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• #227
There is only one direction for the proper race. The Grand Depart starts in Astoria, OR and finishes in Yorktown, Virginia. West to East.
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• #228
then pack. Then repack. Then repack.... Then re....
That's right. It took me ages to pack for IPWR. I finished about midnight, having expected to get done early in the evening. Then I met another rider in the airport queue and he told me hadn't been to bed as had beeen packing all night.
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• #229
Have you got all your stuff? No last minute panics about what luggage to take, how many water bottles, etc...?
And what about bike pictures?
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• #230
Bike is still being worked on!
I'm going for a shakedown ride to test the new front wheel and new brakes this weekend and will pack the bike box after that's done.
I'm a bit concerned about valve extenders for the deep section wheel. I use Topeak ones that allow you to seal off the valve with a long turning piece. The Zipp one I have in it doesn't have that and the pressure gauge doesn't show what it's at properly. Annoying but I didn't have time to seal it properly.
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• #231
I'm still going through the route. I've found it goes the wrong way on some one-way bits and doesn't stick to the road properly in the East so I'm trying to fix that while also noting possibly useful stuff.
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• #232
I want to split the route into chunks but the splitter site I used kills off the elevation data, which sucks. So I might end up doing it manually. More time.
I've not sorted out my mp3 player yet - need to get more tunes onto it.
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• #233
I need to get some USD.
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• #234
Once I'm done editing files, I need to prep my phone, Garmin, backup SD cards, etc with routes.
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• #235
If you do linux then gpsprune does that very nicely. It lets you add waypints and compress the track as well. There might even be a windows version of it.
Packing the bike prior to a trip is so annoying. A bit more of stress and other possibilities for things to go wrong that you could well do without.
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• #236
waypints
Oh yes.
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• #237
Racers are loaded up... who's this penis?
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• #238
I didn't know you were 69.
Looking good for your age.
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• #239
It's the strict fitness regime I follow..
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• #240
Dot-watching hippy trackstanding in Knighton is utterly compulsive viewing. I've done nothing else for days now.
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• #241
I just hope he realises that it doesn't start in Wales
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• #242
My feet are getting sore. Can I stop soon?
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• #243
Wait, what?
Astoria yeah? Just north of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch
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• #244
Stupid deep section wheel valve holes aren't big enough for my extender so I'll probably take a couple of silly long valve spare tubes 80mm and a shitty extender. Might try and enlarge the hole with some sandpaper or a file. Also the tyre isn't seating well so that needs looking at but I can't 'pop' it out because the tube doesn't inflate fully with the extender attached - it just leaks air at a certain pressure.
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• #245
What depth rims are you using?
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• #246
65mm
I plan to sail to the finish.
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• #247
Cool, don't forget your wheel covers!
Won't they work with 80mm valves without an extender (to get seated, obvs you need to take extenders for punctures)?
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• #248
Nah, I sold my wheel covers when I got a disc. Technically I still have some but they're attached to a rim brake 808 (my old race wheel).
80mm valves will work fine but I'm not likely to find them on the road if I have issues with the tubes I carry. I like to be able to use any normal tube and I'm annoyed my Topeak extenders don't fit - they are nifty because they can screw the valve open/closed. My Zipp one vents air when inflating.
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• #249
Spare tyre or no spare tyre?
170 grams for a bit of insurance.
I didn't take one on TCR but the population density is much higher so there was unlikely to be 100i hike to the next town.
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• #250
Good post about last years: https://rideallnight.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/notes-from-the-road-trans-am-bike-race-2016/
You're doing it West-to-East?