46-40 little gear for the nasty pitches typifies what a beast he is.

Proof that aero always matters, even offroad. 20mph avg, that's just sick.

Not a fan of the elevated chainstay, but aesthetics are always a personal thing.

Rode right into CP2 at mile 150 and into a chair that I didn’t get out of! Heat is my kryptonite.

Colin lives in Austin and logged some big weeks in hot conditions. I’m sure he died a 1000 deaths but in that day he also seemed to deal with conditions the best. It was a little bit like Kona in that way.

https://www.instagram.com/colinatx/

From his two posts,

"The dust has settled on Dirty Kanza 2019, and I can now piece the experience into a narrative for you all. I prepared for race day with 3 weeks of my heaviest training to date. The night before race day, my mind was racing with excitement and I didn’t get much rest.The first 20 miles the massive group rolled with a moderate-intensity, allowing me to meet & greet my favorite pros, and enjoy a beautiful sunrise moment with @tjeisenhart. So many wonderful humans/athletes were in attendance. Things got spicy around mi 25, and the group began to reduce down over the next 60 mi of rugged ups and downs.
At about mi 80, I hit a small shard of metal and punctured my rear tire. Luckily, I was able to plug the hole, and the @orangesealed went to work and sealed the leak for the remainder of the race. I spend the next 20 min in full TT mode, as the lead group was still 20 riders strong and moving very swiftly. We can address the use of aerobars at another time.
Up to this point in the day, my legs did not feel good. I had not ridden Friday, and the legs felt heavy, and easily stymied. The hard chase back to the group brought my legs back to life, and gave me a touch of confidence. Then came “Little Egypt”. A set of short, but extremely steep and rugged hills and valleys at approx mi 95. My legs were now feeling frisky, and my brain was starting to forget the plan of “patience, patience, patience. Don’t do anything stupid”. @lachlanmorton was peppering a few mild attacks in the mix. I took a dig up a jarring Little Egypt climb, and sensed that some strong hesitation. I was not forcing the issue, and the group of 10 leaders brought me back. At this point, that group contained @iamtedking, @alex_howes, @lachlanmorton, @pstetina , @paysonmcelveen @ericdmarcotte , @joshuaraspberry, @noahgranigan and 2 others. My teammate Kevin had crashed out long ago so I knew I was on my own today.
When my turn to the front came up on a short climb around mi 105, I decided to stir the pot. I put in a dig, and the group let me roll. Going over the top of the climb with a 5 sec gap, I decided “**** it. here goes nothing”.

"DK200 race report 2/2: I started putting power down while monitoring the reaction from the group, but there was no reaction. At that point I committed to 105 mi of running, with nowhere to hide.
I had done my homework and I knew that the winds would be shifting from WSW to WNW throughout the day, and increasing. This meant that I had roughly 30 miles of headwind on the course, then 70 mi of primarily tailwind. This knowledge was key to give me the confidence for this move.
I kept an eye behind me on the long rollers and grew the gap to several minutes without much reaction from the chasers. I realized that I had a bout 5-6 hours our riding tempo ahead of me. I tried my best to stay focused on eating, drinking taking the smoothest line possible across the course, as those details are what add up in these events.
I passed through the 2nd and 3rd aid stations alone and well out of sight. I turned into the glorious shifting WNW tailwind with 60 mi remaining and felt a strong moral boost. I received no time splits the entire race, so I just rode at my absolute limit till the end. Sharp cramps hit both quads around 20 mi to go, so I downed the remainder of my @skratchlabs water solution and pulled off the power a bit until they subsided. This same moment, I heard a rear puncture. Sure enough, I had picked up a large barn nail in my rear tire and was losing air. I pulled the nail out, rotated the puncture to the lowest point, and @orangesealed did the rest, sealing the tire w/out adding air. Back on the road.
I stayed on the gas the entire race, not knowing who or how many chasers were hunting me. I did know that they were top notch riders, and I could not mess about in the final miles. I was very sure not to have any mental celebration until I walked across the timing corral with that sweet @alliedcycleworks machine over my head. In order to win, you have to risk losing, and DK200 was a testament to that.
Thank you to the @dirtykanza event family that produces this incredible race, thanks to the world-class riders who participated, and thank you to our top-class equipment partners that made the gear that could handle this punishing race. #metxgioridesthebest"

That is apparently a common gripe among gravel riders - maybe Prasuhn attempted to be funny

That is apparently a common gripe among gravel riders - maybe Prasuhn attempted to be funny .

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