Okay, I’ve always scratched my head about the obsession around the kislux book totes and their practicality, but this one is adorable!! Congratulations
How do you keep the lights charged throughout the night? Looks like you don't run a Dynamo? I would be really interested to know what settings you use on the Maxx D. On it's max settings it only gets 2 hours so assume you are running it at a lower power? Is it bright enough to properly see where you are going? I've been caught short before with my Exposure Strada cycling through the night and it was pretty stressful.
Great tips - thanks. Ive never used custom cues, - i've had a separate document with supermarkets, hotels listed, but your examples make this look far easier to use - cheers!
an absolutely thrilling match for victory in this year's TCR N.10. Extreme performances from all athletes and the density of good drivers is enormous this year. Incredibly great performances from everyone and we are eagerly awaiting the final of the first woman. Thanks for the reporting, see you in 2025🤩💯💪🚲
Don't intend to ever do an ultra but still find these videos insightful and interesting hearing other people's experience and expertise - cheers for sharing and making !
@@joshibbett what sort of supplies would you typically start an event like this with? So far I’ve started with as much sports nutrition products as I can fit in, and then replace with normal food as it runs out
Hello Josh! sorry for the knee pain that lead you to leaving the TCR this year 😞. One gear-related question, if I may? The RAB bivy - does it have a bug net/mesh? If so, would you remember which model it is from RAB's bivy range (name)...? Thanks a lot and keep up the videos you make! You're an inspiration.
It’s a hard call, even if you plan to stay in hotels there are often times when you have a problem or progress is a lot slower than you expect and it can prevent you from getting to where you want to sleep. It’s definitely worth having something, even just an emergency foil bivy bag, so you can at least have a small sleep in an emergency
@@huntos83 Most bikepacking routes are really steep and technical. So leaving stuff at home is a good idea. I completed a couple of bikepacking tours with every luxury items. But managing/riding/pushing a 23-25 kg bike on mountainous terrain is not ideal.
@@fpeter01 Josh’s bike with this setup will be more like 15-16kg I’d guess, which is fine. Also this is a road event so while there will be some steep slopes in places, it’s not technical off road riding
Loads of ultra riders don’t carry a lock, because anything that’s actually secure is heavy and bulky. Personally I take a tiny little wire lock from Giant. I also have a Knog Scout alarm on the bike which is tiny and fits under the bottle cage, alarm goes off on the bike and your mobile phone if it senses movement, and you can also use the app to track the location. Generally serious ultra riders will never be far away from their bike and not for long.
I hope @tailfin put bottle cage eyes on the base of the top tube bag, and make it so that it can be mounted in either direction so it sits nicely on shorter sloping frames
Girona… singletrack paradise! I’ve ridden some parts of your video in other races 🤙. You should come back for La Tramun, the best singletrack marathon you will ever do 😉.
Sorry to watch you scratch. You're a testament to perseverance and strength of mind. You talked very briefly about Victor Bosoni without going into detail. Transpires that after almost leading around the 600km point he realised he had left his passport in a service station 275 km behind him. Had to do a u-turn, retrieve it, and then continue racing. That's 550 km he hadn't planned on doing. Quite phenomenal. Not sure too why no one aside from yourself mentioned or rated Abdullah prior to the race. As you said in previous vlog he won the Indie-pac (Trans Australia) race (4,000km) and also the Rhino race across Southern Africa where he didn't sleep for 4 days.. And he's an Aussie ! The man has form.
It was great meeting you at the start! 😊 By sheer coincidence, I nearly scratched in the same town due to brake failure. Luckily, a fantastic bike shop saved the day. Wishing you a speedy recovery, Josh. On the bright side, we can all enjoy your excellent coverage now. Superb job! 👍
I had the same problem. Switched from 175mm to 152mm cranks with oval chainring and from clips to flats. I'm 188cm and 78 kg. All my knee problems gone.
I had a similar injury that caused me to scratch from the 2022 tour divide. In hindsight that was absolutely the correct call the scratch and having that gutting experience was something that was good for me in the long run
Gutted for you Josh. But happy you’re back doing the updates. I hope your knees get better and start riding again soon and enjoy this British weather 🚴🏼♂️🚴🏼♂️
oh, and looking at previous routes from previous races... shh, don't tell everyone. I think I borrowed parts of your tcr#2 route through greece / albania for tcr3, and have been ripping off route choices ever since. You are not supposed to tell everyone our secrets :-)
Great stuff. Iv'e used komoot as an initial guide for the CPx to CPy initial routhing. I find rwgps a bit 'brutal' for that. However, I do all subsequent detailed planning in RWGPS, with heatmaps from strava - I did not know rwgps had those, so thanks. I personally spend hours on route planning - every decision made now, ahead of the race means one less decision needed on the race, so less stress etc. Just follow your route.
My experience to date with TCR is that DNF > DNS... I scratched on TCR08 after 1900km in pretty much the same place, just after the Brenner pass, so I kind of feel your disappointment Josh. But you did good man, try not to beat yourself up. Some times you eat the best, sometimes the bear eats you...
Josh, thanks for the report - love the insights. I thought this was the hardest start that I've done in TCR, (tcr#3, 6, now 10). The previous was just the Muur, then off into the dark. I thought this was way harder, but I absolutely loved it. Riding off into the night, then riding the next day is hard. This time, with 85k of the tour of flanders in your legs, being pushed by surrounding riders..(can you really go easy up a climb as some one comes past you..??) its even harder. I am generally stunned by the distances covered by the mid packers.... the level goes up every year.... I unfortunately planned to scratch at G'bergan, (family issues, now riding TPR4 instead)
I must admit that I soon realised I would be missing your race reports as you were in the race! This was a highlight of last year. It was great to see you initially running well and accounting for yourself very nicely even against the likes of strasser etc. sorry you got a niggle - just one of those things I think
