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I always wondered about this as well
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TCR4 - @scherrit and my missus came to the finish and we drove to Istanbul and flew back (after finish party)
TCR5 - Kalambaka finish, we took a bus to Athens to check it out then flew back (after finish party)
TCR6 - Kalambaka finish, took a bus to Thessaloniki to check it out and flew back (My finish times are consistent so, before finish party this time as I needed the holidays for other races)
TCR7 - Brest finish, @scherrit drove over and kindly took my bike home and I got fast trains home. I think because of knee dramas I was a day slower than expected so it was pretty much the day after I arrived I was on a train.
When I bailed half way on Transiberica last year I rode to a place with a train station, got hotel, trained back a bit, hotel, back a bit more, hotel, etc. and I bought casual clothes at an H&M. I donated the sandals but I still wear the undies and t-shirt :)
If it's another backwards routes I'd bag my bike up and use trains. If it finishes in Greece/Turkey/Bulgaria I'd fly back, booking a flight well after my expected finish time so as not to pressurise the ride.
Ah, if it's finishing in Nice, I'd not book the return until I arrived and I'd have a leisurely train trip back. It's much nicer than rushing to airports and shit.
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Yeah, I've mostly booked a flight for the next day after the finishers party/time limit. For the ones closer to home I've used busses and trains, buying a ticket at the last minute. After Ruska I just kept wearing the same kit I'd been riding in for four days in rain, might have been unpleasant for people around me in the bus and train on the 24 hour trip back home. If the finish is at the same place as the start, I've left the box and clothes at a hotel, otherwise mostly bought new, though a couple of times I've had someone waiting for me there and bring something to wear and then we've spent a week there as a holiday. I'm wearing a belt I bought in Brest after TCR right now. But indeed it's better to not set a too tight schedule if possible, I've always planned and managed to finish with days to spare. It's also nice to spend a while with the others and in the place you were riding to.
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People who've finished TCR and similar - what's been your strategy for getting home afterwards?
Considering post TPBR:
The bit I'm kind of dreading is showing up in Nice completely shattered and then having to go traipse around Decathlon finding a bike box etc for a flight, so I'm erring towards getting a train out of there.
Also wandering around in the bike kit I've been wearing for the past 10 days doesn't really appeal, so I guess I'll need to find the Nice equivalent of H and M and kit myself out in civvies.