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marathon stages]; they just carry
[extra] tools.
The bike has tools on it, very
minimal tools, but it has tools to
fix almost anything on the bike to
keep you going. The one [parts]
truck carries for you–on the
marathon stage–it carries oil and
fluids for the bike.
Fill 'Er Up, Please
The organization [personnel]
dumps the gas for you [at refuel-
ing points]. You get 15 minutes
for refueling and like a little
break, but 15 minutes goes by
pretty quick. You fill all three of
your tanks up (main and two side
tanks), that's eight minutes right
there. So basically by the time
you get your helmet off and get
a drink of water, you've got to
put it right back on and you go.
So a 15-minute break is a long
time if you're not racing, if you're
standing around for 15 minutes,
but when you're trying to fill your
bike up, fill your CamelBak back
up, it goes quick.
Different Countries, Not Dif-
ferent Food
Nothing was really different.
The only difference I saw was
people had different flags. Other
than that, it was the same to
me—same terrain, same food.
The food was horrible! The food
was junk. Every single night was
like the same stuff. You have to
remember they cook the food
for everyone else in the biv-
ouac so it's not like high quality
food; it's like the bare minimum,
bottom-line food—cafeteria food,
like when you're in elementary
school or something.
But you can't blame them be-
cause they have to buy so much
of that stuff and it's still a lot of
money [despite buying in bulk].
They have the food [available]
freaking 24/7! You have to figure
if it's midnight and you're hungry,
there're people that are cooking
food.
Baja Is Barren By
Comparison
There's so many people that
watch that race! The freeways
are lined up with people camp-
ing just to wave at you when you
ride by. Dude, [it's Baja specta-
tors] times 100!
I'm telling you, four-in-the-
morning starts to finishing at
6:00 P.M. on the liaison, the
highway, people are every-
where. Like if we were riding
down [Interstate] 15 to Vegas to
start the special, the 15 would
be lined up with people from
Hesperia all the way to Primm,
[Nevada, which is about three
Brabec said he hit the deck
a number of times but none
of his crashes were serious.
Not bad when you consider
he rode over 6000 miles.