SXSFixed

Here’s the elevation profile.

Somebody’s created a pretty nice little site to do this. Well, a couple somebodys. You can go here to input a link from a multi-point Google map, and then it’ll send you over to another site which will output the data. Bikely can do this too.

Pretty neat.

EDIT: I am a total nerd. Here’s the elevation profiles for the individual days…

Day 1 – 110 miles

Day 2 – 86.9 miles

Day 3 – 34.9 miles

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Okay, we scouted the route from here to Waco. And we’re glad we did. It would’ve been the most brutal way to start the most brutal day.

Firstoff, the first day is going to be ~110 miles. And with the original route, it would’ve been 35 miles of steep hills. Right at the beginning.

Now it’s been altered to a flatter start. It won’t get incredibly hilly until about 15 or 20 miles in. But from there on out, it’s smooth sailing.

On the morning of March 13, 2010, 13 fixed-gear cyclists gathered in downtown Dallas with one destination in mind: Austin.  They had been training for months in anticipation of the first-ever SXSFixed ride.  Over the next three days, the SXSFixed riders pedaled over 230 miles on untamed Texas roadways, through small towns and busy highways,  and arrived at the bike-friendly capital of Texas on March 15, 2010 at 1:00pm.

13 cyclists riding

3 near-hits

15 hours on the saddle per rider

2 flat tires

154 bananas consumed

158 minutes minutes of livestream footage

124 twitter updates from the road

3 wrong turns

238 miles per rider

2900 cumulative miles ridden

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SXSFixed 2010.  Austin, we’ll see you next year.

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See more on SXSFixed 2010:
Livestream footage archive www.qik.com/LaceofBase
Photos www.flickr.com/LaceofBase

Thanks to everyone for their love, comments, re-tweets, and support.  It made the trip worthwhile.  -SXSFixed2010

We now have our very own twitter account!

Follow us as we post pre-ride updates and our experiences while en route to Austin starting next Saturday, March 13th. And keep checking back here for updates, a live video feed, and other goodies we have in store for our supporters.

Edit: The Twitter feed is in now in the sidebar to the right!

from Centre. The guys over there designed an awesome jersey for the ride, and they’ve also created a flipped jersey for the public. Head on over and preorder one: Centre

… Maybe 20 if you look at us for a long time.

I just added pics from the photoshoot a couple of weeks back to each of our profiles. Go check out our sexy mugs!

Yesterday, most of the SXSFixed riders met up at a local bar (duh) for a quick recap of the ride plans. They are as follows:

- The ride will begin (read: leave) at 8:30 am sharp from the Main street park downtown.

- We will ride to Waco (day 1: 100 miles), Taylor (day 2: 100 miles), and finish in Austin (day 3: 40 miles + hills)

- Each participant will submit $20 for food, gas, lodging, etc.

- We will be doing long distance rides every Sunday until the week before the ride in order to practice distance, draft lines, etc.

- The week before the ride, make sure to stretch, drink a lot of water, and most importantly: relax

Anything else that I’m forgetting? Let me know!

There’s this:

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Whether it’s awesome, or crazy, or the perfect combination of both, we’re doing it. On fixed gear bikes. And we’re psyched. Other people are interested too, so we’re making an event out of it. We’re going to document our journey: the good, the bad, and the ugly. We already have a few sponsors, and we’re looking for more. We’ve been training; we’ll train more. We’ll keep checking in with updates.