It’s real interesting to see the contrast between kenny and tinker. (bike set-ups, positioning, etc…)
What an amazing endurance race!!! Damn, that’s a long time pushing a bike!!!
How did the Eurovan work out?
perfect vehicle for this type of adventure. Love the VW Eurovan. I was just informed that the price of the car is like a house…gone up in value since I bought it 29 months ago!!
Its amazing the read the stories of Souza and Tinker and even more amzing that they beat the ultracyclists at their own game. They are fantastic athletes!!
Any idea if they are planning to do the Race Across America? It would be good to have some recognizable athletes in the event who bring a level of competition back to the race.
This is something that is missing from the top end of our sport today, and despite all the aero gear, lactate machines, power meters, coaches, and designer training plans, the dudes are no faster today…in fact, slower.
I hate to resucitate a 14 year old thread, but Dev … you’re going to have to answer for this remark now. It took a while, but I think even you would have to admit that the “dudes today are … in fact, faster”
(ended up reading this thread after riding Towne Pass from Stovepipe Wells last week, my first 5k’ climb in decades).
These are the kinds of threads that need to resurface! It has an epic race report, iconic racers and some of the best contributors to this forum. I remember reading it then.
Awesome story.
Tinker still crushing it on the mountain bike which is pretty amazing as well.
This.should.be.on.the.frontpage…what an incredible story. We just don’t hear enough of these classic early athletes like Souza, Devlin, Pierce, Mackle, etc.
This story just made my day, it was already good but now it is great!
Jeroen
Nice story. Would have been epic if only K. Souza had ridden in a dayglo banana hammock and mankini.