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Cycle News 2016 Issue 03 January 26

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VOL. 53 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 26, 2016 P85 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.

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