Indian Pacific Wheel Race - IndyPac - IPWR

Yeah, that's a pretty comedy move.

I wish I'd known about this after Tour Divide. I had numb hands for at least 2 months. Considering I was on carbon jones bars and 2.4 tyres, I can't imagine how people ride TD on cross bikes!

Look up ulnar nerve flossing on YouTube. It really helps fix it.

Wow! in 2 minutes that made a noticeable difference. Not sure what the other people on my floor made of it, but I can do Ctrl R now, which I couldn't this morning

There were warning signs round there about koalas, but I wasn't sure what the risk was - were they going to cuddle me or what?

They were warning about drop-bears not koalas. https://australianmuseum.net.au/drop-bear

Yeah, right!

Drop Bears can be avoided with liberal application of Vegemite behind the ears.

Hoop Snakes are the ones to watch out for...

The flies are the ones to watch out for. The ones that kept trying to bite my arse through my shorts while I was riding.
Not that I was going slow or anything...

Lochie Kavanagh made some good progress.

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https://vimeo.com/213040409

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/indianpacificwheelrace

They've probably already been posted here, but I watched all the curve daily videos of the ipwr yesterday. They're really good and cover a lot of the riders including Kristof and Mike Hall.

https://youtu.be/7CcoatkDgdw

Hard nut

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30P_DILquYg

Old head on young shoulders.

Top stuff Loch!

Lochie got hit by a car a couple of days ago and has just blamed it on the fact that the driver was not white.

Unfollows.

"I'm not a racist but" Classic racist.. Wow.

He's very young, but still.

People are what they are, not what others might want them to be! Just because someone rides a bike doesn't mean they have the same values as others who also ride.

This is true but the fact so many people are jumping in to also be racist is still sad.

Oh man ... that sucks

It's not too much to hope that people aren't cunts.

I choose to have a positive view of people and assume the best, so finding out when people are cunts is always disappointing.

Sure, but he's a young guy posting things that he thinks will impress his mates - which is what we all do on social media. If he gets the message that all his new followers impressed by his cycling are not impressed by the racism, he might learn a more valuable lesson than from all his cycling. Or if all his rancid mates are impressed, then maybe he won't!

One month away from this film being released. Should be good.

https://youtu.be/tA5mVDJX7fo

Documentary of the race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5b9or1rGp8

Well shot and nice moments of Mike in particular. The moment Kristoff catches Mike on that climb after 4000km (?) of racing is in there.