Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

Scoble?

No, he's fast.

;)

More the merrier!

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He's such an unassuming nice bloke- did PBP unsupported too.

Sure he's FAST, But is he going to hold more than 1 week without sleep

Don't think he will need to (?) even on RAAM competitors don't tend to go more than 72 hrs without sleep, all be it very limited.

You are FAST you have time to sleep a lot and get even faster.

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/race-across-america-den-mythos-zerstoert-1.462260

I understand the point... he has done an incredible 42h 27min without sleep and 30.1km/h avg but no experience in multiple day events... sleep and recovery on even longer rides might be an skill hard to get right. At least he did PBP without support, and last 600km totally alone. Not sure how he'll manage the climbs either. Anyway my money is on @CarlosBI :D

I finished building up my bike at the weekend, with my new wheels as the finishing touch.
As the weather was good yesterday I decided to start work at 5am so I could knock off at 2 and go for a ride. Had a great time - one or two niggles - but the highlight was stopping at the lights in Ruislip on the way back and a guy on a shiny red, fast-looking motorbike looked across and said 'I bet that cost more than this!'

Might be old news... looks like Josh Ibbett is racing again this year https://www.instagram.com/p/BEa17JOEBZr/

Kristof is racing apparently too. It's going to be a very tough race this year

Dream big, cycle hard

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And there is a trophy. You get a t-shirt init.

The numbered cap is cool- worth entering just for that.

I've booked an Airbnb and there's a bed going for the Thursday and Friday night in Geraardsbergen. Also if you need anything taken back to England that you don't need on the race that'll be available provided there's not too much

Start List

http://reportage.transcontinental.cc/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/TCR-No.4-Start-Sheet-May-161.pdf

'Australia'

Burn that British passport you traitor

That's a surprisingly large number of Stuarts.

No way! I paid good money for that EU passport.

So, LFGSSers, I recognise @hippy and @skinny. Who else we got?

Anyone want to create a route for me? I pay top dorra...

@FrankTheTank from NL with whom I once did a measly 500km/24h is riding too, I see.

£400 for my route.

Or just sit on your wheel for free :-)