Did it in '93. Great week.

50 - 10 mile beer runs. Picture 10,000 riders pulling into a town of 1500 for the night. And the town looks forward to it. Music, alcohol, food and lots of it - Pork Chop man, pancake breakfasts, spaghetti dinners in church basements, mostly all good partying people. Serious riders? then - about 10%, but they miss all the fun.

Train? It's a ride not a race. If you're serious, there is no reason to be there.