TCB Couriers Bike From SF To PDX
This morning Chas and Steve from TCB Courier left San Francisco to bike to Portland in 6 days. That’s roughly 800 miles on track bikes (both running 46×17 ratios). At the end they will race in the West Side Invite X.
Here’s a list of what they’re bringing:
- 2 Messenger Backpacks
- Sleeping bag and Bivy Sack
- Tarp and parachute cord
- Bike tools
- 2 extra tubes
- Bike pump
- 2 kits with arm/leg warmers
- 1 pair long johns
- 1 rain jacket
- 3 pairs wool socks
- 1 T-shirt (for those fancy dinners)
- 1 pair cut off shorts (for chillin’)
- Tons of Clif Bar stuff
- Headlamp
- Camera
- Broken iPhone
- iPod shuffle
They will be giving us updates from the road via our Twitter feed, and this Flickr Set.
Good luck guys!
UPDATE: We set up a Flickr Map of the progress.
May 23, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Curious what their ratios are normally in SF.
May 23, 2010 at 7:09 pm
@Matt: I’ll ask them and post a comment in here.
May 23, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Steve rides a 48×17 in the city.
May 24, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I’m curious to hear what they think of the bags.
May 24, 2010 at 1:43 pm
The guys asked for them specifically before they went on the trip. We’ll get a product review from them when they are back in SF.
May 25, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Good Luck!!
May 28, 2010 at 8:32 pm
@flapple Awesome, thanks for following up.
Jun 06, 2010 at 4:32 pm
anyone know who makes that chain whip/multitool? looks nice!
Jun 07, 2010 at 10:04 am
@slumpy W-Base in Tokyo.
Jun 08, 2010 at 10:10 pm
im curious which route did you guys take to get to PDX? I’ve ridden along hwy 1 for a good ways and It appears it would be pretty difficult running 46×17
Jun 09, 2010 at 8:14 am
@onecogmind: check out the Flickr map of the route
Jul 16, 2010 at 10:51 am
Ah.. wow that is a tough route.. way to go Chas and Steve!
Sep 03, 2011 at 2:51 pm
What happened to the product review from Steve and Chas?