You are actually riding that? This year or next (I have no idea when it is)?
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You are actually riding that? This year or next (I have no idea when it is)?
Jim,
Any idea what the approximate weights are of your Fatboy with Nextie carbon rims and geared - without all the frame packs/bags?
(Not sure if HuDu vs. Dillingers makes a weight significant difference.)
Also, do you think that the shape of the Nextie rims significantly shed snow better? Maybe it was not apparent at Tuscobia due to super cold temps, compared to a wetter snow.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
2016 edition.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
It's just under 26 pounds with gears. I could get it lighter with a carbon crank and post but I'm a fan of durabilty 😀
The snow was only about 6 inches at the deepest so not really enough to test the rims fully.
OK, that is what i thought. Still craziness.
Mountain Bike Mike
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when you do that big race, i think we should all put something together to watch it and track it live. That would mean you would need to have some form of camera running and live feed kinda like the "ustream" thing Lou did yesterday.
I bet people would pay to watch that.. Like a bike reg event or something... I'm not kidding... While you were racing, your thread was on fire with folks tuned in. I know I would attend and support it..
I bet people would pay to watch that.. Like a bike reg event or something... I'm not kidding... While you were racing, your thread was on fire with folks tuned in. I know I would attend and support it..
Wow - <26 lbs. sounds pretty decent for an alloy fattie. Thanks.
If we get significant snowfall this year, I am sure you will initiate a deep snow test.
That would be cool, but he will probably be out of range of any cellular service.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I'll have a Spot Tracker by then that I might be able to link to something. It's gonna take a couple of days so I'm not sure how entertaining watching a little blip move across Alaska will be for that long 😱
Video feed isn't going to work, nothing will last very long, if at all. My camera froze at Tuscobia and wouldn't work so I'm going to have to invest in some more serious cold weather electronics.
At Tuscobia, Joe was running a generator front hub to keep his Garmin going. Downside is he wasn't running a front brake.
Wow. do you think that gennie cost Joe a few watts per mile? With a race that difficult and physically draining, I would wonder how many watts that could add up to. Maybe just over-thinking.
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Valid question, I'm sure it adds some, but WAY less than breaking new trail in the snow. Since my "Orienteering" skills are, well, nonexistent.... I think I'd rather have a working gps out there alone in those frigid temps.....
I don't have a Garmin, so I did not think about using one for navigation. Not sure if that was necessary or allowed.
Good point about it being a LOT more effort to break trail in the snow.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
The new generator hubs are a minor watt increase. Like 2 or 3 watts. Not running a front brake may cancel that out already, but I'm not sure. Most guys bring actual maps so I think the Garmin is more for recording data and such. The terrain changes so rapidly that even pre-mapping out a route would be sorta useless.
Luckily, I'm doing the short one so there's "less" to worry about, but still plenty of opportunity to die in a snow bank somewhere.
Luckily, I'm doing the short one so there's "less" to worry about, but still plenty of opportunity to die in a snow bank somewhere.
Man, this stuff is just a different level/world then most everything people are doing. Props and luck.
Mike Curiak of lacemine29 has won that Iditarod a few times probably the inaugural one but he has influenced a bunch of the bike packing world. He road the long one last year IIRC totally unsupported behind the racers. He definitely lives the life of Riley. He shot some pics recently of frozen river riding out west in the canyons. Just awesome stuff...
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Saturday.
I think I'm starting to get back into my groove a bit. 4-Hours today. Hartshorne, Huber, and then a loop of Sandy Hook. Wind was pretty brutal on the beach today but my legs held up and I made it all the way around...
I actually fell through the ice taking that last picture up to my waist. It was a very good test of the waterproofness of my gear. Thankfully I stayed dry 😀
https://www.strava.com/activities/239357385
-Jim.
I think I'm starting to get back into my groove a bit. 4-Hours today. Hartshorne, Huber, and then a loop of Sandy Hook. Wind was pretty brutal on the beach today but my legs held up and I made it all the way around...
I actually fell through the ice taking that last picture up to my waist. It was a very good test of the waterproofness of my gear. Thankfully I stayed dry 😀
https://www.strava.com/activities/239357385
-Jim.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I'll have to look him up, I only follow the recent winners at the moment being the race has changed so much with the current equipment offerings. My bike fully loaded weighs about 1/2 of what the original bikes did. That's HUGE.
-Jim.
Pampa
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I think you will like the story/interview: http://www.thebicyclestory.com/2014/10/mike-curiak/
One his cool (old) custom bikes: http://www.adventure-journal.com/20...le-iditarod-winning-south-pole-ready-fatbike/