Tracey & Jay Petervary

Hello everybody. This is jay and this is truly the last call. I think Tracey called and said we’re…got in at about ten to midnight last night and of course without the stiff headwind and bitter rain and stuff, ah, it wouldn’t have been the same. We ended the race just like the rest of it…with some weather. Um, right now we’re doing the most difficult task of the whole ride and that’s the logistics of getting home. This big ole tandem bicycle and our two selves but we’re on the way…ah, I thanked a lot of people yesterday and ah, a few others came to mind that I sorta left out…I appreciate the bars and stems from Salsa, our cockpits were perfect. And uh, also Mike Curiak, for building us a bomber set of wheels. We never had to touch them at all. A lot of people questioned our parts choices for such a ride and…but everything held up great so anything you see on this bike is tandem worthy. Um…to everyone who thought these are divorce bikes, you guys are all crazy, um, you should give it a shot. It might make you a little closer than you think. And um, once again, just really appreciate it. Oh yeah, and WTB…the Nano Raptor, 2 sets, they held up great…and the saddles we sit on, WTB…kept our butts pretty happy. So uh, that’s it, the bike run is over and don’t have much more to say but we’re anxious to get home, and it was a great journey…(can’t interpret this last part)…ok. Have fun!

Good morning, this is T-Race, um, Jay, myself, and the Love Shack are now in Demming. We finished up at Antelope Wells last night at 10 til 12. Oh, it was a great, wild day, it was a…hard push to the finish there and just hurried up and tried to get it done. Of course we got stuck in nasty headwind and um, some rain but fortunately we saw Kurt and Maggie and they met us at the finish, and um, gave us a ride back up to Demming. Just want to say thanks to JayP for being an awesome captain and the best husband I could ever ask for. We had great times, great experiences. Also wanted to thank John…thanks for the Skins, they really helped the recovery, and um, Mike C., thanks for building these bomber wheels…you obviously know what they went through and they held up and did a great job. So uh, yeah, I guess this is it, and um, here’s to the king sized section of the candy isle…there’s so many great things out there that went down and hopefully we’ll have a little recap about the whole episode and we’re really happy to be done, and um, alright…til’ next time. Thanks everybody.

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Hello, this is Tracey calling in from Cuba, and JayP, and a yeah, we had a really good morning…really good night, really good morning, and did lots of climbing, and the downhill…got all that section coming off that pass from…where were we yesterday…forget the name of the town where we were…oh, Abiquiu. Yeah all that area up there was really cool, slept good, there was a nice camping area up there to sleep and then woke up early and finished up the pass and then uh, holy rainbow gathering…that was pretty wicked. There was like hundreds and hundreds of rainbow people and patchouli and dreads and all that kind of stuff going on. I think I got cut off but uh, we’re in Cuba, we’re gonna head out to Grants, seems like there is a 140 miles of roads so Jay and I are hopefully going to rock that and keep it moving forward. The food…I guess it kind of hard for Jay, he keeps eating and eating and eating and is getting skinnier. So um, that’s going on for him, I am doing fine, yeah, uh, it’s been fun, so uh, just moving forward, heading to the border, and thinking about everybody who has been supporting us and watching us and we definitely thank you for all that and appreciate all that. So, I don’t know, I guess that is it for now and we’ll talk to you soon.

Hello, this is Tracey calling in from Abiquiu, NM. We are here at the Abiquiu Inn, we had a fan-tastic day of riding. We didn’t make it too far from the lodge last night and it started raining again so we pulled over at a little shelter and spent the night there, got some good rest and it really paid off today. We did some climbing and the downhills were super fun, super fun, and played it safe and made it down so now we’re here and gonna get some dinner and head over the next pass that’s coming up…there’s lots of mosquitoes here, but uh, what else is going on…Jay just cleaned up the bike, so that is getting ready, we got some more sunscreen…just having a really good time and when I looked at the map this morning it was very overwhelming and I pretty much had an anxiety attack and kinda got sick from looking at it…but now that its behind me it’s a really great feeling and um, yeah, we’re in good spirits and we met up with Chris and it was really nice to travel along with him for a little bit and talk and switch things up a little bit. Yeah, we’re almost there, I mean, maybe not almost, but we’re making it so, um, yeh, we’ll talk to you soon. Bye.

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Good morning, this is T-Race and JayP calling in from Del Norte. Made it in here last night…had a freakin’ awesome, wonderful day of riding, kickin’ some passes fer sure. And then as soon as we pulled into Del Norte, maybe 10 miles away, we got nailed with the rain, so that was not a good ending to a wonderful day but made the best of it…and uh, got a dry room and dried out our stuff, again, so that went well. Uh, we’re going into day 15 here and I am still wearing the same clothes I began the race in, um, socks, knee warmers, arm warmers, and shirt thanks to Smartwool. They are holding up fantastically…I am overwhelmed with how they are performing…they outperformed anything I would have expected, and holding up well. The kit…thanks to Fitzgerald’s Bicycles for that and for helping us with our bike…getting that on the road and to the start and we appreciate all their support. Um, life on the trail’s been pretty good. Its definitely uncomfortable at times but definitely some cool stuff to check out. Um, the back of the tandem…the farting…the farting is probably the worst to deal with (did she really say that?) and Jay has been so kind and sweet to quit eating the dairy, the ice cream…so that’s been helping out a bit and that’s a pretty big sacrifice for him. He’s a good captain, keeping the crew happy. Um, what else? The cows are pretty cool. Lots of cows. They’ve got different hairdos…its pretty funny. Check that out some time. And, um, other than that, I guess we’re just gonna motor over another pass today and head to Platoro and hopefully be into New Mexico by this afternoon. So, moving right along, we’re doing great. Alright, happy to be here, thanks everyone for your support. We’ll hopefully see you soon. Bye.

Thanks to Dan Monaco for this pic of Jay and Tracy in Breckenridge for the birthday breakfast. That's quite a rig and quite a birthday!