For reasons of data gathering I was putting the stock 14mm carb back on the Tomos. My plan was to put the stock pipe back on and determine the jetting spread needed for fully stock bike with the Bazooka Mouth since I had never done that. I knew the jetting setup from before so I …
The final day of Bakers is 150 miles to Thomas and Ashley’s house in Richmond, VA. By now every team knows the score. The bikes have been battle hardened or dnf-ed. Teams knew how to navigate, and knew how to just get on. It was a race still for the pride of being the first …
Day 6 is the long day. A 250 mile ride from the Blue Ridge mountains to the Allegheny mountains on the border of the Virginias. There will be roads but probably not good ones. There will be dirt and ruts, and none of it will be flat. Two routes divide the teams but both travel …
There is always at least one day of this race that tests the riders more than the rest. Not really a fun day but more of an experience to be conquered. The forecast for the area was flash flooding and thunderstorms. The storms were still a couple hours to the west at the start so …
If you want to tell an effective story there are a handful of basic templates that everyone loves. One of them is called the Man in a Hole arc. It goes like this: The protagonist starts the story doing just fine, then tragedy strikes. The protagonist must then climb out of the hole and triumph, …
An endurance race is usually punctuated with long bouts of difficulty. Weather, planning, mechanical durability, mental stress, preparedness, luck, all factor into successfully completing the journey. Winning, even in a such a low stakes venture as a moped race with no cash value and very little bragging rights, is still a towering achievement of grit. …
Day 2 is listed as the fun day of the race. It’s a short, 50 mile hop from the campsite in Tellico Plains to Deals Gap, North Carolina where the teams can relax and enjoy the local sights. It is not an easy ride though. That fifty mile stretch contains 4,500ft of elevation to climb …
The opening day is a 200 miles run from a Goat Farm south of Atlanta north to Tellico Plains, Tennessee. The day started with 8 riders with fresh bikes and steely determination. Maitland, the spiritual leader, decided to just run chase today and help others along the way instead of riding. Such is the burden …
It’s the night before the kick off so I’m going to try to highlight the teams the best I can. I might miss a few though. (it’s important to note I’m not actually there, pretty far from it actually, so if stuff is wrong just hit me up and I’ll fix it). Team Swampy Titty …
I chatted with Maitland Kelly of the Creatures of the Loin about the upcoming Baker’s Dozen moped race around the Appalachia’s. Maitland has been carrying the torch of the original Pinball Run and is in the sixth year of the new event (during 2020 there was no actual event due to the pandemic). I caught …