GaryvdM Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 Eish, a rough look at the route, it's going to be much longer than last year. About 4000km https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kortemark,+Belgium/Mont+Ventoux/L%27Assietta,+Piazza+Assietta,+4,+10050+Sauze+D%27oulx+Torino,+Italy/Vukovar,+Croatia/Lovcen+National+Park,+Montenegro/%C4%B0stanbul,+Turkey/@45.8250916,14.9424787,6z/data=!4m38!4m37!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c34b32bb3ae2e3:0x10ad9c1a2b64fcc2!2m2!1d3.0441091!2d51.0284499!1m5!1m1!1s0x12ca64506bf81e83:0x3b1c7f73c2140806!2m2!1d5.2772999!2d44.1727243!1m5!1m1!1s0x4789c1654ece8a9d:0x82ee9024af80c1e4!2m2!1d6.85806!2d45.026548!1m5!1m1!1s0x475c8f9a2e477a6b:0xb6de633cd7e8cfab!2m2!1d19.0010204!2d45.3452377!1m5!1m1!1s0x134dcd815ba6acc3:0x221dd0848a225061!2m2!1d18.843266!2d42.397607!1m5!1m1!1s0x14caa7040068086b:0xe1ccfe98bc01b0d0!2m2!1d28.97696!2d41.00527!3e0
Slowbee Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 can you guys pls stop posting on this, I need to work and find myself thinking about what you guys post! And now you are talking about an excuse for another bike, a tourer maybe. do you have links for one maybe?
walkerr Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 do you have links for one maybe? I went titanium for my Audax / sportive / grand fondo bike with this guy in UK: www.burls.co.uk Got the frame and fork and William built it up for me. There's a few Ti frames you can get here now - Van Nicholas is probably one of the better/best ones. I think they may import Lynskey now and poss one or two others. Big fan of Titanium - but will have to see when RAAM decision time comes. I suspect what I'm missing is a properly aero TT bike, and a lightweight endurance racer. Carbon will be an easier to source option e.g. Giant Defy or Bianchi Infinito CV - assuming Infinito cash of course for the Bianchi option
walkerr Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 what do you think of this as a tourer ? tourer bike.jpg Should do nicely!
GaryvdM Posted June 30, 2015 Author Posted June 30, 2015 Looking at the 2015 start list, there are 2 South Africans riding, Charles Hughes and Bruce Hughes. Any Hubbers know them?
Shebeen Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 yoh. so this is the second running of it and they're full to capacity?! damn well done by organisers
GaryvdM Posted July 23, 2015 Author Posted July 23, 2015 yoh. so this is the second running of it and they're full to capacity?! damn well done by organisers This year is the 3rd running. Race starts tomorrow night. Riders caps, ready to go
GaryvdM Posted July 24, 2015 Author Posted July 24, 2015 Holly cow. One of the riders this year is a bit mad. Stéphane Mehdi Ouaja is going to ride on a fixie. He has a flip-able hub so he will have 2 gear ratios 42x19 for uphill, 42x15 for downhill/flat.
Moriarty Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Holly cow. One of the riders this year is a bit mad. Stéphane Mehdi Ouaja is going to ride on a fixie.18406_10153087548131795_6203353454815425506_n.jpg He has a flip-able hub so he will have 2 gear ratios 42x19 for uphill, 42x15 for downhill/flat.Dunno about anyone else but I find the idea of going back 100 years in technology a bit silly.
clamar Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Dunno about anyone else but I find the idea of going back 100 years in technology a bit silly.The guy finished in 13rd place, do you still find it silly. Back to basics !
Moriarty Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 The guy finished in 13rd place, do you still find it silly. Back to basics !13th or 3rd?
Shebeen Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 it's awwwwwwwwwwwwn https://www.transcontinental.cc/map there is a boytjie doing it Nico Coetzee, Cap 123
dirtypot Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 Four years after I first posted on this topic and I'm more interested in this now than I was then!
Pieter-za Posted August 2, 2019 Posted August 2, 2019 Who is following this year's edition? https://www.transcontinental.cc/report http://trackleaders.com/transconrace19
Pieter-za Posted August 6, 2019 Posted August 6, 2019 Seems Fiona Kolbinger is going to take it : https://www.transcontinental.cc/
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