Indian Pacific Wheel Race - IndyPac - IPWR

I did bump into my parents on one tcr

DQ!

:P

We might as well fit a motor to your shiv and pre book motels at the battery capacity distance.

JOKE!

You too!

It's crossed my mind... pedaling and following rules is soooooo 2012...

very vague rules and no enforcement

And little social media presence.

I met your family be accident, my route went down one road but I got to it so quick I missed the turn so took the next one - they were at the bottom of the next one :)

Oh, technically not my family :P

Nathan doesn’t care about such things. He’s a good guy, but not the same as Jessie or mike.

How much do I have to tweet?!!!?!

Do my tweets look fat in this?

aha fair enough. His race.

There is a motor on hippy's Shiv. It's called hippy.

Yeh tbf you where the social media presence last year ha!

I can see any link to rules on the TCR website...
Whats the rule or scenario where you can't book stuff in advance? I don't quite follow.

He's all about self-policing.

"Trans Am Bike Race is a web-administered, do-it-yourself challenge based on the purest of wagers: the gentleperson’s bet or agreement. Nothing to win or lose but honor."

Problem is racers not reading rules, not following rules and not being honourable about what they've done.

You need the race manual. It’ll be in there. And hippy means before the race starts. Once he race has started you can book whatever you want in advance. I book hotels the day of needing them, call them in the morning for that evening. Just not before you hit the muur.

And it would also be covered by the don’t be a dick rule.

You can only book stuff once the race has started and generally only with 24hr. It's to stop people taking up a room that they might not actually make it to, thereby depriving someone who is at said hotel from accom.

In TABR people had booked rooms in hotels before the race had even started. I'm sure this happens on the first night in TCR too but to a lesser extent because it's not a fixed route and there's more accom options.

So is it expected you rock up at a town or hotel and just book in rather than calling ahead?
Sorry not very au fait with this.

See my edit. Or hippys

You can call ahead to book a room, but not more than 24hrs in advance, in order to increase your chances of you actually using the booking.

Thanks. Don't quite get why you can plan your route but not where you want to stop.
Don't see what the advantage is?

Is it 24h? You sure. I thought I was before race started. But I only call on day, so don’t dq me!

BTW

IPWR rules state "Friends and family are welcome to visit riders during the race to offer encouragement but they must not offer any material support of any kind."

You’d never stop where you’d booked anyway. You’ll soon learn that any pre plan you have goes out the window as you loose or gain mileage based on conditions. So it’d be pointless anyway.

Maybe to stop people booking a whole hotel of rooms to prevent other riders sleeping there.

That's what I mean I don't see how it could be an advantage. Seems an odd rule.

I can't find the TCR rules so this might not be in them. It might've just been a comment Mike or Nathan or someone had made but I'm pretty sure it was written or discussed somewhat officially somewhere.