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Man his pictures are great, always having a blast! He has a ton on his blog, hard to not have fun with a smile that big on your face all the time.
Agree with your whole comment esp the first chunk above.
I also think your last question is actually quite interesting and while everyone has their idea of what is "proper" I could see a number of ways to "improve" the product. While I enjoyed the race between KR and JB, could you imagine a race between duos allowed to draft (and push?) each other with lighter setups? KR/ML vs JB/AH? Geared vs SS, coed vs MM or FF, or... The iterations are endless and would be a blast to see and perhaps more (or less) fun to race given the team aspect taking away some of the mental anguish. Perhaps not as part of the TD to maintain the original intentions, but the same event started a few weeks earlier or later would be easy enough to compare to the traditional TD. In my eyes the TD could go a very many different ways - no grand departs, stay with the roots and try to keep it small, go the way of the standard 100+ milers with all of the myriad classifications, etc. Not sure what I'd want to see and what would be best for the route and racers as I've not raced or toured it, but it's fun to think about.
When it gets too popular what's next? Include Canada, Mexico, all of South America?
Agree with your whole comment esp the first chunk above.
I also think your last question is actually quite interesting and while everyone has their idea of what is "proper" I could see a number of ways to "improve" the product. While I enjoyed the race between KR and JB, could you imagine a race between duos allowed to draft (and push?) each other with lighter setups? KR/ML vs JB/AH? Geared vs SS, coed vs MM or FF, or... The iterations are endless and would be a blast to see and perhaps more (or less) fun to race given the team aspect taking away some of the mental anguish. Perhaps not as part of the TD to maintain the original intentions, but the same event started a few weeks earlier or later would be easy enough to compare to the traditional TD. In my eyes the TD could go a very many different ways - no grand departs, stay with the roots and try to keep it small, go the way of the standard 100+ milers with all of the myriad classifications, etc. Not sure what I'd want to see and what would be best for the route and racers as I've not raced or toured it, but it's fun to think about.
When it gets too popular what's next? Include Canada, Mexico, all of South America?
I think a duo category would be great. Riders would benefit from mutual support, especially the mental side. However team dynamics can get ugly after many long tiring days and the chances of mechanical and physical failures double.