Aura, I'm sure they went that route because of all the manhandling and lifting of the bikes they expected, so they made a compromise to keep the weight of the bikes down. I just hope they tore down their hubs after that trip cuz all that salt water getting everywhere would be hard on everything. Noticed the one guy using Prolink on his chain, good for sand and stuff, but in my experience you gotta put it on all the time (but its a fast easy application as it is so water-like in consistency and cleans off stuff as it goes on)

gotta love those tiny chainrings with bashguards (look like 14 or 16t) , and the "piss power" bit at the end was silly, but funny.