3/4th January 2009
Later in January 2009
Early February 2009
Other - please post details
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Great stuff Nordie.
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1000miles in 24 hours...
Just thinking yesterday whether to bring up next years DB. Is it too early to pencil in a date (it is nearly 1/4 way thru the year & time's going v quickly) as I wanted to secure the rowing club accom again.
January 2010 is a long time away!!! I would suggest that it is around 3rd to the 10th of Jan though as they are about as close as we can get to the longest day. Alternatively could do between xmas and new year? I'll start another thread - see if we can get a bit better organised this year and maybe see if there are some twists to the challage that people might be interested in
Cheers R
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just wondering if I night have a look at a bit more of a route around Blenheim - maybe up through Picton, out towards Tory Channel & back Port Underwood. The views are good, gravel rds and gets rid of that nightmarish final leg over Mot way at the end of the current route.
Not sure how it works out for k's but happy to investigate.
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I've started a new thread called the DB1k 2010 Ideas Thread for any wacky or sane ideas for improving the DB1k. A thread re registration and suitable dates will be started much much later in the year.
Cheers R
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Yes but I wonder how much of that stuff with 90 degree turns around farms they do. Although if it is every few miles that's still going to leave the average speed comparatively high. All in all I'd probably rate it about as hard as our DB1k - easier riding but more of it.
To turn our metric DB1k into an imperial 1k (1609km), you'd have to finish the existing 1k run in 15 hours, then do another 60% time & distance. If the extra route was the same style as presently, that's a pretty tough ask.
I can comfortably do the 1609km on the tar in about the same time as the DB1K, but the DB is much more physically demanding. Anyone who's completed the DB should not fret about doing a 1000 mile tar run, even on an adventure bike.
Cheers,
Colin
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