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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Solo Race Report Part 8

Posted on October 18, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Stage Eight: Almost Amboy to Twenty Nine Palms, 58.2 miles. Elevation Gain: 4170‘. Arrived Monday 4:12am, 45 hours 12 minutes From the 508 website “After you pass through the funky throw-back hamlet of Amboy (where you can not count on … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Solo Race Report Part 7

Posted on October 18, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Stage Seven: Kelso to Almost Amboy, 33.8 miles. Elevation Gain: 2280′. Arrived at Almost Amboy at Sunday 11:16 pm, 40 hours 16 min Avg. Speed 11.22 mph From the 508 websiteCompared to the just completed Baker Grade, you now head … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Solo Race Report Part 6

Posted on October 17, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Main graph above. This section we will cover from Mile 381.6 to mile 416.5 Stage Six: Baker to Kelso, 34.90 miles. Elevation Gain: 2920′. Arrived in Kelso Sunday 8:26pm, 37 hours and 26 min Avg. Speed 11.13 mph From the … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Solo Race Report Part 5

Posted on October 17, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Here is the main elevation chart. The section you are about to read is from mile 325 to Mile 382 Part 5 or 7 Stage Five: Shoshone to Baker, 56.3 miles. Elevation Gain: 2186′. Arrived Baker Sunday 4:38pm, 33 hours … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Solo Race Report Part 4

Posted on October 16, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Elevation chart for the entire race the section you are about to read is from Mile 253 to Mile 325 Stage Four: Furnace Creek to Shoshone, 73.6 miles. Elevation Gain: 6744′. Arrive Shoshone Sunday 10:30 am, 29 hours 30 mins … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Solo Race Report Part 3

Posted on October 15, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Race Profile. This section we will cover from Mile 153.15 to Mile 251.8 Part 3 of 7 Stage Three: Trona to Furnace Creek, 99.2 miles. Elevation Gain: 7538′. Arrived Sunday 0437, 21 hours 37 min Avg. Speed 11.71 From the … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Race Report Part Two

Posted on October 14, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Long roads behind me… and long roads before me… and even more long roads in before me… Stage Two: California City to Trona, 70.25 miles. Elevation Gain: 4212′. Arrived Saturday 18:09, 11 hours 9 min Avg. Speed 13.8 mph From … Continue reading →

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Official Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear Finisher

Posted on October 9, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Pictures courtesy of Chris Kostman of AdventureCORPS Well thanks to the best crew and just a little determination…ok alot of determination I finished the Furnace Creek 508 on my Fixed Gear. It was the toughest thing I have done on … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed Gear- 6 days to go

Posted on September 30, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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With 6 days to go, I am looking at the race course and trying to remember areas where I suffered last year. I did this event multi-speed last year and I am trying to recollect the harder climbs. If you … Continue reading →

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Furnace Creek 508 Race Report Fixed Gear Solo Part One

Posted on October 14, 2007 by REV Cycling Directeur Sportif
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Here is my race report. I will release sections of my report one time station at a time. If I were to wait until it were complete it would take yet another week. And I know you are all just … Continue reading →

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