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BAM! A thrilling chase, such a dirty run, a lucky win, legit the most crashes I’ve ever had and what fun. And…I slept 5 hours 🥳🥳
In my short experience, the AZTR 300 is the most adventure condensed ride I’ve ever done. A 9-hour delay for banking hours in Tucson, a 1-hour late start, a fried AXS battery, and a mad sidewall tear definitely slowed things down and the weather was INSANE!!! The wind was legit f*cked, but luck was on my side for the most part. I loved it!
Dexter, Josh, and George made an awesome group to chase. Unfortunately, Josh crashed hard on Oracle Ridge, and I was bummed to see him scratch at the Circle K in Oracle. And somehow George Dexter and I crossed the finish within 2 hours of each other. It was good fun. 
2 days 18 hours 22 minutes (ride clock)
2 days 19 hours 22 minutes (race clock)
Despite delay, I still made under 3 days 🥳
Thanks @azt300_800 and @schillingsworth #bikepacking #ultracycling #mtb #xcmtb
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Last Race of the Season @taurusmountainrace 🇹🇷

My plan went out the window on Day 1.

Pouring rain from the starting gun didn’t help. After 190 km, I called it an early night and slept in a barn, with 36 km still to go before CP1.

After just an hour and a half of sleep, I put the final nail in the coffin of whatever was left in my legs. The next 14 hours were painfully slow.

At kilometre 350, I finally switched the engine back on and managed to pick up the pace, heading into the night shift with high morale.

Sleeping at 2,400 m under a sky full of stars felt incredible. Day 2 ended with solid progress.

Day 3 started at 3 am, with my eyes set on CP2. If only I’d known what was waiting for me - peanut butter mud.

At kilometre 540, with one eye blind, my hands covered in mud and the valve core stuck inside my broken pump, I gave up trying to fix it and went to sleep, with little hope. 

At 3 am, I called a taxi to Karaman.

Thanks to the incredible hospitality of the locals, especially @gokhantopcu70 @ahmet_taskara7 and others, I was ready to head back to where I’d left the route.

And then, seconds later, the notification came through - the Taurus Mountain Race had been stopped.

Not the race I had planned, but one I’ll never forget.

@atlasmountainrace is next…

@knog @botched.bikes @tailfincycling @abus_uk @albion.cycling
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★ First annual @bluelug camp & ride ★

• full video up soon on •
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Hopefully won’t run out of water with this setup 🤙🏼

#bikes #mtb #bikelife #retro #bikepacking
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Which one is your favourite? ⋆。°✩

Bonus at the end 👀

#bikes #stickers #cycling #bikelife
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@bluelug x @botched.bikes x @vivaladirt_
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