So I completed the Furnace Creek 508 over Oct 6th throught the 8th, finishing in 43 hours 24 minutes. It was beautiful weather and our team performed very well. I was very pleased with my bike, the 75 Eisentraut. I used sew-up tires!! I had one slow leak that started on the summit of the last climb so I almost made it without a tire change. Used Challenge Strada 24 tires. Since we had a team chase vehicle with us at all times I felt confident to ride with the sew-ups. I had two spare wheel sets in the van. My headset loosened slightly on all the rough road surfaces. Other than that the bike performed flawlessly, as it has for me since I bought it in 1976.

Here's some pictures:



Here's me (left) and Gene at the finish


Good times!

Jim