[gatotom]

Awesome ride, in the early 90's my wife, oldest son ( about 13) and myself rode this 3 times, the last time for me was the one day ride.

I would have to say that ride at least 130 miles the first day because you will be really saddle sore and the next day isn't too bad then. Totally take advantage of the 50 mile stops for food and drink but don't stay longer than 15-20 minutes or your legs start to crap up.

I think the worst hill is about 130 miles into the ride and its about 1 mile long, the rest is easy hills. You get to go over the Longview bridge.

You will see all kinds of equipment out there and all types of riders. The one day attracts the hardcore riders that know how to draft and ride in a straight line and these freight trains fly, easy 24-26 mph ave. But they are all disciplined at taking that 50 mile fuel stop but they eat, drink, take a leak and always add some more Vaseline to the bottom.

Its a fun ride, enjoy but think about putting new tires and cleaning the chain. I would ride this again if I had more miles in the legs, maybe next yr.