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    mouse
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    Hello,

    I'm trying to check the level of interest for an all unicycle tour
    across Indiana. I have contacts and places to stay/camp all throughout
    Indiana at all overnight towns mentioned as well as vehicle support for
    SAG and transportation of luggage and personal effects. This would
    likely be a charity ride for the american diabetes association and
    consist of a 5-6 day tour.

    This thread is of course no commitment but I would like to see how many
    cyclists would be interested in doing this trip. The route hasn't been
    laid out yet but it will likely consist of the following:

    START: Michigan City, IN
    POI: Washington park/ Lake Michigan Beach
    Indiana Dunes State Park

    Michigan City, IN to West Lafayette, IN
    91.1 mi
    POI: Purdue University

    West Lafayette, IN to Kokomo, IN
    48.4 mi
    POI: The Unicycle Factory of Kokomo

    Kokomo, IN to Greenwood, IN
    63.8 mi
    POI: none yet

    Greenwood, IN to Bedford, IN
    68.3 mi
    POI: none yet

    Bedford, IN to Washington, IN
    46.4 mi
    POI: none yet

    Washington, IN to Evansville, IN
    59.5mi
    POI: none yet

    TOTAL: 377 mi

    This would likely be a week between mid May and mid June. Please let
    me know if you would be interested in such an epic adventure. I can be
    reached via PM or via TheLegendofMouse on AIM.

    inspired by http://www.unitours.org/UniTours/tours/UAM/index.htm

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  2. Joseppi
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    I would be riding with mouse as well.

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  3. dman1234
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    I might be interested in doing it. I live in Illinois but would be
    willing to visit indiana for a week

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  4. mouse
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    awesome. That would mean 3 so far and I'm hoping for at least 12 or so.
    If you would like to be made aware of future happenings, send mail to
    missingawheel (at) silentaftermath (dot) com and I'll make sure you get
    updates on this 🙂

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  5. idiorythmic
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    There's a unicycle factory in Kokomo? Is that a microbrewery with a
    trendy name, or a real unicycle factory?

    I'm adding my name as a potential rider. 🙂

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  6. mouse
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    idiorythmic said:

    There's a unicycle factory in Kokomo? Is that a microbrewery with a
    trendy name, or a real unicycle factory?

    I'm adding my name as a potential rider. 🙂

    heheh. Its an actual place called the unicycle factory run by a guy
    named Tom Miller. His thread is here:
    http://tinyurl.com/35w5z7

    If this gets enough interest to happen, I'm sure he would be glad to
    have us 🙂

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  7. idiorythmic
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    mouse said:

    heheh. Its an actual place called the unicycle factory run by a guy
    named Tom Miller. His thread is here:
    http://tinyurl.com/35w5z7

    If this gets enough interest to happen, I'm sure he would be glad to
    have us 🙂

    Cool...but the link to his gallery seems dead, so I am still a bit
    vague on what the factory actually is. Skimming through the three
    pages of posts I get the idea that he does custom one-off work for
    well-heeled customers, and possibly has unique vehicles on display in
    his shop...did I come close?

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  8. mouse
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    somewhat....here's a better link

    http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/unicycle_factory/index.html

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  9. mouse
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    Below is a rough idea of the route. This route is not even close to
    final, but all of the overnight towns are confirmed.

    http://silentaftermath.com/indianatour.jpg

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    it would depend on the date but I would love to do it if I could make
    it.

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  11. mouse
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    awesome 🙂. I'm contemplating making the first day split in two since
    it will be almost 100 miles after route adjustments. The only issue
    would be finding an overnight town in between Michigan City IN and West
    Lafayette IN.

    If anyone has opinions on that matter please voice them so I know how
    to handle it. A few people have expressed concern over the long first
    day.

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    The first day does look long as a first day.

    I'd expect anyone able to do the whole ride to be able to handle 100
    miles, but making it the first day is a bit wooah. 100 miles isn't
    *that* different from the 70 or 80 miles that you're doing on other
    days.

    Having said that, I know on most of the unicycle tours, a significant
    proportion of riders haven't made the total distance, getting lifts
    from the support van on the longer days. It's worth being sure that
    your support vehicle can fit all riders who aren't certain that they
    can do the distance.

    Do you have somewhere for people to stay the night before the tour,
    with such a long first day you'd need it.

    On the SINZ tour, I think they took a rest day after doing the 100 mile
    day, maybe that'd make sense if it's a nice place to stop.

    Also, how hard the hundred miler is very much depends on terrain, if
    it's flat then I wouldn't worry too much, if it's super hilly, then
    it'll be way harder.

    Joe

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    We've looked at the route for that day. The whole day is only about 550
    feet of climb. And the longest stretch of uphill is 200 ft right at
    the beginning. Otherwise, it's a very flat day.

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    One random thought, could you reverse the route, or is there some reason
    (prevailing wind / downhill / etc.) that it has to be done in that
    direction?

    Just that if you could do the 100 miles knowing you didn't have to ride
    your unicycle the next day, it might be nicer? Thinking about that, I'm
    not sure about whether it'd be easier or not though.

    Maybe it'd make most sense just to plan to use the sag wagon for some
    riders on the first day if there's no good place to stop.

    Joe

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  15. mouse
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    Ive found north-south easier in Indiana for prevailing winds. Also, the
    SAG's origin will be Michigan City and if we did south to north, we
    would end up in Kokomo on a sunday night which would likely be less
    than convenient for anyone that wanted to pay a visit to Tom Miller at
    T.U.F.

    I found that riding in a long-longer-long-shorter-shorter-short pattern
    helps you out a bit on tours as by the last day you're pretty wiped
    out. I don't know if starting with a very long day would be a great
    plan either but I'm sure that a late start point closer to Lafayette
    could be arranged for riders that didn't want to do the full century.
    I've thought about that mainly over the last day or so and it seems to
    be the most logical answer but I'm always open to suggestions.

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    I think I'd prefer getting the century out of the way anyway. The other
    days are really comparatively short. Day two is only about 50 miles.
    I think I could handle shorter days after getting a bit tired out from
    earlier rides. Conversely, I'm not sure I'd like to do a century after
    a week of shorter rides since I'd be a bit tired already going into it.
    Then again, I can see how others might see a century on the last day
    as being easier because you wouldn't have to save anything for the next
    day.

    But with everything mouse has pointed out, I think the first day is the
    day to do it.

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