The 2022 Tour Divide watchers thread.

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He's got just a little bit more dirt to get done then it's 100K of road to the finish in under 20 days on a very tough year. This is great riding from Steve, wishing him an amazing sunrise and a tailwind to the end
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He's on the road now (well I'm assuming it's road, it's got numbers and everything :lol: )

Bizarre aside - I saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSiKF4YOrfo about a stream that starts exactly on the continental divide and then splits to flow into both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. At about 5:40 it talks about the Great Basin which is one of a handful of Endorheic basins in the world - basically water flows in but not out, it's lost by evaporation not drainage.
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Steve, Colin and Ana all together on the final straight. Looks like the wind is slightly favourable. That beer in Jeffs cooler is going to taste so so good ;-)
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Tune in folks, ~40 miles to go :-bd
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voodoo_simon wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:57 pm Tune in folks, ~40 miles to go :-bd
Keep up, less than 25 now :wink:
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Is he nearly there yet?
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17! or less
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The worst thing on this section is the marker every mile counting you down. But he's flying along
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Less than 5 miles to go now on those marker posts Dave :cool:
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psling wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:46 pm Less than 5 miles to go now on those marker posts Dave :cool:
ISTR Mile 4 to mile 3 taking the longest ...
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Ana wins the ladies race, I bet Steve would be bouncing too if only his dot would update
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Well, AJ is bouncing and I reckon Steve crossed the line with her. !9 days and approx. 1 hour. What a star!!

EDIT: Wot Dave says :-bd
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:-bd
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He's teasing us now
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Dave Barter wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:06 pm He's teasing us now
Yeah, he's probably been stood at the side of the road surrounded by rattlesnakes unable to move for 37 minutes with only 7.7 miles to go :roll: :lol:
I reckon the three of them rolled in together [side-by-side of course] :cool:
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CONGRATULATIONS STEVE!! Amazing ride, so brilliant to watch.

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Dave Barter wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:16 pm CONGRATULATIONS STEVE!! Amazing ride, so brilliant to watch.

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Congratulations Steve :-bd :-bd :-bd
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Well done Steve, tremendous ride.
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Arrghh been in meetings all day so just caught up - well done Steve :-bd :-bd
Been great to watch, two more Brits on route so will keep tabs on them too.
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Well done Steve. Never doubted it for a minute :-bd
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Ana won ladies race on a dropped bar bike. Just saying..
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Chapeau and what an achievement .

I have no excuses to not average 120 tarmac miles per day on a lejog

Dave will be delighted I am doing it on a drop bar bike :lol:
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Dave Barter wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:34 pm Ana won ladies race on a dropped bar bike. Just saying..
Never really understood that with ladies bikes because they (ladies) usually have longer legs than men; probably due to them wearing skirts? :wink:





[awaits debate on difference between tubes and bars... Oh, and percentage of female entries relative to percentage of drop barred bikes relative to....]
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Well done Steve! :-bd :-bd

Now you've done the warm-up if you hurry up and get back it's the YD300 on Saturday :wink:
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Ana won ladies race on a dropped bar bike. Just saying..
Yes but was it a 'gravel' bike, an 'adventure' bike, a 'dropped bar mountainbike' or a cutthroat? If it was a cutthroat, then it was designed for the job so no surprise :wink: ... and, can we have a 'ladies race' what with equality an' everything?
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