Hack the Hat — The Day to Day Details

by punkrokk

We have a little more than 2 weeks before we head out for our 2nd Cycle OverRide adventure through Ohio on our way to Derbycon. Welcome to HACK THE HAT!

Don’t forget — if you ride with us to Derbycon you get free admission! Email us if you have questions!

Here is all the info we have so far. This should clear up any questions that people are having if they are considering joining us.

Big picture is we plan on leaving Columbus Tuesday Sept 27th. Those of you planning to ride with us Tuesday morning should plan to meet us in Columbus Monday night for carb loading. We plan to get an early start on Tuesday. We will be providing the meeting point for Monday night soon.

Below is a day by day agenda including the hotel we will be staying at each night. (These routes are totally subject to change due to local input, group infighting or just plain old common sense!)

Day 1 – 9/27 Columbus to Dayton (63.6 miles – route/hotel): We will start in Hillard, OH and end in Downtown Dayton at the Crown Plaza (33 EAST FIFTH STREET, DAYTON, OHIO 45402 )
Day 2 – 9/28 Dayton to Cinci (69.3 miles – route/hotel): Day 2 leaves Dayton out the Great Miami River Scenic Trail. We plan to head into Cinci and and meet up with the Cinci 2600/Hive13 folks, and just chill out!
Day 3 – 9/29 Cinci to Madison, IN (72.9 miles – route/hotel): Day 3 of our ride will be the grind. We will have extra caffeine gels and will want to get to Madison as fast as possible so we can enjoy reaching “NOWHERE”. Considering the short ride to Louisville from here, we should be able to eat up, sleep, and prepare for a really early ride to Louisville on Day 4.
Day 4 – 9/30 Madison, IN to DERBYCON/Louisville, KY (~50 miles – route/hotel 1 sold out/hotel 2) – We have a short ride followed by a majestic crossing over the Ohio River into Louisville. There will be Cycle OverRide parisols distributed for the last mile! We will ending at the Derbycon hotel (soldout) but there is a Hampton Inn .4 miles east (hotel #2) for $118 per nite.

Hotels: We are currently planning to reserve rooms by Sunday night Sept 11. If you don’t have a room email [email protected] and we’ll help you get sorted. The rooms on the ride are about $110 each per nite, so with double occupancy that’s $55 per nite, or $165 for the 3 nites of the ride.

What other expenses should I plan for? Good question! You should plan for some carb loading each day (Olive Garden Gift Cards FTW!) as well as any bike supplies you think you need. I personally am bringing a spare tire, CO2, a few tubes, spare gloves, and a spare chain. If your crankshaft blows out during the ride, we will probably just drive your bike to the end of the route.

SAG – We will have someone driving Supplies and Gear duty each day. We should have enough room for everyone’s spare stuff so we can repair minor things on the road. Also if someone just can’t keep going we can get them to the end of the ride for the day.

Daily Start Time – We will be hitting the road around 7am each day with a goal to arrive at the destination by 12 or 1 each day. The weather is calmer in the morning, traffic not as bad, and all around a good idea to get our daily ride out of the way ASAP.

Official Gear: Bruce has been kind enough to design Cycle OverRide wind breakers! More info to come!

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Hack the Hat — The Day to Day Details

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