Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

Stephane (fixed gear) is short of potatoes according to his facebook

http://trackleaders.com/transconrace15i.php?name=152___OUAJA_Stephane

new favourite thread.

awesome riding all. mucho chapeau

Rushes out; purchases Garmin

Hope they have Autobahn at this one

One logistics thought. So they carry very little with them obviously. Most don't even have a change of shorts. A change of socks is a luxury enjoyed just by a few. So what happens when they arrive in Istanbul? How do they fly home and how do they box up their bikes? Or is a small bag carried out for them or do they go shopping for shorts, t-shirt and flipflops? This is starting to worry me.

Think most people usually courier something to a PO box or something similar. Or maybe even have someone meeting them there - I'd certainly want the latter!

I'd want my mum and a doctor

Skinny is meeting his girlfriend there and have two weeks R&R.

Then go touring with his best friend.

No sleep for the wicked.

Possibly not, but at the Pretorius party last week they had Dreiklangs Dimensionen.

Duh!

Ride back.

I'd want my mum and a doctor

And a very big finishing bidon...

#rep
#hic

Given that Istanbul is one of the great cities of the world, a centre of learning, culture and art when Londoners were still throwing handfuls of mud at each other, I hope they'd be able to source some socks there.

In any case, there's a Marks and Spencer : Zeytinlik, 34140 İstanbul, Turkey

What are you talking about? We're still flinging mud at each other's.

That's not mud..

#tynanpaste #blessedbymothertheresa

Also the scene of the greatest English football triumph in history. Or so I'm told.

I was in Istanbul earlier this year - it went straight to the very top of the "there is no way I'd cycle here" list.

If I had to drive there I'd buy a cement mixer.

Skinny has made it to Croatia. Amazing stuff especially when you realise there are still some people on ventoux.

It's an odd spectator experience - hovering over "75", then "2" in order to check the gap, then checking Twitter for any news.

No. That was Barcelona.

leo tong: "interesting start to the day. my @garmin edge 1000 froze and then after a reset it appears to have zeroed half of my route files. yay, thanks 😡 have a backup route on the iPhone but it's not the most useful. already took a big wrong turn. staying positive though."

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Does the 1000 take micro-SD cards? Not like a couple of spares with the route on each would weigh you down...