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Iron Riders' day

80.5 km

Fifty miles a day across the West on army bikes.

Ride 80.5 km. The daily aim of the Bicycle Corps.

It stands on
Jouett's ride
Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps with loaded bicycles in open country, Montana, 1897.
Members of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, Fort Missoula, 1897. Mansfield Library, University of Montana. Public domain.

What it takes

Before you go.

Recommended first
Jouett's ride
Weekly distance
About 81 km of riding a week on average over 6 weeks
Long ride
60 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Jouett's ride counts
Taper
An easier week before the event week

The story

In 1897 the US Army's 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, Black soldiers on heavily loaded bikes, rode about 1,900 miles from Montana to St Louis in 41 days. They aimed for about 50 miles a day. Source: Smithsonian Magazine.

The ladder

  1. Fox's crossing
  2. Thirty-miler
  3. Mauna Loa 1859
  4. Kailash kora
  5. Chilkoot
  6. Jouett's ride
  7. Iron Riders' day