[OrRando] These guys are an inspiration

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They still have to pedal.  I'd call it pushing the envelope.

Lynne "just because they don't have to forage doesn't make it easy" F

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Michael Rasmussen" <mikeraz at patch.com>
> 
> David Rowe wrote:
> > Two riders from our region are pushing the envelope on what is "possible."
> 
> Paved roads, support vehicles, history of lots of people doing it.  Hmmmmm
> 
> For pushing the envelope check in on the Great Divide Mountain Bike race.  95% 
> off
> road, no support allowed, 2450 miles, 200,000 feet of climbing, services so
> sporadic that riders carry water purification supplies.  Huge attrition rate 
> every
> year. Already (we're five days into the race) this year three riders have 
> dropped
> out.  Two trashed their achilles tendon, one had his frame snap.  Another pair 
> of
> riders have had very serious mechanical failures (brakes, racks, shocks), yet
> another is struggling to stay in after mashing a foot between rock and pedal. 
> Kent Peterson holds the single speed record.
> 
> http://www.greatdividerace.com/
> 
> Michael "just a commuting weenie" Rasmussen
> 
> 
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