-
Welcome to the Two Wheeled Texans community! 
Feel free to hang out and lurk as long as you like. However, we would like to encourage you to register so that you can join the community and use the numerous features on the site. After registering, don't forget to post up an introduction!
2025 Grand Tour of Texas
- Thread starter jmdaniel
- Start date
Oh man, do I sign up to fail again? I keep thinking this will get me out riding more but life seems to still get in the way. I did worse this past year than the year before.
What to do, what to do?
What to do, what to do?
Simmons1
0
- Joined
- May 29, 2005
- Messages
- 6,687
- Reaction score
- 3,154
- Location
- Out Riding
- First Name
- Rich
- Last Name
- Simmons
I am sure David Canada would love it if you signed up, even if you got 0 stops.
Manfred
0
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2006
- Messages
- 4,289
- Reaction score
- 1,281
- Location
- La Vernia, TX
- First Name
- Stuart
- Last Name
- Brogden
Signup begins on January 1st. https://motorcyclegrandtouroftexas.com/
The last time he made the actual list public, with the number of stops completed, over 40% had zero stops.
Simmons1
0
- Joined
- May 29, 2005
- Messages
- 6,687
- Reaction score
- 3,154
- Location
- Out Riding
- First Name
- Rich
- Last Name
- Simmons
I'll bet the percentages stay roughly the same year to year.
On the other hand, I wonder how many people have gotten 50 stops every year since it started?
DFW_Warrior
Hmmmm.....
Rachel and I plan to sign up this year. We shall see how it goes.
That would be much easier to determine, as he publishes the 50 stop finishers every year.
Simmons1
0
- Joined
- May 29, 2005
- Messages
- 6,687
- Reaction score
- 3,154
- Location
- Out Riding
- First Name
- Rich
- Last Name
- Simmons
It was a lot more challenging for me to get all 50
before I retired.
Simmons1
0
- Joined
- May 29, 2005
- Messages
- 6,687
- Reaction score
- 3,154
- Location
- Out Riding
- First Name
- Rich
- Last Name
- Simmons
You would think so if you had all the data. I asked David a year or two ago and he told me he had never looked at it.
DFW_Warrior
Hmmmm.....
I have no aspirations of getting all 50. I think it would just give us some places to go see and do. I'm honestly thinking that for the most part, we would just be looking at day trips out and back for most of them.
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2017
- Messages
- 3,395
- Reaction score
- 3,760
- Location
- Katy, Republic of Texas
- First Name
- Nolan
I have driven down 90 both ways between Sanderson and Marathon and never seen the little buckeys (Stop 26).
Seems it first showed up in April of '22, and disappeared a few weeks later.
It popped back up again In June of '23.
I tried to find it in '22, and not sure if I missed it because of bad fog or if it had already disappeared, and it was not there in April of '23 yet.
Hopefully it is there in April when I go by.
Here is a quick map I put together with just the city location of the stops, no address or info yet (I will be doing that later, as well as my .gpx file).
Just nice to have a visual of what the stop locations look like on a map.
Seems I may skip the panhandle this year...
Seems it first showed up in April of '22, and disappeared a few weeks later.
It popped back up again In June of '23.
I tried to find it in '22, and not sure if I missed it because of bad fog or if it had already disappeared, and it was not there in April of '23 yet.
Hopefully it is there in April when I go by.
Here is a quick map I put together with just the city location of the stops, no address or info yet (I will be doing that later, as well as my .gpx file).
Just nice to have a visual of what the stop locations look like on a map.
Seems I may skip the panhandle this year...
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2004
- Messages
- 1,867
- Reaction score
- 1,369
- Location
- Palo Pinto County , Texas
- First Name
- Dave
If I was riding in 2025 I would bypass the stop in loving county . I ride to photograph the courthouse several years ago and that is one depressing county .
Proud 2024 registrant that completed 0 stops! Just didn't have the time to get away on my own. I hope to break that curse in 2025
looking at the list of stops if you are in the i10, i45, i35 triangle you can easily get to a finisher status with day trips. Last year was my first year and I only took day trips for the most part, except two weekend trips ... but I made it to 37 I think, and this year there seems to be a bunch of stop east of i35
Last year was my first try and made it to 25 stops. This year I made all 50! The wife doesn't want me to do it again but if she keeps ticking me off, I'm going for it!!!
Simmons1
0
- Joined
- May 29, 2005
- Messages
- 6,687
- Reaction score
- 3,154
- Location
- Out Riding
- First Name
- Rich
- Last Name
- Simmons
Things for sending.
Already working on my initial route planning.
Already working on my initial route planning.
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2017
- Messages
- 3,395
- Reaction score
- 3,760
- Location
- Katy, Republic of Texas
- First Name
- Nolan
Cool, glad he put it out earlier this year.
It was not up the other day when I made my map.
Need to get on my .gpx file.
Nolan, I used your map a lot last year. This year I made mine earlier to hopefully return the favor, here is the link. First time sharing the link so not sure if it will work.
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2017
- Messages
- 3,395
- Reaction score
- 3,760
- Location
- Katy, Republic of Texas
- First Name
- Nolan
Yup, it worked, thanks, saved me some time having to type all the addresses.Nolan, I used your map a lot last year. This year I made mine earlier to hopefully return the favor, here is the link. First time sharing the link so not sure if it will work.
aggie81
0
18 rules and 12 disclaimers. I hope there's not a test.
I missed getting all 50 one year do to my riding partner getting COVID. Other then that, I’ve gotten all 50 and plan to do it again in 2025.