North Carolina Permanent Rides

Dean getting to his 100th ride on Get 'er Dunn made me wonder how many rides had been done on the various Permanents and Perm-Populaires in North Carolina.  Through the end of 2011, here is what I found (sorted by number of rides in 2011):  [edit Feb-29-2012:  I discovered that I had missed 14 rides on L-L-L; Triple-L was actually the third most ridden near-Raleigh permanent in 2011, not the fifth most ridden.  The numbers in the following chart has been corrected, but not the order.]

The Permanents:

	Thru 2011			2011			2010			prior
Name	People	Rides		People	Rides		People	Rides		People	Rides
Tar Heel 200	45	263		29	90		27	104		24	69
Kerr Lake Loop	50	222		23	51		25	60		34	111
Showdown in Black Creek	41	127		15	41		26	48		24	38
Carthage Coffee Run on US BR #1	29	47		26	36		10	11		0	0
Leesville-Leasburg-L'ville (L-L-L)	25	78		17	46		15	32		0	0
Carolina Crossroads	20	24		20	24		0	0		0	0
Yanceyville Ramble	25	49		15	21		10	11		9	17
Triple Mountain View	12	17		12	15		2	2		0	0
Lake Gaston 210K	4	8		4	8		0	0		0	0
Sauratown 200K	9	17		3	7		4	4		5	6
How I Learned ... Love the BOMB	6	6		6	6		0	0		0	0
Brushy Mountain Lassooo	5	6		5	6		0	0		0	0
Wilkes Foothills 200K	3	5		3	4		1	1		0	0
Siler City Express	33	49		3	3		11	11		24	35
Big Bike to Performance Bike	2	7		2	3		1	4		0	0
Wilkes County Rumble	5	6		1	1		4	5		0	0
Natty Greene 200	24	26		1	1		23	25		0	0
Blackbeard's Permanent	7	11		0	0		1	1		7	10
Capitols ...: Richmond & Raleigh	4	5		0	0		2	2		3	3
Danbury 205K	8	10		0	0		2	2		6	8
TOTAL	355	969		182	349		164	323		136	297

The Populaires:

	Thru 2011			2011			2010			prior
Name	People	Rides		People	Rides		People	Rides		People	Rides
Get 'er Dunn	19	192		14	141		12	51		0	0
The Whirligig	15	94		14	90		4	4		0	0
Benson Mule Pull	25	62		22	41		10	21		0	0
Howling Grits Populaire	29	85		14	30		24	55		0	0
Sauratown Lite Populaire	4	37		3	26		2	11		0	0
Clayton Coffee Jaunt	3	18		3	18		0	0		0	0
Ham and Yam ... Jam	7	16		7	16		0	0		0	0
Natty Greene Lite Populaire	17	17		0	0		17	17		0	0
State Capitol Bailey Pop ...	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
L'Societe d'Adrian Hands Pop	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
Mt. Mitchell Short Changed	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
Cameron-Carrboro-Cameron	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
Bahama Beach	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
TOTAL	119	521		77	362		69	159		0	0

The above indicates approximately 71-thousand kms on the permanents in 2011, and 199-thousand kms for all years combined through the end of 2011.  (Totals are approx because the official distance of some permanents has changed over time as the routes were slightly modified.)

There were also over 37-thousand kms on the permanent-populaires in 2011, and over 54-thousand kms for 2010 and 2011 combined.

The combined total, through the end of 2011, amounts to over 253-thousand RUSA credit kms.

Not obvious from the above chart is that those kilometers were ridden by 113 unique individuals.  Some were visitors from outside North Carolina, but of course the vast majority were North Carolinians or "North Carolinians".  (Why the scare quotes?  Certain RUSAns from Virginia and South Carolina think of themselves as "at least part North Carolinian" as NC is where they do most or all of their brevets.  Those of us that live in NC also think of those just referenced as "at least part North Carolinian".)