Trans Am Bike Race / TransAm / TABR

Damn, isn't there a Walmart every 5 miles to grab some gorilla tape?

Screwfix maybe ?

Slow puncture on the front now.

Interesting to see Rob E doing this on plant based diet too. Stopped at a vegan donut shop earlier, wonder what the options will be like further along the route...

He looks to be carrying huel or an equivalent too. Guessing he's maybe having more delivered along the way?

Ah! I'd missed his 'kit grid' (or whatever it's called these days).

Little bit about Rob's training and kit: https://www.sram.com/stories/transam-training (sorry if it's a repost, been in the van for 3 months...)

Has he always been veg?

10 years according to the sram article/interview...

Did not know that. Hmm

His wife runs a vegan B+B from their property too.

I made a little chrome browser extension to put google streetview images next to the map on trackleaders.com: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trackleaderscom-streetvie/bbmkgjigigfdfoofbngfagmpadgofakl

Estimates the heading from last two points so will go a bit random on very windy roads or for riders that don't update often cough but you can click it to open full version.

(it will now, inevitably, fail to work for anyone but myself)

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Considering tubeless, someone get him a beer...
https://twitter.com/firsthippy/status/871596694965805056

what's actually wrong - is he on a normal tubes set up and having bad luck or what?

Doesn't appear to be having much luck .

Is @hippy going to moan all the way? Hopefully he'll struggle for a signal soon...

I did try to start a new hashtag for him, hopefully he'll start using it!

Is @hippy going to moan all the way? Hopefully he'll struggle for a signal soon...

We've only had nipples and rims so far. The gooch is yet to make an appearance. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Nipples
Rim
Gooch

Erogenous cycling
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Hippo's currently staying at the Dreamers Lodge (seemingly no apostrophe required). There is therefore potential for nightmares to come into additional effect.

Sounds like a brothel

Hippy 483 miles to the leader mr colwill on 610 mr suzuki dropped down a few places .

Dreamers Lodge sounds more like a place for a dotwatcher fantasising about riding a lunatic event like this one day but never quite getting around to it.

I like the sound of it.

Good work!

He's on the go again. Yay!