Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

@hippy - we have all the soldering kit and lots of heat shrink tubing and heat gun. Happy to give everything a once-over. You'll just have to bring Mal and stay for dinner.

I didn't use the silk liner - it's old and I only really have it to protect sleeping bags, neither of which I carried anyway!

The down jacket is already fairly compressed in a S2S drybag. It could probably go into a smaller drybag but I thought I'd try this size first. I didn't use this during the weekend either but it'll likely help in the alps.

I didn't use any of my spare socks, full-finger gloves, buff, etc. but once again this is all stuff that I've needed during the night in the UK - this weekend it was >10degC all night so manageable in my cycling kit.

Tubes could probably go in the framebag or taped onto the frame. Saying that, the framebag rubbed my knees so I'm wary about using it. Problem is, it's really useful. I think I'll have to buy my own and modify it with internal velcro in order to compress it where my knees pass. Rubbed the shit out of my knicks with the strap velcro too.

I could do with a smaller, lighter jacket instead of the Rapha softshell.

It worked all weekend. It was on the outside for convenience. I will trim the wire and restrip. I was thinking about doing it on the leading edge of the fork for the aeros but inside the fork leg is probably safer and neater.

Yeah, I'll add that to the list. Oh, it was on the list.

:-*

Doesn't need any soldering, I just need to get some bigger diam. heat shrink.
I'll probably not bother now - it works and elec tape should be ok. The fork leg wires need a redo but they don't need soldering either. I'll definitely come over for dinner though hahehe

Fine. We have loads of heat shrink. And I have a BBQ. Those two statements are not related.

Select equipment
Get sent wrong equipment
Send it back
Await replacement while anger builds
Rinse, repeat for every second component of bike.

Brixton cycles stock self adhesive cable clips that are great for securing cables/leads to the inside of forks, without having to use tape.

2290miles.

dafuq?

km or gtfo

Km are what?

What proper countries use to measure distances.

I do keep wanting to move from miles to km.
But I'm stuck in my way.
I tend to just use miles as default.

Do it.

Miles at the start KM near the end is the rule.

KM or deth

= 3,685km

I'm on 3756km so when you beat me by 4 days and 2 hours, those 2 hours will be down to 'GPS doping' and I will refuse to acknowledge them.

Coup attempt in Turkey

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/15/turkey-coup-attempt-military-gunfire-ankara

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36811357

Hope it doesn't stop the race or that there is time to sort out a new finish line.

Also hope that the Turkish people are ok and that this is not the start of a civil war but the restoration of secular democracy.

Coup seems to be over now.

Insurance:
I'm about to sign up with ETA. It sounds from the Facebook group that they should be ok. Anyone know of any reason not to use them?

Is there any reason to think this tunnel is banned for bikes? I can't see any signs saying no bikes.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@46.2641162,12.2867926,3a,75y,90.15h,90.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMfdTwPlP6plBFzDQClLqRA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

That road to the right looks like.its for bicycles.
Unless it's on the banned list I'd use it.

It had a no entry sign:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@46.2641116,12.2865526,3a,75y,131.31h,90.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ6iDbg1Kaiy_jlJ3TFALWA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Are they just for cars?