Trans Am Bike Race

[mountainbaker]

Yeah, want Ed and Donncha to reel in Jason. 2 brits and an irish man for podium.

Give it a few more days on that diet and Jason will be farting rusty water.

[mountainbaker]

Mike Hall did a call in on MTBCast, he got 5 hours sleep last night, having only had 3.5hours total up to that point. Must be knackered. He's aiming for rawlins by end of tomorrow. He is flying.

[Chew]

Scores on the doors, whilst Mikes Spot has updated

Mike
+48 Miles - Jason
+123 Miles - Ed
+72 Miles - Donncha
+5 Miles - Jesse
+105 Miles - Peleton

Jasons closed up to Mike and away from Ed. The gaps were ~100 miles yesterday

[Chew]

Jasons on the part of the route which is shared by both the Trans Am and Tour Divide route.

Great views of the mountain range you've crossed earlier



And a perfectly timed stop for the hail thunder storms

[jay91]

Mike hall just tweeted that his tracking is sorted now

[Chew]

Mikes now in Rawlins, trying not to get mugged

More split updates

Mike
+129 Miles - Jason
+128 Miles - Ed
+73 Miles - Donncha
+15 Miles - Jesse
+61 Miles - Peleton

Mikes pulled out more of a gap over Jason, with the Peleton chasing down Jesse

[FLV]

Down hill for a bit longer for mike, then a big climb followed by an 800mile descent (well, more or less....)

[mountainbaker]

Jason is now only 70ish miles behind Mike, but it appears Jason is sleeping (no movement for 3hrs), Mike is still riding! Ed has been overtaken by Donncha, I guess Ed is in a motel in Lander (where Mike was getting worried about getting mugged outside McDs!)

[mountainbaker]

Ed was riding all along, he's nearly in Rawlins. Still in 3rd!

[jay91]

Down hill for a bit longer for mike, then a big climb followed by an 800mile descent (well, more or less....)

That desent sounds good

[greenmug]

I just looked at the back of the pack and was thinking there was a real straggler. Until I read his age: http://trackleaders.com/transam14i.php? ... mas_Camero

I love MH's british-ness when we tweets that he is sorry for lack of contact. Chuffed he put Harrogate on his home location this year.

[mountainbaker]

Mike's about to hit 200 miles of dead straight road across Kansas. Yawn.

[jameso]

Just started to read 'Hell On Two Wheels' again after a week of Trans-Am watching. Recommended .. a bit sensationalist but it does simply try to get across the dark places that riders can end up in after too many hours on the bike.
Did a 300km audax-type event this weekend, pretty flat but ridden overnight 8.30pm till the next morning with one brief refill stop. Was trying to imaging mixing that with real multi-day fatigue and a dose of tired-craziness. To me the idea of being on the road so long is much more intimidating than the same duration off-road, no variation in what you do, just grinding out the miles with plenty of time to retreat into your mind. Mental stuff indeed.

Chew, great pic of the Tetons there. I love a bit of mountain p0rn and couldn't take my eyes off the views from that road by Jackson Lake.

[FLV]

I really should make a point of getting out to north america for some riding. It does look very good. And Large.

[mountainbaker]

Sounds like mike is really enjoying Kansas.

From his twitter

Wow, want to know what the last couple of hours felt like? put yourself in a tumble dryer with a bag of sand #abitwindylike

[Mart]

Is Mike going to get caught napping? Hope its just a SPOT update issue

[FLV]

Last update from miles tracker 15 hrs ago,
Jason's, 4 mins

Mikes likely still got it

[mountainbaker]

Mike tweeted

off line and off tracking today, higher tracking rate means batteries dead. Holed up near Walmart in Pittsburg ready to get them in the am

[jameso]

Jason's 80 miles off Mike now. That's really good going, to be withing 5hrs or so of Mike over 3000 miles. I want some of that powder stuff : )

[mountainbaker]

Spiz™

What a brandname.

[jay91]

Bily rice is now on his 3rd bike the first broken frame then picket up at MTB to get him by now he's on a new road bike

[Bearbonesnorm]

Bily rice is now on his 3rd bike the first broken frame then picket up at MTB to get him by now he's on a new road bike

So remember, when Billy Rice asks to borrow your bike ... say NO

[Mart]

Mikes up very early this morning, putting in the miles already with a shorter rest than the chasers (Jason and Ed still sleeping when i checked)

Trackleaders site says it just after 3am... but saying that they could be in a different time zone by now, given the distance they have travelled.
Anyone know there the time boundaries are they have to cross?

[johnnystorm]

Bily rice is now on his 3rd bike the first broken frame then picket up at MTB to get him by now he's on a new road bike

So remember, when Billy Rice asks to borrow your bike ... say NO

How on earth did he manage the Divide both ways?!

[jameso]

Spiz™

What a brandname.

Awful name.. But could be worse -

As seen at a show last year. Never took off over here for some reason.