RAAM team to ride fixies

But this largely depends on the route. A lot of passes in the Rockies never really get that steep compared to gaps on the east coast. So if that have SAG the whole way and can swap out wheels on whim, who knows?

Jeff Bauer would like to propose that they will finish and has offered a wager to you, Timothy. If you are interested email me at tmlawtonatsw-sn.com. ;-)

Four Salsa Casseroll bicycles will be provided by Gran Fondo Cycles, their sponsor in Nashville.

How long are the relays expected to take? If I'm not expected to ride more than 100 miles a day every few days, I'd be down.

if we had a first aid kit (bandaids, leeches, duct tape & peroxide) and a nice shiny shovel to scape you off the road with?

C'mon, be a trooper.

Race on!

They are the first fixed team to ever do RAAM.
Since they were riding fixed bikes they were allowed to start with the solo racers. The reaminder of the teams started a few days later. I wont be surprised if some of the other teams post a fast race.
Just completing RAAM with two RAAM rookies is something huge, to do it fixed, is insane!

That's just crazy. We barely averaged more than that this morning in over ~2 hours :)

My hats off to them! Simply an amazing feat that they just pulled off. Unless your an ultra junkie you may not realize that what they just did was history in the making. I've been racing 24 hour events and ultras since 1986. What they just accomplished is difficult to comprehend and truly get your head around.

I want to do this before I die. How soon, I'm not sure.

Hey if you want to do PBP then you need to start riding some brevets. I go to Bonifay FL for their series then Gainesville for that one.
You probably already know but you need to do a full series to qualify. (200,300, 400, and 600K events).
The series' now will be easier routes and get progressively more difficult until the next PBP. The idea being that you ease people into the distance now, then make the rides harder and harder each year to ramp people up to the climbing of PBP.
Of course if you can do the full GA series then you can handle the hill of PBP.
Due to a divorce, moving and blah blah blah I havent done a full brevet series in the last 2 seasons. But I have a couple of SR medals someplace!
Anyway all that crap is behind me now and its full focus on the Ultra season of 09. Jan 1 is my first 200K on the books.
If you want to carpool to FL, or over to Augusta for those rides let me know. You know Kevin and Jeff, I've ridden with and have incredible respect for those guys.. Also Kevins brother is here in Atlanta and there is a good sized Rando group here as well. If anyone else wants to do song endurance work... lets put some rides together.