part of the time.
Carrying a 12lb camel pack of water takes a toll on my back muscles and I was hoping scooty could run some water to us when needed.
Having scooty run us water/energy bars would save us from having to stop. Maybe we work out a shift rotation where scooty could meet us?
OOOOooo snap. How about The support team drives a day ahead and books their hotel and sleeps while we bike. Support team then back-tracks in order to catch up with us as we bike towards the hotel.
Although I’m sure our bike is going to be lit up like the 4th of July, wouldn’t it be nice to have the scooter/ bus with us for a while? And what about steven and his filming needs?
Comment by FRED — August 17, 2007 @ 8:41 am
Also… John and I worked a method that seemed to work pretty well on our longer trip.
Bike for 60 miles. Eat/sleep for 1-2 hours, then bike another 60 miles eat/ sleep, bike for another 30 miles then eat (long sleep) repeat.
Comment by FRED — August 17, 2007 @ 9:33 am
I like the idea of scooti replenshing bikers mid-ride. There’s something very ‘Top Gun’ about it.
I’ll submit my thoughts for discussion. I think for the bike team, starting in the wee hours of the morning (4-5ish) would be best. If you start riding at 9 pm, the sun has been on the asphalt all day, and it’s just been sucking up all that heat. As you begin your ride it’s gonna be hot as balls with the heat coming off the pavement despite the sun being down. Starting after the sun’s been down for several hours will give the pavement time to cool down for your trip.
And I’m not super-keen on the idea of driving every leg of the trip twice if we have to back track and catch up with the bike team.
Comment by Andrew — August 17, 2007 @ 10:58 am
Support crew is definitely not going to back track..EVER. Either the bus is moving West or its not moving.
I cant afford to pay the gas bill and I dont have patience to deal with Beth’s pissed off mood.
Mark
Comment by admin — August 17, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
that wasn’t very nice.
Comment by Beefcakes. — August 17, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
But dude we get 60 miles to the gallon on scooty hog (twisting rearview mirror and looking at studly self) Not much cost involved for scooty to back track. I propose during the night hours we have 2 rounds of drink/meal replenishment courtesy of two different riders on scooty.
Comment by admin — August 18, 2007 @ 8:56 am
True that scooti will be convenient for multipurpose trips such as meeting bike team mid-flight. I envision it as analogous to when you see a big clumsy spaceship (Betsy) releasing smaller ships to go take out the rebels in one of those science fiction movies.
However, any expectations for the support team to consistently double up on mileage and travel time should be extinguished.
Comment by Andrew — August 18, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
Oh, and is any consideration being given to the idea of wee hours bike departures? I was also hoping that the trip would be made with all 3 vehicles in reasonably close (+/- few miles) proximity.
Comment by Andrew — August 18, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
1. As you said we stop biking at 11:00, eat, check in hotel at 12:00 noon and sleep until 8:00pm. One person with the support team will sleep with us (the 4 of us will share queen beds). During that time the remaining support crew will be up to 80-100 miles behind us. They need to start driving from their initial location by 5:00pm at the latest to catch up to us for dinner at 8:00pm, so that we can give them our hotel keys before we leave.
2. At 8:00pm we will check out, eat, and socialize until 9pm with people in town. We will get on the bikes by 9:30pm and bike until 2:30am. By 2:30am we should be approximately 100 miles away and the majority of our support crew will be asleep. Our 1 man support crew will need to carry some sleeping bags, food, 2nd pair of clean biking shorts, (some sponges, soap, water, and towels, so we can stay clean). After “showering”, and eating we will sleep until 4:30am and get back to biking by 5:00am after breaking camp, refilling water bottles… We will then bike until 10am or whenever we reach the next town. At this time we will be another 80-100+ miles away and the remaining support crew will need to catch up to leave the hotel by 8:00am to catch up to us for breakfast at 10:30 and maybe a little overlap cinematography action…After we go to sleep at 12:00 the support team has fun in the area until 8:00pm when we wake up and give them the keys to the hotel over dinner. Some rotation might be worked out between which support members will be with us and which will stay behind.
3. Repeat aforementioned. Total mileage per day at this rate ~ 160.
Comment by admin — August 22, 2007 @ 7:42 am
Well thought out Freddie. I agree 100%. Lets go with it.
Hoo Rah
Mark
p.s. who is bringing tent? how big? how easy to set up?
Comment by admin — August 22, 2007 @ 7:50 am
I do not have a tent. Do I need to buy one? With as much junk johnny has in the house, I bet he has to have a Tent… : )
Comment by admin — August 22, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
I believe Colin mentioned he has a 3-4 person tent- or did I make that up?
Comment by the real Hunter — August 27, 2007 @ 8:51 am