Just seen this via road.cc. With the inclusion of a pairs category and 40km of non surfaced road next year. http://www.transcontinentalrace.com
I’m trying to talk my fiancée into it as a late honeymoon, but neither of us really know where to start with something like this. We have done some adventure racing before, as well as an Ironman, and JOGLE but this is such a long “race” that it surely becomes more of a tour for most mortals- or do mortals simply not enter??
What sort of bike would be ideal? Road bike with the biggest tyres you can fit, or a CX of some sort?
Luggage seems to be a minefield of racks, framebags etc I read somewhere the leaders last year didn’t take warm jackets!?
Any advice/ rational thoughts of don’t do it are welcome!