Indian Pacific Wheel Race - IndyPac - IPWR

Just reached Adelaide this morning. He's not even looking tired.

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Struggling with curve website not loading. Anyone else?

Not good for mike if true
https://youtu.be/IF5761cX4Bk

I might get a T-shirt for TCR that says #MEAT.

Lol, not sure you should make #meatrider a thing though...

Struggling with curve website not loading. Anyone else?

This link goes direct to the tracker without having to go through Curves
https://indianpacificwheelrace.maprogress.com/?embed=yes

Personally I'm following Cycling Maven, dude gave up his job to do this so kudos to him for doing that... am I the only one that watches the catch ups on YouTube and thinks fuck I'd love to do that, but knows deep down that I'd die after the first day

Yeh I'm following him, cracking human. Can't believe how he appears to be going backwards but only because the front are opening up so much, feels days ago Kristoff was at the nullabor. Shame rhino isn't with him more, guys hilarious.

Seems a non race but fun way he's doing it as in a little group now and sharing rooms together

Loving the bromance developing between Maven and Rupert.

Just caught to with the official videos from last night, basically confirms what that dude says about mike, some health and bike problems. Also said he's running a standard double with a 25 cassette,I get that given the terrain they just covered but is that not a bold move for the terrain to come? Or is he just massively strong? Or thought he'd be leading and able to forfeit some time in the hills?

He shaved. He normally looks scruffier. Sorry Mike :P

I think they were having issues since they tweeted an alt site.

I've been using the direct tracker link since the get go anyway.

https://indianpacificwheelrace.maprogress.com/

dafuq with all these vegan youtubers on this event?

If there's another IPWR, I'm only going to eat animal products for the whole race while wearing a tshirt saying "Vegans vloggers made me do it".

No, I stop at "fuck I'd love to do that".

He often comments about training with SS (in Wales I presume) so likely he's quite used to pushing big gears. He may have also planned a cassette swap.

Blame durianrider

This. He's to blame for so much shite on youtube.

A week before the race I stumbled onto some of his videos. He's like Aussie cycling's version of Infowars. Fucking nutter. All mouth, no legs.

I have since seen some of his videos covering the race and they're decent because he doesn't fucking open his mouth much.

God help us if I started doing video blogs... it'd be a cross between ArchieLuxury, Durianrider and these fuckers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ioqytwEC8g

So coming up for the race leaders is a pretty derelict stretch of landscape called the Coorong.

The road from Meningie on the shores of Lake Alexandrina into Kingston SE is a really mind numbing 145km drive, past the salt lakes and not much else. Only little stop there is Policeman's point, and that's just a shack really.

After that they're into country South Australia and Victoria, and again there's pretty long distances between country towns, i.e. Millicent to Mt Gambier is 50k, Nelson to Portland is 70k ish.
Once they clear Port Fairy they hit the Great Ocean Road, so more supply stops etc, but also a lot more rollers.

Interesting how KA is wearing normal road shoes as opposed to SPD's

I decided just to wear spd-sl for the TCR this year. Something like 98% of my moving time will be on the bike, so it makes sense. Might bring some cleat covers just in case, though. Or maybe just spare cleats.

Sarah Hammond rolled through at around 10pm. She looked a tad stretched, but not destroyed. There were a few people riding behind her out of the main square. I went home and went to buy chocolates at a gas station just before and as I left she pulled into said gas station. I offered her some m&ms and she's like, "nah, need neurofen. Why is everyone following me?". Sleep deprivation must do funny things to the mind. I said I followed her dot a lot longer than that, and that she's doing very well in the race. Best of luck. I think her plan was to push on to Murray Bridge.

Yep...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transcontinental.en/permalink/1430324703684867/

Mike is in a hotel. Someone said possible Di2 issues?