Indian Pacific Wheel Race - IndyPac - IPWR

#hippyisalwaysright

I had your share last night. Midweek birthdays egads batman!

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2017/03/16/indian-pacific-wheel-race-shaking-it-social-media

Mike is only taking 2.5 litres

What did you say the biggest gap between services was?

Did you ask him or is that what he's carrying on the bike? Jersey pockets allow for another 1L or more plus he could be hyperhydrating before long stints.

I asked him how much water he was taking and he said '2x850 + a small one, 65o, but it's probably too much'. I was a bit surprised!
He's lost a load of weight since August, looks like getting on for 2 stone (10kg). He looks pretty up for it. Kristof is how he always is.

2.5L is ~5hr for me, even out in mid/high-30s.

But then I've done double that before in Oz too (>1L/hr) so it's going to depend on how hard people are working, how hydrated to begin with, ambient temps, personal hydro diffs. Sleep in the hotter part of the day and ride through the nights but you have to still get to the shops when they're open.

It looks like we might be lucky with the temps when there are the long gaps, but not with the wind, so he might get away with it

Good luck Frank.

I'm sure I've drunk more than 2.5l on a warm commute into work.

Yeah!
Chatted to another guy at lunch, an aussie who's done the TCR twice, and he can carry 9 litres!

Which Aussie?

Jonno from Hobart. Did TCR '14 and '15

Is that Big Jonno or Little Jonno from Hobart? Doesn't matter, ask him how Robbo is, can ya?

6hrs to start...
https://indianpacificwheelrace.maprogress.com/

Lael could carry up to 6L for her Baja ride.

Nice..

1 Attachment

Mental..

1 Attachment

Tracker not live it seems? Can't see anyone on the screen

Trackers are getting switched on.

Jesse's there.
Nathan Jones.

I only see mango rider

Mangoringer and DarkKnight were visible half an hour ago. There's about 20 riders on now.

Ctrl-F5?

@frank9755 is visible now

There's a few. Weird. Guess it'll sort itself out.

22 riders showing on mine.

They're off (maybe)

Are these races staggered start, or do you all just go for it... pack seems fairly spread but the video I watched of TCR had everyone riding up the Mur together.

Mass start