Ep. 182 ~ Ulrich "Uba" Bartholmoes, Triple Crown 2024 Begins
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Last year Ulrich Bartholmoes, who goes by Uba, won the Tour Divide in his first attempt with a time of 14d 2h 23m. This year he's back to defend his title at the Tour Divide, but he's got bigger goals than that. This year he will be attempting to complete the Triple Crown of Bikepacking (Tour Divide, Colorado Trail Race, and Arizona Trail race) and he's gunning to beat the current record time of 27d 18h 33m set by Jay Petervary in 2015.
Uba's approach to ultra bikepack racing is different from most. He's incorporated advanced training methods inspired by pro tour riders and driven by his passion for optimization of himself, his equipment, and his training. And he seemingly attacks his training and preparation with the same detail and veracity that he applies to his racing.
I caught up with him days before the start of the race at his hotel in Calgary. We dived into his plans for this year, his goals, and his unique training protocols. It seems that he's left no stone unturned, no bolt un-torqued, and no bearing un-greased. But as he says in the episode, it's a long race, and training and preparation can only take you so far.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick |
| 0:04.6 | and I am your host. And on today's episode, back on the podcast is Ulrich Bartholamos, also known as |
| 0:11.2 | Uba, who was first on the podcast after winning Tort Divid in 2023. You can go back and listen to |
| 0:18.5 | that episode if you'd like to. It's episode 152. And on today's episode, he's back at the start line of the 2024 tour divide, this time defending his title. But this year, he's also going for a big goal. He is going to be attempting the triple crown of bike packing. On today's |
| 0:39.9 | episode, we're going to be diving into his training and preparation not only for the tour |
| 0:44.0 | to Vibe, but for the Triple Crown at large. And we are going to be following Uber on his journey |
| 0:51.4 | by doing a podcast after every attempt. |
| 0:55.8 | So you have all that to look forward to. |
| 0:58.7 | And I'm going to make this introduction short and sweet because I've got to hop on a plane. |
| 1:03.2 | My sister's getting married and I'm supposed to be there. |
| 1:05.7 | So let us get into today's episode. |
| 1:08.7 | But first, let us take a moment to thank the people that made it |
| 1:11.7 | possible, starting with our latest batch of patrons. So this week, we would like to thank |
| 1:17.1 | Garrett Hall and Chase Bodwin for signing up to be sustaining members of the Bikes for Death |
| 1:22.7 | podcast. We can't produce these episodes without your support, and it is greatly appreciated. |
| 1:29.4 | So if you appreciate the work over here at Bikes for Death, a great way to support what we're doing is over at patreon.com forward slash bikes or death. |
| 1:38.9 | Now, today's episode is also brought to us by a new event, the Arkansas Graveller, and I've got Scotty Moody |
| 1:46.1 | here to tell us all about it. |
| 1:51.2 | All right, everybody, today I want to introduce you to Scotty Moody, who's here to tell us |
| 1:56.8 | about a brand new event in Arkansas that I will be attending later this month. So Scotty, |
| 2:03.7 | first of all, welcome to the podcast. Thank you, Patrick. It's good to be here. Absolutely. Well, |
| 2:10.0 | I'm excited to be in Arkansas next month, or later this month, you've got a really exciting event. So |
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