Adventure

“Hi, this is Felix Wong calling on the 4th of July. Its Friday, 10:20. I’m couple of miles from the New Mexico border. Every holiday it seems like I have some sort of vehicular problem and this is no exception. I had my second crisis. Last night my cyclometer died. I think it has something to do with the sensor. I’m not sure if it is the sensor itself or the sensor battery. It doesn’t really matter because the sensor battery is a very rare 12-volt double-A-size battery. One that I’m not going to be able to find anywhere. Right now I’m heading off to Chama. I’m going to look for a cyclometer…”

One month after that call-in from Day 22 of the Tour Divide, I finally inspected the aforementioned cyclometer sensor. I now know for certain why the cyclometer no longer was working after the first 2,000 miles of the mountain bike race. Continue reading »

Here’s a spreadsheet summarizing my progress during the 2008 Tour Divide mountain bike race, including miles and hours ridden per day, along with where I started and stopped. Continue reading »

It may take me a while to write daily writeups (which I’d try to limit to 300-400 words each in any case), but in the meantime, all the transcripts from my race call-ins are here. Continue reading »

Here’s another slideshow from the Tour Divide mountain bike race, this one entitled “Trials & Travails.” There were many!

There’s still a lot of Tour Divide stuff I intend to post, but it may take a while due to an overwhelming amount of work I need to take care of. So the postings will probably come in a trickle. Continue reading »

The Tour Divide was such a grueling race that it seemed like every piece of equipment I used took a beating. Even those not part of or attached to the bike.

For example, take a look at my European Reevu helmet. I just fully inspected it today. It was a helmet I used for the last five years — one I was reluctant to retire because it has a novel embedded mirror that was by far the best rear-view bicycle solution I have ever seen or used, but it is no longer made or sold anywhere anymore. Guess it is time to retire it now. Continue reading »