Crazyness in Tucson

Hey there from Tucson AZ.  The dynamic Trio of myself, Dragon, and Bechtel have been here in Tucson for over a month now.  Between 27h training weeks (they’re all 27h weeks), and looking after personalbest.ca training camps.  The constant flow of campers down here is a lot of fun.  I really find energy from talking to and working with all the athletes.

Also we were fortunate enough to have 3 weeks of training with Sarah and Nate Haskins-Kortuem.  Very cool people, and talented athletes (Sarah has a world championship medal and was 11th at the past Olympics).  Here is a video of the action

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K-nats H-ardcore S-uperbike… KHS Team Flite Review

While the Specialized beauty is awol… I’ve taken it upon myself.. which some help from my friends of course, to build up my own super bike to tide me through. It’s taken some time and excitement to put together. A big part of getting it going is that Sean has is real super bike (look to left), and I don’t want to be out done…

So far it’s 1 for 1, winning fastest bike split of it’s only race.

As you know I’m a bike dork. But also because I’m just getting back into triathlon, I don’t have any real sponsorship. I don’t have a huge affinity for paying retail, so I have managed to call in favors, and get deals, but I have actually paid for everything. And if I am paying for stuff you can bet that I am going to be getting items that truly believe in, and am really stoked on.

So without further adue… I give you Knats Hardcore Superbike. a.k.a. the KHS-uperbike
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Bike tour to the Arctic: Packing List

My Gear List:

I have amended this list, post tour, to show which gear I deemed excessive (because there was a lot more than needed).
After the last trip when my bike was an excessive 140 lbs I wanted to try to avoid that. As I took more gear than my father, my bicycle weighed between 110, and 130 lbs depending on if I was carrying 4 days of food, or about to starve.
I am worried about being cold.
I am also a little worried about being eaten by bears.
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Surly ‘Nice Rack’ bike rack

Surly ‘Nice Rack’ Front.

Adjustably is good. The rack came out of true, but it’s cromoly so I was able to bend it straight. It’s also very heavy. It’s a really cool looking rack, beefy, and can hold much more than most front racks (70lb rating) and you can strap things on top of it.
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