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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: AZT 750/300 2017 Planning Thread
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on: March 01, 2017, 03:44:22 PM
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I really hope you mean 6 Celsius! I was hoping to just bring a wind breaker and a puffy jacket for this 'balmy desert ride'. Ha! I wish it would have been 6 Celcius ...it was definitely 6F and I was shivering at points in the night in my 20* quilt bag and SOL breathable bivvy. Hope all's well with you Addy.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: AZT 750/300 2017 Planning Thread
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on: March 01, 2017, 03:31:38 PM
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Dude? You said breezy 76* with a night time low of 48*. I built my entire survival and sleep system at those temps.
The coldest night I spent on the 750 was near snowbowl, it got down to 6 degrees at around 8000' and then snowed on me a couple inches in the rim country outside Tusayan. I would not bank on it being 48* low temps at night on the higher sections of the AZT.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 AZTR300/750 Race Discussion Thread
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on: April 24, 2016, 10:00:27 PM
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Like Bug Shield said, Used some poor judgement about 3mi out of Pine. I'm 95% sure it's a deep muscle bruise & not a hairline fracture. I'll get an Xray tomorrow just to know how long the recovery time will be. I believe the best call is, if you have to think about a riding a downhill after 12hr plus on the bike DON'T!
Huge Props to Scott & all the trail angles who make this event possible. A special thanks to the vols resupply the water caches. I can't even imagine the expense in time & dollars these peeps put in, I bet the ware & tear on the vehicles make their repair shop a lot of $$$
Damn Mike, sorry to hear you had to pull the plug but understandable. Was really pulling for you this year, it was a pleasure to watch your SPOT. Wish I could have been out there on the 750 again with you this year.. it's been driving me batty watching this from the armchair! Can't wait for my move to Alaska in a couple of weeks so I can get settled and strap on the bags.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Arizona Trail Race AZTR planning thread
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on: March 04, 2016, 03:06:02 PM
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On the subject of corrupted tracks, it can happen. What I began doing after a scare on Tour Divide was to back up the track(s) I'll need for the race. So I'll put it on my memory card and on internal memory, 2 separate mediums. And rename the backup track with _Backup_ attached to both the file name and the track display name so as not to confuse the Garmin. That way if my memory card or internal memory fails or the track simply corrupts I can load up the backup and keep rolling. Works well for me.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Arizona Trail Race AZTR planning thread
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on: March 03, 2016, 09:26:32 PM
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I've got a Garmin Edge 510, it doesn't have the space to load the whole AZT topofusion file, I've tried, but maybe others have had luck. i could try to load passages I'm unfamiliar with, aka everything south of the Mogollon Rim.
I'm guessing the issue you're having is that you are not using a pre-simplified version of the track. Most(if not all) Garmins can only use tracks with up to 10,000 points. There are pre-simplified versions provided by Scott available here: http://topofusion.com/azt/gpx/The file you'll want for the AZTR750 is: http://topofusion.com/azt/gpx/AZTR-2014-rev1_reduced_10k.gpxThis is the current route simplified to 10k points and should load on your Garmin. I also put the snow routes gpx on my Garmin last year for the 750, it was nice to know which way to go when I got to the north rim.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Arizona Trail Race AZTR planning thread
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on: February 29, 2016, 08:54:33 PM
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FWIW... I really liked using a tump line in the canyon last year. Added it to my backpack. With hip strap, shoulder straps, and a tump line I was able to move the load around to different parts of the body and give other parts a break.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Arizona Trail Race AZTR planning thread
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on: February 23, 2016, 08:53:59 PM
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I ran Maxxis Ardent EXO TR front and rear for AZTR750 last year and after running a Maxxis IKON 2.35 EXO TR rear in the CTR I'd go back to AZTR with IKON 2.35 rear and Ardent front. For TDR, AZTR, and CTR the Maxxis compounds really did well. Ran IKON 2.2's on the Divide.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Arizona Trail Race AZTR planning thread
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on: February 23, 2016, 01:52:23 PM
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I'm curious what type of mechanical issues have past 750 finishers, or not, encountered along the route. I'm definitely interested in getting into this, however I haven't done a long race like this before and am unsure of the toll it would take on my bike.
Last year on the first day a big stick jumped up in my spokes passing by the tank on Canello Road, it ripped my spoke out at the thread. Didn't want to compromise my tubeless setup so I left it as it was and rode on it. Also had a leaking front brake that started on day one that got progressively worse each day until I had really no front brake. Hobbled it in to Tucson on those two mechanicals and got fixed up. No more mechanicals for the rest of my 750.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Tour Divide Preparation
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on: February 22, 2016, 04:07:45 PM
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Does trackleaders support that technology the same as the regular Spot trackers?
Scott/Matt made Trace an option for rentals from Trackleaders for both the AZTR and CTR last year so yes, SPOT trace should be supported. That being said I am not affiliated with Trackleaders so if you need an absolutely official answer I'd drop Scott/Matt an email.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Tour Divide Preparation
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on: February 16, 2016, 06:51:13 PM
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Once you've loaded the track using "where to" just switch back and forth using the back button and selecting "map" and "trip computer" from the main menu. The track should stay loaded on the map when you go back to it, it should not have to be loaded every time you navigate away from "map" to other selections in the menu.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Arizona Trail Race AZTR planning thread
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on: January 23, 2016, 09:17:29 PM
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For the 750 start, I *think* most just ride down, from Parker and camp out the night before
That's what many of us did last year. I got dropped off by a shuttle at Parker, hung out with the 300 racers for a bit and got my gear on my bike. From Parker it was 14.9 miles to the border according to my Strava(1388' of climbing), a bit of singletrack and then dirt roads. Rode it into the moonlight, was a great ride for the night before. Slept right at the start on the border fences. Last year there was a border patrol bust somewhere close to the start the night before so there were quite a few border patrol vehicles making their way through the area for a bit while riding the dirt roads, just make sure to be careful coming around blind curves etc. and make sure you're lit up if riding down around dusk or into the night.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Tour Divide Preparation
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on: November 29, 2015, 03:47:57 PM
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The thing is, a plb is pretty bullet-proof in getting a signal out. A spot, not so much. If I thought I needed the abilities of a SOS signal, I would not rely on a spot. My (untested but well-researched) $0.02
Typed on my phone. Pardon the autocorrect.
Every SPOT SOS I've heard of on TD has been received and S&R or other agency deployed. There were at least 2 SPOT SOS's fired off the year I did TD(2014) which was the worst weather year TD has ever seen(the nasty storm in the first 6 days should have made it about as hard as it could be to get a signal out of the Canadian backcountry, but it got out). One was fired off just short of Galton Pass in the Canadian Flathead, which is about as remote as TD ever gets, the other was used in the Gila. That's real world usage on the playing field at hand. On the PLB1 site it specifies that "The accuracy of this fix is approximately a 5 nautical mile radius, but is typically much better." that's not very close in an atypical situation. But thinking of the situations you'll face during TD I'd say I have no doubts either would work just fine for TD.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Tour Divide Preparation
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on: November 29, 2015, 11:15:15 AM
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Spot advice: I'm going to buy a Spot I think as I train alone, mostly on a road bike, and Czech drivers are not cyclist aware at all. The question is whether to get a Spot Gen3 or a Spot trace. I don't need the "SOS" functions as I'll use a PLB (Ocean Signal PLB1) on the TD and in Czech we've 95%+ mobile coverage. However, the Gen 3 seems to have attachment points for zip ties or a lanyard, whereas the Trace seems just a hard case.
Any feedback of pros and cons from your experience would be useful.
If I understand correctly you're planning on carrying two devices on TD(SPOT and PLB1)? If that is the case my thought is that you should just get the Gen3 and ditch the PLB1. Why carry two devices with separate functions instead of one that covers both? Seems like it would just make for more batteries, more chance of losing one of the devices, more to keep track of when you're out of your head. I carry the SPOT Gen3 in a Revelate Designs mesh Spocket which works out great and keeps the SPOT on top of my Revelate Viscacha seat bag so it's always got a view of the sky and is away from my eTrex20 on the handlebars. It's made it through TDR, AZTR750 and CTR without a problem. I've seen some riders tie their spots in to the Spocket attachment rings on the Viscacha without using the bag as well but I like the security of knowing my SPOT is in a secured bag and can't eject itself easily. If you end up deciding on the SPOT Trace and there are no lanyard loops to tie it down the Spocket or something like it could be a good option as well. I've seen plenty of clever and secure ways to carry the SPOT, I'm sure some others will chime in with other ideas as well. Good luck out there and have fun! A thought on weight: SPOT Gen3 - 114g and includes both SOS and tracking function SPOT Trace - 87.9g and includes only tracking function Ocean Signal PLB1 - 116g and includes only SOS function PLB1 + Trace = 205g PLB1+Gen3 = 230g SPOT Gen3 = 114g <----clear winner for dual functionality.
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Forums / Question and Answer / Re: where/how do i register for 2016 tour divide race?
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on: November 14, 2015, 05:22:13 PM
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Hi, I'm alzo Newton this site and I m from Italy, Courmayeur (mont Blanc) ... I'll be in Banff in June, 10 , 2016... So I Think I m going ti ask mano things to the veterans a out ti TD... It''s a Dream i'm going to realize.....
Bivy or tent, wich Kind of fork, the bear or mountain Lions .... Are they a real danger.... So many many Thinks come in my mind! ...
Hello Teotoula, welcome to the community. You may want to join the thread here: http://www.bikepacking.net/forum/ultra-racing/2016-tour-divide-preparation/Some of the questions you have asked are already being discussed in this thread and it would be a more appropriate and effective place to ask your questions as the race approaches. Have fun preparing!
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2016 Tour Divide Preparation
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on: November 07, 2015, 07:10:02 AM
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In 2014 there was a cairn marking the singletrack on the right, keep your eyes open and don't follow bike tire tracks blindly. It really was quite easy with gps.
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: AZT 750 ITT
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on: October 29, 2015, 10:53:59 AM
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She's done. From Nicholas on 'the' FB:
"Lael's AZT750 ride is finished. Not breathing is not fun. Anyway, it is pouring rain today. But for two days, "it was so much fun"."
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Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: AZT 750 ITT
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on: October 29, 2015, 10:19:27 AM
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Looks like Lael has scratched near Mormon Lake... Wondering what happened. Any details anyone?
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