MTF 50CC/100CCC Iron Butt Association Ride Trip Plans

·         The Trip Plans are based upon default Microsoft Streets & Trips times:

o        Interstate: 65 mph

o        Limited Access Highways: 60 mph

o        Other Highways: 50 mph

o        Arterial Roads: 35 mph

o        Streets: 20 mph

o        These speeds should make the trip plan conservative as much of the posted speed will be at 70mph; Arizona and New Mexico are 75 mph. However, there are some urban areas that have speeds as low as 55 mph. If we make good time, we will get extra rest at the midpoint and arrive early at the end.

·         The Trip Plans allow for 3 hours of problems.

o        You should try to leave on or before the schedule depart time at the midpoint in order to reserve the three hours for problems at the end of the trip.

·         Rest stops are scheduled for 15 minutes. This time includes the time to exit and re-enter the interstate, so the actual stop time should be kept to about 10 minutes. Just enough time to gas-up and pee. No time for stretching, etc.

·         The goal for these plans was to get the lowest mileage range for a given number of intermediate stops. If you have a trip plan that will reduce the range for a given number of stops (e.g. if your plan only requires a 140 mile range and 17 intermediate stops or you can reduce the minimum mileage for a trip with 20 intermediate stops to less than 126 miles), please submit the trip plan so we can upgrade following recommendations.

Trip Plans

Click on the logos to download Microsoft Streets & Trips 2003 map files.
You may need to Right Click and Save Target As.
Start and midpoint rest time are set for 50CC. You might want to adjust for 100CCC.
There is also an Excel file and a  Garmin Metroguide USA file with all validated stops available on the
Validated Gas Stop Page.

These are merely suggested plans. There is no obligation to follow them. However, we have put a significant amount of effort into verifying 24 hour availability of gas at the stops in each of the above plans.

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