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Catching up with Lobeck……
Or I should say he came crashing down the route at me. We've been tracking our good friend Erik on his journey during the Great Divide Route over the last 12 days as he closed in on Steamboat. Last night he stopped at Brush Creek Lodge just 45 miles Northwest of Steamboat. This morning I rolled north at about 6:15 am to ride 30 miles out and hopefully meet him on Forest Service road 42. As I made my way further up 42 road I gave myself 2 more miles to run into him and then I needed to role to work. With about .5 miles of my 2 miles to go Erik rounded the bend in front of me....SWEET! He was pretty darn excited to see a familiar face in the middle of nowhere.......I tried to give him a pastry I had bought at the Clark store for him but he refused as it goes against the rules.....NO OUTSIDE SUPPORT that is not available to everyone. He's got morals for sure. I shot some video and photos as we rolled towards the Clark store. As we got closer we picked up another Moots greeter in the form of Ex-employee Gordon Shuck......wanting to ride in with our buddy Erik.Loads of insight from Erik on the daily "grind"...pretty much he has settled into 120 to 130 miles per day. So far he's ridden 1300 miles and climbed 100,000 feet! He got to ditch the bear spray as he is now out of Grizzly country, only one major mechanical in the form of a slashed tire. He's running on his hard tail Moots:
26'' wheels
Fox 100mm fork, with remote lock out
XTR drive train top to bottom
Moots Tail gator rack system
Frame bag in main triangle
Handle bar bag,
Sleeping bag on handle bars
Extra large seat bag (think sleeping bag size)
Smooth, low knob tires front & rear
King h-set
Ergon Grips
Comfy saddle
3 water bottle locations on frame
Hydration pack
1 jersey
2 pair chamois
1 pair Smartwool socks
Jacket
Knee warmers
Arm warmers
That gear and a big ass smile are about it. He was feeling good and seems to have knee problems behind him at this point. It looks like they will be riding into warmer weather from here on out. Sun Screen and riding early in the day will be the mode from here to the finish.
Good to see you Erik, be safe!
24 June 2009
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I’ve been waiting for your update. When you first posted a pic of Erik and the link to the race I’ve been following him everyday. I am assuming he is on a YBB? I can’t tell because his leg is in the way.
Thanks for the pics.
Great job Erik. AWESOME man - frinkin AWESOME
Look at that load on his tailgator rack. I don’t know how much weight he is intrusting to the tailgator but it seems to be handling it well.
Thanks for following Erik....he was pumped to hear about his many fans out there....the bike he’s on is a hardtail....keeping it simple...the photo dosen’t show that the big bag on top of the tailgator is pretty light and has a great straping system to the post. I believe they were made by a company in AK? Sweet stuff.