Originally Posted by
Bnjmn
Equipment is surely overrated in terms of its efficacy, but I had the honor of getting nipped by someone this past summer who had 404s and a Cervelo SLC-SL with a full support vehicle. I am all for fancy wheels and etc., but the support vehicle was pushing it (...for Cat 5).
Yikes.
I don't talk about this much, but...
Both the UMCA 24H races I have done were on my steel-framed slug of a touring bike.
I have the honour of beating a guy who finished fourth in RAAM one year, as well as the record-holder for the Boston-Montreal-Boston 1200 randonnee.
The fact they pulled out of the event at the 250-odd kilometre mark (the RAAM guy through injury and the other plus their mates in sympathy) doesn't show up in the results -- just their distance completed, which was way lower than mine.
Shame -- all that carbon fibre, aero-bars, special sports food and drinks, and a huge sign-written support RV going to waste like that...