Tim Commerford doing the Race Across America

Mo'Phat · #1 06-16-2009, 04:42 PM

Thought this might be of interest, but Tim is riding (a bike) in the Race Across America - RAAM this year from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD.

He's on a 4-man relay team (Team Surfing USA) with Laird Hamilton, Jason Winn, and Don Wildman.

For those that don't know...The race is non-stop, and is about 3,000 miles. Each rider will put in over 750 miles in about six days or so.

The solo riders have to do it all in less than 12 days, with the elite soloists finishing in about nine days. About 333 miles per day. They don't sleep much.

Anyway, it's www.raceacrossamerica.org and Tim's team is here:

http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raa...type_tblPage=3

The women soloists started today, the men soloists start tomorrow, and the teams all start on Saturday.

BananaKing · #2 06-16-2009, 05:08 PM

Go Tim!

Good luck!

J. Crawford · #3 06-16-2009, 05:12 PM

Thats awesome! I have always known he was a biker, but most do not.

Most people also dont know that most of Incubus are scratch/par golfers.

Mo'Phat · #4 06-16-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordasch

Thats awesome! I have always known he was a biker, but most do not.

Most people also dont know that most of Incubus are scratch/par golfers.

And that Lemmy makes a mean beef stroganoff.

southshoreconor · #5 06-16-2009, 05:33 PM

what's more impressive is the 76 year old on his team, competing in the under 50 category.

Andrew Jones · #6 06-17-2009, 02:20 AM

Don Wildman is known to be the iron man of all humans......

The man is timeless.

Aj

heath_r_91 · #7 06-17-2009, 02:24 AM

Thats awesome.

I knew he biked because I remembered reading somewhere that he broke his collar bone once in a biking accident. That is why he wears the giant straps.

I wish I could do something like that but I'm pretty sure I would die of a heart attack, stroke, and I would probably get hit by a car. ha ha.

neatobassman · #8 06-17-2009, 02:28 AM

I cant wait to be a huge rock star and have so much money I can just ride a bike for a couple of days.

heath_r_91 · #9 06-17-2009, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by neatobassman

I cant wait to be a huge rock star and have so much money I can just ride a bike for a couple of days.

You don't have weekends? There's your couple days

Mo'Phat · #10 06-17-2009, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by neatobassman

I cant wait to be a huge rock star and have so much money I can just ride a bike for a couple of days.

For 'civilians' ie: workin' folk, the commitment is unreal. Most train all year, and in the few months leading up, they're on the bike doing sleep deprivation training. 200 miles through the night or more, sleep for a couple hours, then repeat. Even at 15 mph (which is fast for RAAM, with nearly 100,000' of climbing total), 200 miles is 14 hours in the saddle...just for training.

Also keep in mind that these people aren't pros. Most of them are fundraising just to get a RV rented for a couple of weeks. Then there's bikes (each rider needs at least two), tires, food, water, energy 'stuff'...a single RAAM racer needs to invest close to $12,000 just for the race.

Then there's the crew. All that fundraising needs to feed 3-4 people who are watching you ride a bike all day.

JTE · #11 06-17-2009, 10:56 AM

Man, makes my little 45 mile ride last Saturday seem like a mere warm up. Heck, even my last two centuries pale in comparison! Those RAAM riders make even most triathletes look wimpy, and I have a LOT of respect for seriouis triathletes...

jte

superbassman2000 · #12 06-17-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by southshoreconor

what's more impressive is the 76 year old on his team, competing in the under 50 category.

thats what i was thinking--good luck to all those guys

robkphoto · #13 06-17-2009, 11:01 AM

If you want to be amazed check out this Esquire article an Don Wildman. Pretty incredible!!! Tim C must be pretty hardcore to train with this dude.

http://www.esquire.com/features/don-wildman-0508

**john turner** · #14 06-17-2009, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mo'Phat

Thought this might be of interest, but Tim is riding (a bike) in the Race Across America - RAAM this year from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD.

He's on a 4-man relay team (Team Surfing USA) with Laird Hamilton, Jason Winn, and Don Wildman.

Mo'Phat · #15 06-17-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by robkphoto

If you want to be amazed check out this Esquire article an Don Wildman. Pretty incredible!!! Tim C must be pretty hardcore to train with this dude.

http://www.esquire.com/features/don-wildman-0508

Great freakin' article. Thanks for posting it. It'd be wild to see Timmy hanging with John McEnroe and Chris Chelios.

**76Dub** · #16 06-17-2009, 02:20 PM

Good luck to them. Tim is a great mountain biker and in gnarly shape!

Bassman316 · #17 06-17-2009, 02:25 PM

I've also read about him breaking his collar bone way back from a biking accident. That and the documentary from Audioslave's Out Of Exile album where Tim's biking all over Cuba is how I found out he's a pretty avid biker. Go tim.com!

LTDVIPER333 · #18 06-22-2009, 06:37 PM

YEAAA Tims awesome, apparently I'm not the only bassist whos an obsessive MOUNtain BIker. Apparently he goes as far as thanking all of his MOuntain Bikes in the inro line of one of their later songs. Reading an article about him in Wiki really inspired me as a bassist, specially the bit about MTBing.

J. Crawford · #19 06-22-2009, 06:38 PM

Timmy has that MTB'er look, IMO.

kesslari · #20 06-22-2009, 06:40 PM

That's extremely cool. I had a roommate who was a competitive ultra-marathon cyclist, and was training for RAAM. The dedication required is unreal, and the other factor is that the more hours you spend on the bike on the road, the greater your chances of being hit by a car. Bill was ko'd from competition/training twice in about 18 mos because of auto/bike collisions.