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Forum: Touring

02-03-23, 05:49 PM

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Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

That map seems to indicate he rode his bike from...

That map seems to indicate he rode his bike from Winnipeg to Edmonton to Anchorage where he flew from Anchorage to Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks and back to Anchorage where he must have left his bike. ...

Forum: Touring

02-03-23, 03:29 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

Wow! Gleb Travin is the guy responsible for...

Wow! Gleb Travin is the guy responsible for bikepacking! That is an amazing story. Bear grease for protecting his face from the cold - that seems like it would work. I use Swedish Frost Tape which...

Forum: Touring

02-03-23, 03:02 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

Indeed it does. He also appears to be wearing...

Indeed it does. He also appears to be wearing galoshes. That appears to be a working drilling rig in the background and an asphalt road. I found that picture in a 2020 Adventure Cyclist article...

Forum: Touring

02-03-23, 12:15 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

Note to other 17 year olds: Check Liam's Tik-Tok...

Note to other 17 year olds: Check Liam's Tik-Tok for the new standard in teen cycletouring. Anything less than 2 continents is now underwhelming.

Note to everyone else: Perhaps you should...

Forum: Touring

02-02-23, 05:49 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

Views: 1,513

Posted By VomitSpeed

Someone on this forum is going to have to ride...

Someone on this forum is going to have to ride from Whitehorse, Yukon to Dawson City, Yukon in January or February with a Rohloff hub to determine the exact oil dilution required. I don't suppose...

Forum: Touring

02-02-23, 03:15 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

Views: 1,513

Posted By VomitSpeed

My concern with internal gears is that one must...

My concern with internal gears is that one must use the manufacturers spec oil that performs at high temperatures (eg 0C) because one will be riding in temperatures above -30C most of the time. There...

Forum: Touring

01-30-23, 01:35 AM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

That was in April on the Dempster Highway so no...

That was in April on the Dempster Highway so no extreme temperatures. She happened to meet the Jasper, Alberta Fire Chief Greg van Tighem going the other way on a fatbike.

Forum: Touring

01-29-23, 07:24 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

I saw Henk a couple of hours ago. He was just...

I saw Henk a couple of hours ago. He was just north of Muncho Lake making good progress away from his Buffalo stalker.

There were plenty of Buffalo on the Alaska Highway today. He has their full...

Forum: Touring

01-26-23, 06:22 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

We won't be worrying about being tourists in...

We won't be worrying about being tourists in Russia for the forseeable future. Some of those Russian temperatures are frightful anyway. Zhilinda in Siberia hit -80F a couple of weeks ago and that...

Forum: Touring

01-26-23, 05:47 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

That was Brek Broughton in 2013. He made a heroic...

That was Brek Broughton in 2013. He made a heroic effort riding north from Vancouver but was stopped at Dawson City, Yukon with purple toes and hypothermia and had no choice but to abandon only 800...

Forum: Touring

01-26-23, 05:23 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

I am still in shock that Iohan is dead. There is...

I am still in shock that Iohan is dead. There is supposedly a place where Iohan liked to ride to near Cranbrook (where he committed suicide). I believe his local memorial was held there. Perhaps that...

Forum: Touring

01-26-23, 03:44 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

To the best of my knowledge I don't think anyone...

To the best of my knowledge I don't think anyone has done the route he is doing at this time of the year (December and January). He has so far somewhat avoided the worst of the brisk weather and he...

Forum: Touring

01-23-23, 06:52 PM

Replies: 48

Alaska Highway in Winter

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Posted By VomitSpeed

Alaska Highway in Winter

I was driving (a truck for work) between Whitehorse, Yukon and Watson Lake, Yukon on the Alaska Highway and I thought I might have been having mental issues/hallucinations when I saw what appeared to...

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