Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Maybe, my wife’s cousin usually does these and she lives in Middlesex.
Going Long and Hard.
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Maybe, my wife’s cousin usually does these and she lives in Middlesex.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Drops are packing and en route. Sending outa couple of actual meals so I can eat in Rohn. That’s the Bratwurst Tent Checkpoint and the last time I was there I could only eat raw Ramen Noodles, which is not enough calories coming off Rainy Pass FYI. Also gonna send out some oatmeal even though I’m not bringing a stove, it’s easy enough to get hot water at checkpoints and bring it along in a thermos for later…
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
No stove? I thought water boil was kinda a reasonable emergency option.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
It’s not necessary going to McGrath. The Checkpoints and spots to get water on course are close enough that you won’t die. Sorta the big advantage of winter racing is there’s water everywhere.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Pretty solid week. 2 days in the gym. Commute on Elsa with no pics…
Lunch Ride w/Pinky.
Broke in my new RUSA Gravel Perm Saturday with Elphie in Gravel Mode.
Then another Perm Sunday sans flats on the Allez. Swapped back to Tubeless Rubinos with standard tubes for now. Heavy AF but ain’t flat.
Lunch Ride w/Pinky.
Broke in my new RUSA Gravel Perm Saturday with Elphie in Gravel Mode.
Then another Perm Sunday sans flats on the Allez. Swapped back to Tubeless Rubinos with standard tubes for now. Heavy AF but ain’t flat.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Bonus Day.
Loaded Elsa for a proper shakedown ride. Just need to swap the Dilli 5’s on at some point before I leave, maybe winterize the rear hub when I swap the cogs. Ran a 30x18 today, which is totally fine for breaking trail for 3.5 hours, but ITI is a whole other beast. My plan is to run a dingle 20/22 and swap to the low cog after Finger Lake…which is all hike a bike anyway so maybe it doesn’t even matter.
Loaded Elsa for a proper shakedown ride. Just need to swap the Dilli 5’s on at some point before I leave, maybe winterize the rear hub when I swap the cogs. Ran a 30x18 today, which is totally fine for breaking trail for 3.5 hours, but ITI is a whole other beast. My plan is to run a dingle 20/22 and swap to the low cog after Finger Lake…which is all hike a bike anyway so maybe it doesn’t even matter.
onetracker
Well-Known Member
Where were those gravel pictures taken? Beautiful!
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
It’s just my normal Bedminster Loop, I think the green bike just makes my photos better somehow 😂
Photo spots are the Mill before Hacklebarney, Woodschurch facing the Buffalo Farm, and Trump’s Golf Course.
SAM
Well-Known Member
lol, I have a bunch of photos at that spot. Beautiful and nice gravel.
One from September -
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Jiminy Christmas , if your quads get any bigger they’ll wear through your top tube.
Piston Honda
Well-Known Member
Can I use your gym membership while you're away?
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Of course!!
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I have too many single speeds I think.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Enjoying a bit of a taper week. Just putting the ducks in a row and focusing on having some fun to keep my mind off Sunday’s start…
I did go for a short 10 mile ride to play in the snow at Rutgers. Bike feels so amazingly dialed. 30x20 was cake breaking trail in 5-6” of fresh snow. Need to wash the bike again because it was muddy in a few sections so that’ll be Monday. Also need to swap spacer on my crank because it rubs a little.
Today was the pre-race meeting but nothing has really changed except the finish is and the 2nd checkpoint. Instead of Yetna and Skwentna being checkpoints, Bentalit in between the 2 is being used. That’s where I stayed the 1st night in ‘19.
Also new for this year is getting our gear back from McGrath. The Cargo Company only flies once a week so if I lollygag too much I’ll be back in Anchorage for over a week with no bike. I didn’t book a flight home because you can’t predict when how anything will go once you leave the start line…
I did go for a short 10 mile ride to play in the snow at Rutgers. Bike feels so amazingly dialed. 30x20 was cake breaking trail in 5-6” of fresh snow. Need to wash the bike again because it was muddy in a few sections so that’ll be Monday. Also need to swap spacer on my crank because it rubs a little.
Today was the pre-race meeting but nothing has really changed except the finish is and the 2nd checkpoint. Instead of Yetna and Skwentna being checkpoints, Bentalit in between the 2 is being used. That’s where I stayed the 1st night in ‘19.
Also new for this year is getting our gear back from McGrath. The Cargo Company only flies once a week so if I lollygag too much I’ll be back in Anchorage for over a week with no bike. I didn’t book a flight home because you can’t predict when how anything will go once you leave the start line…
onetracker
Well-Known Member
Best of luck!! Stay warm (and golden), ponyboy!
Over the Bars
Well-Known Member
Good luck !!!!
