Trans-America Bike Race
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Fedex aren't doing the business with the bike delivery
https://twitter.com/darrenfranks/status/1007271024...
Smash Fedex to bits on Twitter etc. to see if it stirs them into action.
https://twitter.com/darrenfranks/status/1007271024...
Smash Fedex to bits on Twitter etc. to see if it stirs them into action.
Marcellus said:
BoRED S2upid said:
This is going to turn into his own personal race - how many miles can he do in 5 days.
he's got a flight in 10 days hasn't he?Just seen the latest tweet, does anyone knwo if bike did turn up late last night?
I can’t back this morning too, before the shop opened. It’s now 11am here and still nothing.
Unfortunately the weather is turning too. After a week of fair weather and favourable winds it’s now headwinds and thunderstorms all through the mountains.
In the last 24 hours we also had two guys hit by vehicles in Kansas, close to where Eric Fishbein was killed last year. One of them was lucky and was discharged from hospital quickly. The other got himself a free heli flight to Wichita trauma room and is in bad shape.
I’m trying to stay positive here but reserves are running low, in every respect.
Unfortunately the weather is turning too. After a week of fair weather and favourable winds it’s now headwinds and thunderstorms all through the mountains.
In the last 24 hours we also had two guys hit by vehicles in Kansas, close to where Eric Fishbein was killed last year. One of them was lucky and was discharged from hospital quickly. The other got himself a free heli flight to Wichita trauma room and is in bad shape.
I’m trying to stay positive here but reserves are running low, in every respect.
Gruffy said:
I can’t back this morning too, before the shop opened. It’s now 11am here and still nothing.
Unfortunately the weather is turning too. After a week of fair weather and favourable winds it’s now headwinds and thunderstorms all through the mountains.
In the last 24 hours we also had two guys hit by vehicles in Kansas, close to where Eric Fishbein was killed last year. One of them was lucky and was discharged from hospital quickly. The other got himself a free heli flight to Wichita trauma room and is in bad shape.
I’m trying to stay positive here but reserves are running low, in every respect.
Good luck mateUnfortunately the weather is turning too. After a week of fair weather and favourable winds it’s now headwinds and thunderstorms all through the mountains.
In the last 24 hours we also had two guys hit by vehicles in Kansas, close to where Eric Fishbein was killed last year. One of them was lucky and was discharged from hospital quickly. The other got himself a free heli flight to Wichita trauma room and is in bad shape.
I’m trying to stay positive here but reserves are running low, in every respect.
I have a bike. I can’t make the full course in the time I have left so I’m mixing it up. Rather than ride to an undefined finish point and then travel to catch my flight home, tomorrow morning I’ll fly to St Louis and will race to the finish from there.
This means I’m scratching from the race, which was sadly inevitable having lost so much time. It also means I avoid riding the Kansas stretch that has seen two riders hit by vehicles in the last 24 hours and also claimed the life of Eric Fishbein in last years race. It seems like the sensible move.
I’m happy to say my dot will still appear on the tracking map and I will be riding as hard as I possibly (safely) can. The goal is to put on the best show possible and raise the maximum amount of money for Cancer Research. That’ll be my victory.
I appreciate all the support you guys have shown so far.
This means I’m scratching from the race, which was sadly inevitable having lost so much time. It also means I avoid riding the Kansas stretch that has seen two riders hit by vehicles in the last 24 hours and also claimed the life of Eric Fishbein in last years race. It seems like the sensible move.
I’m happy to say my dot will still appear on the tracking map and I will be riding as hard as I possibly (safely) can. The goal is to put on the best show possible and raise the maximum amount of money for Cancer Research. That’ll be my victory.
I appreciate all the support you guys have shown so far.
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