What an prince of a man, or trail angel of the man who drove him 1 hour to the bike shop and back!

Go girls! Great to see women at the pointy end of the race overall. Great review, keep them coming, essential part of my morning now :)

It took a while but I already got a way to patch TPU tubes. To patch a TPU tube like that you need glue named Camplast, rubbing alcohol of course, and you can sacrifice one of the tubes for patches, so it's the same material and just as stretchable. Apply the glue only on the tube. I've had great success with patching like that - I've already applied more than a dozen patches and only one is slowly leaking air but that was like a big tear in two places.

@TheRst2001

10 күн бұрын

I've just used tpu tubes for first time on a mtb 27.5 multiday 4 day ride . Tubilito tpu front and a Ridenow tpu rear. I had two butyl and another tubilito as spare . I got no punctures so very pleased but yet to try and repair them . Which sounds like the make or break for them , if the glueing works then I will stick with TPU 👍

@Al.2

10 күн бұрын

​ @TheRst2001 I rode on some gnarly terrain in the dark, testing how low I could go with the pressures, hence most of the punctures were snakebites but since the patching worked, I didn't mind that much. Now that I've settled on pressures I seldom get punctures.

@TheRst2001

10 күн бұрын

@@Al.2 I was mindful of pinch punctures so aimed around 32psi( 30 to 35 ) for front and back and that worked out well :) 👍 might try a bit lower for some day rides or winter to test resilience but im only really doing country lanes and dirt tracks , nothing gnarly :)

@JRd941

10 күн бұрын

Tubolito sell a patch kit. Uses a different type of glue.

@Al.2

10 күн бұрын

​ @JRd941 As far as I know Tubolito started using exactly Camplast at some point.

Update, on the 24th about 10 miles between Williams fork reservoir and ute pass colorado will be mag chloride gravel sprayed. Last year issues, met Katja female bike messed up. It's bad stuff! I'm 14.5 mile marker, & water cooler road. There are clear markers for riders here welcomed! 24/7 stop in.

Got snowed on climbing Togwotee Pass during TransAm in 2017. Gears didn't like it but at least I was on the road! 😂

Hi Josh, thx for the updates and insights. The grey patterns are most likely caused by the trackleaders software or server and to many dotwatchers looking at the page. Probably not much you can do about that, except for stopping your updates and therefore not promoting dotwatching. Pleas don’t do that! Justinas left Pinedale 6 hours before Uba did last year. They are soooo fast. Prediction for day 7: a lot of views back to the portable toilet. Maybe even a post by Justinas ;) Justinas is napping at the moment between Boulder and Atlantic City and will nap near last years toilet and will push to Savery by the night for a sleep. He won’t make it the Brush Mountain Lodge without another longer sleep. Uba will sleep for four or five hours in Pinedale and will go steady to make it to Warmsutter for the night where he will stay in a motel for a few hours. Laurens is starting right now in Colter Bay Village will have a better time today and reach Atlantic City. He will cut a bit into the leaders gap and will increase his lead over Thomas and Megan.

If I am not mistaken, Laurens had some normal spare tubes and some lightweight. Unfortunately he couldn´t fix his regular tubes in the end either and had to go for new tubes... Never the less, he is still going strong and enjoying the ride! #GoLau

@wazzup105

10 күн бұрын

Didn't he start out tubeless? (and had to put in the inners when he couldn't stop the tire from leaking?)

@hansvanleerdam2490

9 күн бұрын

@@wazzup105 Yes, he started tubeless. He had a puncture with a big nail and couldn´t seal it with the latex.

I've been loving starting my day with these updates, thanks for it!

Thanks for the tip about inner tubes. I carried a light weight tube on my first long distance trip but didn't need to use it. Maybe I'll revert to a traditional inner tube if I do a second trip.

I’ve been to that bike shop. Good guys. Also that pass to get into Wyoming. Did it on a gravel bike, it was the longest day ever

Keep up the reports I am enjoying them

Thanks again man!

16:30 the lack of good food is inspiring me want to ride in the opposite direction with a cargo load of tastier options, I’m a cycling cook :)

Thanks Josh, I'm loving the updates!

Another great update. Cheers all 🍻

Thanks Josh, it's like I'm in there.

The gray areas on trackleaders have happened to me when my connection was slow. Like others have said, clear your browser cache and reload the pages to see if that helps. Great video.

Several of my buddies have success with patching TPU inner tubes with topeak self-glued patches I guess the best way to prepare for a situation like this is to try to patch one of these at home before your ride, right? Like "check your gear and skills" :)

@TheRst2001

10 күн бұрын

Yes , maybe the cold weather made the patching not work . But I guess we can test that with a fridge freezer at home 👍🤠

Lobe this 👏👏👏👏

Long time ago, I used regular inner tubes filled with Slime on my MTB and those worked better than anything since. I do tubeless with orange seal now, but I always wonder if tubes with Slime are best for long hauls like tour divide.

Bad food in Europe but America take it to another level 🤣🤣👍🏽💯

@ktadema

9 күн бұрын

These are pretty out of the way places.

For Ulrich's run time vs Justinas's, is that affected by what looks like Ulrich's tracker drift during the night on the 18th?

Clear your browser cache if that is how you access the tracking info.

Wait what is the puffy cheeks thing called? That often happens to me when pushing hard on a multi-day thing and I've never been able to figure it out 😅

did the large dust storm in New Mexico affect the northbound riders?

Are you sure about Brushy Mtn Lodge being open? I'd heard the operation had move full time to Arizona.

@martinevanloon2695

10 күн бұрын

Last update I saw it wasn’t but we could be wrong?

@joshibbett

10 күн бұрын

It was set to be shut, but Kirsten posted on social media the day before the grand depart that they got everything open and would be open in time for the racers

I've heard nothing good about Tubolito, Aerothan or other TPU tubes. You're only putting a tube in as last resort (ok, there's grass) so pack one that works.

Was that just tire noise with Laurens or something rubbing? Kudos to all the riders out there. Thanks for the updates Josh, I just watched your Albanian ride, what a beautiful country!

@jeanmarcleplattenier2762

9 күн бұрын

it was the e-bike riding alongside

Regarding the tubes, would you recommend going tubeless on the Divide? I presume some of the riders are running that?

@Paganiproductions84

10 күн бұрын

Yes most Mountain bikers run tubeless tires

@egalegal2058

10 күн бұрын

Like allmost all other riders on that course Laurens did go tubeless as well, but hit a nail. He wasn’t able to fix that without a tube. Maybe with a combination of sawing, superglue, backonstrip and sealant in warm weather with warm fingers he could have fixed the flats?

@Paganiproductions84

10 күн бұрын

@@egalegal2058 Tubeless tires and sealent don't like cold weather

@valldeby

9 күн бұрын

@@Paganiproductions84 Yeah, I know. But I was curious from the perspective of being in remote places like on the Tour Divide or really remote places like the Silk Road Mountain Race. Are the advantages of running tubeless that big that one should "sacrifice" the relative safety of a tube + tire even in those cases?

That one bike at the end sounded horrible!

Is there an explanation for not going tubeless?

@egalegal2058

10 күн бұрын

He went tubeless but hit a nail and couldn’t fix it without a inner tube

@martinlecuona2860

10 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Are riders not running tubeless?

@bbldox

10 күн бұрын

if you have one too many punctures, even tubeless is helpless. a) You out of sealant or the hole can't be fixed by a plug b) You used up all your inner tubes and patches or simply way too tired to find a slow leak c) You ripped a tyre or a spare inner tube..

@TheRst2001

10 күн бұрын

Yes Lauren's was running tubeless as per his bike setup video ,with spare sealant and spare inner tubes . So sounds like he had tubeless issues then inner tube issues

I thought Brush Mountain Lodge wasn't open this year? was there a late change to that?

@egalegal2058

10 күн бұрын

Kerstin is able to open up for a short time, until sometime in July

@tony3181

9 күн бұрын

@@egalegal2058 oh cool! Thanks

Pit Toilet. Throw a shammy on the lid and let the smells fight it out! Regarding American gas station food; I think everything at a service station in the USA is petro-chemical-based.