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“Monday morning [June 26] at about 1:00 AM, Thai Nguyen and I were closing in on the Cascade 1200 overnight control in Quincy. We’d ridden 425 miles in 43 hours, were feeling strong, but looking forward to getting some sleep. We were on a straight stretch of road, well on the shoulder, with our lights blazing and decked out in the standard levels of randonneuring reflective gear. I was in front of Thai, giving him a nice view of what happened next.”

Full article (Jim Carson)