Trans Am Bike Race / TransAm / TABR

Charly Meza doesn't seem to have started, and the early backmarkers (very important for WornCleat to extend his dot-watching pleasure) are Donald Harter and Nishanth Iyengar.

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Fresh as daisies!

Gwarn fellas!

Looks feral already.

hippy up to 10th, Darren 14th.

Bit early for position watching. As long as he’s not still in Astoria we’re ok!

Good to see he’s stopped to sleep. Hopefully he runs a good schedule the first week with nice sleep.

Pffft, you just don't know how to commentate on a race. :)

He said on Twitter that his power metre isn't working atm so running on 'feel'.

Hippy on the move again...

Those velomobiles are a nice plot twist for this year.

Gwan lads. Always love this shit.

Huh. Are they allowed? Surely not.

Are you going to do some videos like you did last year?

I don’t think so. I’m too busy and I’m away a lot which means it’s not possible, sadly.

On such a hilly route I'd expect they're more of a hindrance than a help.

They’re going to poach in Kansas. At least they’ll get through it quickly.

Is nobody doing the reverse route this year or is it just not being tracked on trackleaders?

Seems hippy is having a bad day.

Knee is hurting and some other stuff. He’s back to moaning after one nights bad sleep.

Hope it picks up for him.

Is he tweeting?

Aye.
Complaints about knees and disc brakes at the moment

Those velomobiles appear to be fully sealed - no vents for fresh air flow inside when it's hot? Sounds godawful.

No farting as well.

Wilco's account of trying to pee out of his is on YouTube somewhere. The term 'golden shower' is mentioned...

Scarily fast downhill. Like missiles. I'd hate to be in one uphill.