Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

Anyone seen any good rider blogs?

Interested.

nah I'm gonna wait until the spot tracker comes up and follow people taking odd routes and the people in the lead

Jesus, this looks awesome. I want to do it......although, I might need some training.

That's what the first two days are for

Anyone seen any good rider blogs?

Interested.

Not a blog per se, but interesting read nevertheless from the last year's winner Kristof Allegaert: http://allegaertk.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/transcontinental-race-london-istanbul-2013/

edit: Also the transcontinental race blog was fun to read, hopefully they'll update it this year aswell.

Perfext. I wanted to know how much time people spent riding V resting over the course. And average speeds here too.

Intriguing.

http://julianabuhring.com/the-trans-am-race she did 18 hours on the bike for trans am and was fastest female but only 4th fastest, so some guys pushed it even further

PIVOT Cycles presents an evening with Mike Hall and Ed Pickup hosted by Velo Cafe Brighton (UK) - YouTube
mike hall and ed pickup discuss stuff on friday

Tracking seems to be getting alive... http://trackleaders.com/transconrace14

depart is tomorrow correct?

Tomorrow 8am, correct. IDK why, but i'm more excited about these type of events than pro tours.

Because its something you can obtain personally without clubs and leagues etc

Yeah, i think it's part of that "normal guys/women doing crazy stuff", but also i think the fact that they are doing it without any teams driving behind them with service cars etc...and driving silly amount every day for week/two.

But anywayyyyy...

Noo my alarm didn't go off

When did they start? Last night or this morning?

Ahh I see the tracker down the bottom. So they're just heading off now.

ah this is great! loved the AWOL vids

No Ultan, and one of the people I sort of know isn't riding (Agata). Good luck to Ian Oli (Willesden CC).

Wasn't sure where to put this, but since there's also talk about transcontinental, i thought i'd put this here:

http://roadcyclinguk.com/longform/adventure-cycling

This convo should be retitled "super endurance rides" etc

Does anyone know where the footage from the trans am is, there was talk of 2 motorbike cameras following hall and ed, would be cool to view

I didn't know Ian O was riding. Two peeps to stalk..

I didn't know Ian O was riding. Two peeps to stalk..

https://twitter.com/transconrace/status/498478605387984896

"44th through control 1 was our eldest rider Ian Oliver at 61 (Rider no.87), chapeau sir! #tcr2014"

Belgian @AllegaertK is around 70km from Control 2 on Stelvio Pass. The V60 Control Car is 3hrs away.

rofl

I guess the Umbrailpass is closed as Kristof Allegaert has gone past the turning at Santa Maria Val Müstair and is going the longer way round.