Going Long and Hard.

Team HB has arrived. Looks like we're in for a wet day. Here's a hotel shot.

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TLD18.

Sometimes, things don't go as planned. Or most of the time I should say.

We left about 2 hours late on Friday night. When we got to the hotel we decided to push our start back to 6:30am to offset a late night.

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Pacing was good all day. We each pulled for 5 miles at 20ish mph. About 50 miles in Line got spooked by a driver that coal rolled us and she crashed. Spent about 30 minutes or so cleaning her up and getting the bike sorted.

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Having Sag for this ride was our downfall. With 6 people the stops were too frequent and too long. In year's past I've spent less than 15 minutes off the bike self-supported, this year was well over an hour.

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All in all my legs feel great today and hopefully I recover enough to ride a quick 600k this weekend.
 
awesome adventure -
Told a few casual cyclists about this attempt - it relates well with planning, support, teamwork.

Cool - and the 4 of you pulled into the finish together!
 
Here's a great way to waste an hour of your life. Retro-fitted my Light and Motion GoPro mount onto my Cateye so I can has many more hours of light for this weekend's 600K.

I could have just mounted the light to the handlebar like a normal human being, but...No.

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jimvreeland said:
About 50 miles in Line got spooked by a driver that coal rolled us and she crashed. Spent about 30 minutes or so cleaning her up and getting the bike sorted.
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What are your options regarding getting coal rolled? Is a GoPro proof of incident worth filing charges? What can riders do about that?
 
jimvreeland said:
Here's a great way to waste an hour of your life. Retro-fitted my Light and Motion GoPro mount onto my Cateye so I can has many more hours of light for this weekend's 600K.

I could have just mounted the light to the handlebar like a normal human being, but...No.

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nice clean look, how are you getting more hours of light as opposed to a standard mount? is there an aux battery somewhere
 
qclabrat said:
nice clean look, how are you getting more hours of light as opposed to a standard mount? is there an aux battery somewhere
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The more hours of light is coming from using the Cateye instead of the Light and Motion. It's 15-17 hours vs. 2.5. The mounting was purely superficial.
 
Obligatory hotel room shot. With gear layout. Somewhat impressed everything here packs into those 3 little bags...I have a second drop bag filled with a loop 2 resupply in case my legs feel good and I opt for a straight through approach. Given the heat anticipated for the weekend there's a good chance I shut down in PA somewhere and Uber home.

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