The 50-Mile Rule
Breakfast at Blackberry River Baking Company in Canaan, Connecticut, tastes even better after satisfying the 50-Mile Rule.
The Lonesome Weirdoes Motorcycle Club taught me the 50-Mile Rule. It?s not complicated: you must ride 50 miles before breakfast. The Weirdoes informed much of my early development as a motorcyclist. They introduced me to tech events, moto camping and rallies. They provided persuasion and crucial guidance that prepared me for my first long-distance ride to the Canadian Maritimes. And they made me wait for breakfast.
If I had any rule regarding breakfast, it was to wake up and eat it. But I wasn?t leading rides with the Weirdoes, John was. I was the newbie. Like a cadet at a military academy, my role was to pay attention and learn. On a riding weekend in Vermont, we were up at dawn and soon underway. I found my place mid-pack behind John and Gary. This early we?d more likely encounter a moose than other vehicles. I practiced the delayed apex entries I learned around the campfire the night before. I discovered how a staggered formation with good spacing helped us to see the road ahead and keep track of each other.
But my stomach complained. A diner appeared ahead with cars in the parking lot. In my head I worked through my order of two eggs scrambled, bacon crispy and rye toast, but John rode past. Wait?what was wrong with that place"
Presently we turned onto Old-SomeThing-or-Other Road and began carving the road across the mountain that, years ago, h...
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