Pegasus is here!

Until now, I have never ridden a Pegasus because I was scared that, once I had, there was no going back. So I didn’t really know the potential of the frame that I picked up more than 10 days ago.

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Which was a good thing. Mail-order companies’ failures meant that . . . → Read More: Pegasus is here!

The Yukon

I have removed this post as a version of it will probably be appearing in The Ride Journal later this year. More thoughts on the Iditarod to come, though, including getting lost on the sea ice and competing with Jay on the run-in!

The first ever single speeder to Nome

Well Aidan made it! He was head to head with Jay and gave us a very exciting finish as it was close between them to the end. Aidan came in 2nd in an amazing time of 17 days 9 hours and 15 minutes. He has become the first ever single speeder to successfully make it . . . → Read More: The first ever single speeder to Nome

It is getting exciting!

So I left it last time that I had hoped to hear from Aidan the next day at Kaltag. I in fact got a call from him that night, he was in good spirits and making brilliant progress. I got another phone call last night as he had reached Elim and was pushing onto Golovin . . . → Read More: It is getting exciting!

Aidan’s on the Yukon

Hello!

It has been a while since I last updated Aidan’s where abouts, so here goes. I spoke to him Friday morning (5:30) UK time as he had just reached Anvik. He was stopping there that night whilst the Petervary’s went onto Grayling. He sounded good and commented on the fact that he is looking . . . → Read More: Aidan’s on the Yukon

McGrath

This is a bit of an unchecked brain dump. Apologies for any incoherence. And thanks to Emily, Gillian, Mum + Dad, and everyone else for your support. It’s great!

Well, I made it to McGrath in just under 5 days.

It’s been a much more steady effort than last time I was out here. . . . → Read More: McGrath

He’s somewhere out there!

Hi all.

So at the moment communications from the check points back to Kathi (one of the organisers of the race) is a bit slow, probably due to the sheer amount of hungry bikers mouths to feed as and when they come in, not leaving a lot of time for telephone calls.

I did leave . . . → Read More: He’s somewhere out there!

Well here he goes again!

So February 27th 2011 at 2pm Aidan started the Iditarod race in Alaska. Aidan is covering a distance of 1100miles from Anchorage to Nome. Two years ago he did the shorter version, 350 miles to McGrath. Now he is in for the whole hog.

So far he is doing really well, in 48 hours he . . . → Read More: Well here he goes again!

Iditarod Waypoints

I’m well into preparations for Nome now: reading all kinds of arctic-ey stuff, watching all kinds of arctic-ey stuff, sanding and painting over the rust on my Pugsley, riding hard, all those things.

And I’ve just finished one rather useful task that I’m happy to share:

Bill and Kathi publish a list of Lat/Long co-ordinates . . . → Read More: Iditarod Waypoints

WHW – Postmortem

Well that didn’t go quite the way I expected. This will be a tale in two parts: the story; then the geeky bike stuff.

The Story

The epic began with a mammoth drive from London to Glasgow. Start time: after work. Objective: get there before midnight! We had booked into the cheapest hotel I could . . . → Read More: WHW – Postmortem