Transcontinental Race No. 5 - TCR5 - #TCRN05 - 2017

chatting by the wall

Imagine that.

Edit: argh, new page

David Coulon has passed CP4

The end game is upon us.

Are you guys @hippy @skinny @Samuli @Wiesia @boomboom planning to do a write up soon? Id be interested in having a gd read.

Noticed the scratch rate is almost at 50%. Is that similar to previous years or higher?

It's within the historical ranges. Last year was lower, year before was higher. See Chris White's site for the full story: ridefar.info

Spit and butter...

Paddington is a hotbed of TCR filth.

I don't get that reference.

I haven't done TABR yet!

I should because it might help me understand what I can improve. Unfortunately it takes huge time and is a massive PITA so I'll probably not bother.

Imagine how I felt when I went to buy something off hippy at lunchtime and got 3 TCR finishers for the price of one, including a winner.

@hippy really sold it to me to the extent that I mentioned to my fiancee that I was even considering doing it next year. Then she reminded me we're getting married at the start of August. Two years to prepare!

@frank9755 I found that road in Hungary, 37 onto 39:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.1665478,21.2946652,3a,75y,120.83h,76.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su66czhe46L2KH5IhROT1iA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

It does have a streetview 'no bikes' sign. Doh! The detour felt longer than it looked...

This also messed me up: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.7907477,21.3071495,3a,75y,174.79h,85.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snWwBTxRIt69W0_Rdr_OXNg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

It's different now, there were two motorway logos left and right and there was a 'cars only' sign here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.7875285,21.3059974,3a,75y,235.13h,91.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7PRMMZ5V29aEgrFzYelSjg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

It's 5 year old streetview though so I wasn't to know. I took a convoluted detour to avoid the cars-only roads. I hope the dotwatchers know about this one. :)

I chatted to Dave in Westerley kit on the way home too.

Ha! I like how you forgot about the wedding. Definite candidate for TCR.

I don't get that

You've obviously spent far too much time training and doing epic bike races. Eating crisps and watching tv series is where the really heavy work is.

Holy shit, did I just complete a race without any Garmin problems?

If it's GoT, I have no idea. I only just finished Breaking Bad...

It's GoT.

Not sure why people are so fascinated with toilets.

Proper skinny lookalike at Santa Maria tonight. We eventually decided it couldn't be him. I just hope it really wasn't. :)

Was me.

On my to do list, and plenty of commuting in the coming weeks so yes.

August 2nd wasn't a good day for you:-

"One wrong way Garmin thanks. You're retired"
"Escaped that shithole. New rules: ignore Garmin, ignore cycle lanes, ignore drivers."
"Argh!!!! Again Garmin fuck!!!"
"Painting an arrow on a cat and throwing it in the air would've been more use than Garmin today. #TCRNo5"

Sounds like I should've popped in for a beerski.

Ah, I remember that. Trying to get out of the city.

I can't remember if I was free-routing at that point or it was in my planned route.
I might've been a RWGPS + Garmin problem. I need to check where that was - Austria somewhere?

What I mean was, it never crashed and I didn't lose any data. All my files downloaded last night. Navigation is always a ballache.

How'd the dropper/side-mount cages work for you? Any dramas?