Originally Posted by
StephenH
We lived in Fort Collins for five years, so a lot of the issues I'm familiar with. I suspected the biggest issue on Last Chance would be wind. I'm not too interested in climbing (and descending!) mountain passes at this point. We had some pretty decent riders that DNF'ed High Country due to the cold, the rain, and the climbing. But Last Chance sounds like it would be similar to the Stampeded that I did this last spring.
WIND!!... as in flying cows. There was a tornado that came thru the area the day before the ride. But that isn't your biggest challenge. The available stores east of Byers past the state line close around 4-5 pm and there's no place to purchase food/water if you're out past sunset (I would avoid public water taps in eastern colo unless you want the trotts). A number of riders abandoned because they didn't think they could ride thru the nite without supplies. I'm not a speedy rider so I cached water/food outbound in case I was delayed on the return and did fine. Last Chance will have much better roads then the famed texas chip seal
good luck