TransAm 2016 - www.transambikerace.com

Sunday in France for me was 3 McDonalds and 1 kebab, don't think I found a shop.

I'm an idiot too in the mountains, don't want to end up at the top of the Furkapass at 2am in the rain.

Mikko used the E65 last year, it's probably fine. Everybody told me the main road through Bulgaria was bad and should be avoided but in reality I thought it wasn't too bad

Moved to https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13087109/

The key is flexibility and whilst motels are nice they are rarely where you want them to be. If you stop early to stay at a motel, leave correspondingly early the next morning. But if you are tired enough you will be able to sleep anywhere. The best sleeps I had were on concrete floors. The 62S using N America city navigator sd card should have been able to direct to services/hotels/ tourist attractions but doesn't, what I like best about it is that you can easily format the screen such that you can have a map, speed, bearing, time, elevation(or whatever else) all displayed at the same time. Hate having to scroll between screens.
At all times keep a reserve of emergency food on you over and above what you would normally take and be sure to replenish if you dip into it. That will get through the Sunday, national holiday, early French closing malarkey.

You got a blog or photo stream from TABR?

At all times keep a reserve of emergency food on you over and above what you would normally take and be sure to replenish if you dip into it. That will get through the Sunday, national holiday, early French closing malarkey.

I tend to do this (no, I'm not talking about the 10 years of stored kebabs I have around my middle!) and then at the end of the ride find I still have it all. Nothing more satisfying than realising you carried a kilo of food 600k around the Pennines...

Nothing worse than bonking and having no food. A squeezy bottle of honey and a can of coke saved me on many an occasion but specifically after 60 miles on a Sunday in Missouri rolling up to a shop that had closed 15 mins before.

Not yet got my arse into gear re blog.

Do it before you forget. If you leave it too long it becomes too hard to dredge the details (well for me it does). Even after a 24hr, I have all the little events arse about and have to rely on the missus telling me what actually happened.

You rode around in a circle for 24 hours and only pissed yourself twice.
Not much to remember! :)

Have you seen Alpkit's beer holders? https://www.apidura.com/product/food-pouch-regular/

Two beers should be enough to get me to the next watering hole in Europe, not sure about the US?

I'll probably get some of them or the spendy Revelate ones (to match my other bags - PLAYAAAAH! OOH!)

Pissed myself or pissed on myself? It's these little things I need to get right!

The Warsaw Convention gives airlines the ability to limit their liability and so they limit it for luggage to ludicrous levels.

Janie Hayes started blogging from TABR 2016:
http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/03/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-1/

Janie is totally badass- She was at a gas station and and the rest rooms were occupied so she shoved a suppository up her arse and ice down her bra in full view on the forecourt- the gas station manager came over and asked her exactly where she was putting the ice. :)

and here was me sticking the ice in my arse and the pills in my bra...

When its 45 degrees thats the right way to do it.

Janie Hayes started blogging from TABR 2016:

This was a really good read, especially her day 19, when it all started falling apart.

I'm only up to Day 11 but I'm going to go back to the start and start taking some notes about the route to help jog my memory.

This was a really good read, especially her day 19, when it all started falling apart

That was a spoiler, I was on day 17. Now going to read through.

That was a spoiler

Yes, sorry! I assumed everyone would drop everything and read them straight away like I was doing.

Am I being special here?
I followed the link, got day one but after that can only get day 13 onwards from the side bar.
Great story and I know the ending but would like the filling:-(
Any suggestions? Tried iPad and Mac (Safari & Chrome) no luck.

Cheers.

Their WordPress is configured odd and lacks the archive link. But there is an "older posts" link that takes you before the 13th.

I'll post the full set of link's once I get on a computer in a few hours.

I just search for "Day x" and the day I'm after appears.

The whole series:

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/02/janies-trans-am-bike-race-recap-prologue-the-road-up-and-the-road-down-are-the-same/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/03/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-1/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/04/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-2/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/05/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-3/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/06/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-4/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/07/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-5/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/08/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-6/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/09/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-7/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/10/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-8/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/11/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-9/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/12/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-10/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/13/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-11/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/14/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-12/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/15/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-13/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/16/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-14/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/17/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-15/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/18/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-16/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/19/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-17/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/20/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-18/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/22/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-19/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/24/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-20/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/25/janies-trans-am-bike-race-day-21/

http://jimmyandjanie.com/2017/01/26/janies-trans-am-bike-race-the-finish/

Thanks bigly:-)