Going Long and Hard.

[Soundguy]

fuck that bird

 

[jShort]

 

[Steve Vai]

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This is the year.

 

[Steve Vai]

Here's the All-Time.

 

[Steve Vai]

3/1

My Coronavirus went away because I took some Emergen-C so I did a 3 hour gravel loop with some peeps. It started as a bigger group but someone showed up on a 29er and held us all up. We killed that guy and then split up into smaller groups.

After that we NICA'd. Bigger practice than last week. We have 9 kids now.

 

[thegock]

Best Pinky picture, evah.

 

[Soundguy]

 

[Steve Vai]

3/2

No coasting.

The shop has new hours so I have an extra hour in the morning. Gonna take a couple weeks to work out my ride schedule but I started with 3 hours today...

 

[The Kalmyk]

Here's the All-Time.

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Adam Furlong went to high school and college with my little bro. I think he was a rower.

 

[JimN]

Adam Furlong went to high school and college with my little bro. I think he was a rower.

@afurlong

 

[The Kalmyk]

@afurlong

P.J.

 

[Steve Vai]

Brutal conditions this year if anyone is following along. 1 Day 17 hours in and the lead group is stuck at Finger Lake. The Happy Steps to Rainy Pass Lodge are going to be insane, there's no trail there ATM.

 

[Steve Vai]

3/3

Morning shop ride on the Rusty bike with no coasting.

3.5 hours.

 

[Steve Vai]

God damn. Tyson has been making his way through the pass for 14ish hours so far. Looks like he's riding at 5mph right now so the Gorge and Lake must be clear. He should hit Rohn soon. There's talk on the FB page that hunters came through with a sled filled with Bison and packed the trail up to Nikolai. Hopefully the pace picks up for these folks.

 

[Soundguy]

There's talk on the FB page that hunters came through with a sled filled with Bison

I feel like this is the most metal thing you’ve ever posted here.

 

[Steve Vai]

Tyson is just about to hit Bear Creek Safety Cabin. There was no trail to the cabin yesterday so he'll more than likely push straight to Nikolai, about 40 miles away. Or, at his current speed, 8 hours.

I did a Recovery ride. 1.5 hours.

 

[Steve Vai]

Not in Nikolai yet. Clinton is in the lead now!!

He's in this section.

 

[one piece crank]

Seem like tough conditions this year. Plus an aggressive Moose?

 

[Steve Vai]

Conditions have been pretty brutal. The wind has blown all of the trails in so not much has been rideable. The leaders went through to Nikolai but everyone behind them are traveling at 1/2 the speed. Most of the field still hasn't gotten to Rohn!!

Clinton hit Nikolai first and I was pretty excited to see him in the lead. He's such an awesome guy and hasn't won this race yet. Unfortunately it looks like the trail to McGrath is gone so they're all together again.

 

[Steve Vai]

This is the section heading into Rohn.

Rainy Pass.

The Gorge.

And then the lake right before the checkpoint.