Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

13th in such a strong field is impressive!

"I've added an analysis of the results and a race report index for TCR No4 to the Ride Far page: http://ridefar.info/races/tcr/no4/#results
I've made comments about many of the rider's progress though the field during the race and where they had particularly fast or slow segements. I've also noted unusual route choices and navigational errors when people had to turn around.
I've included links to over 60 race reports/blogs, videos, podcasts, etc., many of which have not been posted to this group before. Please let me know if there are any that I missed."

http://ridefar.info/races/tcr/no4/#results

It's great that Chris does all this stuff, but I just don't know where he finds the time!

I just don't know where he finds the time!

This has been my thought for everything I've read on that site.

Some random dudes interviewed about the 2016 TCR here...

https://thejerseypocket.cc/2017/02/16/riding-the-transcontinental/

Good article!

What bell end wrote that?

Some douchebag. Taking all those awesome quotes and mangling them into some crazy gibber jabber...

Sound like a right berk. Not to be trusted.

@frank9755 's Arrivee TCR Q&A:
https://cyclingthere.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/17febarrivee7-11.pdf

I saw this in the mag. Haven't read the last issue yet though. I'll get to it.

Thanks - beat me to it!

I'll let you have YACF. ;)

I wouldn't presume to tell people on YACF anything about Arrivee magazine!

There was a funny comment on Facebook by a guy who said one of the articles took as long to read as it did to do the ride that it was about. I always have a flick through Arrivee and see if there is anything interesting, or pics of people I know, but the 'wall of text' effect tends to stop me reading most of it. The only edition I've read most of was once when we were driving to Scotland and we took turns to drive, with the one in the passenger seat reading out an article. It made the journey go quicker and I don't think we finished the magazine!

There was a fabulous article in this months "climbs wot I dun in the dark and the lights wot I had". I started out incredulous and then enjoyed it :-)

Was that from someone from Devon? ;)

I used to read everything in it. I'm a bit compulsive like that. Same as books I'm given or shit films. I have to watch them to the end to 'tick them off'. Recently though I just don't have time so I've been skimming and only reading anything about longer rides. In some cases with mags I get from other places, if I don't start them, I don't feel compelled to finish them :)

I used to read everything in it.

I guess that's the kind of dedication and focus it takes to become a national champion. The long rides, ok, the turboing, I would struggle with, but the single mindedness necessary to read arrivee from cover to cover - that I know I could never do!

iLOLd

Just got email from the organizers that this will happen again this year as planned!

edit: oh this was the last years' conversation. well, anyway.

I'm finally finishing my race write-up and have another three entries up in the past few days.

Day 10: The Bosnian Rollercoaster
Day 11: Get busy living
Day 12: You beautiful lumpy bastard [*Not a Hippy reference]

Or from the start

Day 0: The storm before the calm

That's all very well, but when will your arse even start its write-up? We're waiting.

That'd be a lot like my blog, just with less photos (you'd hope) and even more whinging.

Day 13 is up and includes a discussion on farting, a zombie and a road that isn't a road. https://theadventurecapitalist.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/tcr-day-13-chemical-warfare/

@hippy you've seen this?

Yeah, I think he sent them to me ages ago or they were on YACF.