Ah, sweet variety...

Vik just posted a set of snaps from the BC Randonneurs Eau de Hell Week 600K. Some nice setups indeed.

I always love checking out the different rigs people put together...everything from utilitarian tourers to high-zoot titanium road bikes, a single handlebar bag to matched sets of luggage, battery-powered headlamps to dynamo lighting systems that cost as much as many decent bikes...

Actually, the part I find most interesting are all the little tweaks and hacks and unique mods that people come up with. You very rarely see two rando rigs that are terribly similar, even if they derive from common retail ancestry. ;-)

1000K teaser

Well, I survived :-)

Detailed ride report to follow, once I sort out pictures, notes, and my widely scattered thoughts.

Vitals: 18/19 finishers. I came in at 9:35 PM on Sunday with Bill, Chuck, Crista, and Joe, for a time of 65:35. Total mileage 622.9, rolling average overall right at 14.0 mph. Climbing claimed to be in the 40,000'+ range, calories burnt were over 35,000.

Couple of photo sets have been posted: one from Bill Beck, and one from George Winkert (who just happened to come by and take a few snapshots near the Gawdforsaken climb to Carbondale.).