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Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:35 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
The sunday blatt. An opportunity to gun our cars far from home on twisty mountains road full of hairpin and curves!
Last time during the shake down, i did not climb high enough to my expectations... So i needed to challenge my elan one step further...
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:41 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
So we met with my friend laurent and his caterham. The odds were against us an ironman event was taking place close to our meeting point. It has been hell to get on the right roads, free of bikes and sweaty athletes...
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:43 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
First good news, the road to the pass was open
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:46 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
After overtaking cars, deutsch camping cars, bus and trucks.... Now we had to be cautious because of stones on the road. Some were bigger than others... With sharp edges, no good for a wet sump nor for the tires.
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:49 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
Some warnings were not necessary as the sun was shinning. A really nice day for a blatt
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:51 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
Pikes peak start is at 2865m. Wow i was not even close...
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:54 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
We kept on pushing the engines chasing each other.
He is driving a super seven caterham sigma cup, approx 150bhp
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:57 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
His ecu had trouble with the altitude. He was loosing power, and his exhaust was banging loud with unburnt fuel...
He could feel my breath on his neck...
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:00 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
I drove as far and high as i could. Untill a wall of snow blocked the road
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:02 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
Some people kept walking to the top... You might be able to see a snow truck on top of the pic
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:05 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
Normally, you should be able to drive to the top and drive down on the other side... But it looked like the other side of the road had not be shovelled yet....
And don t you stare at me like that cause i ain ?t gonna do it!
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:08 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
2731 m is the max i achieved with my 1972 elan.
The view was great!
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:10 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
Snow walls...
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:12 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
His sigma cup has some carbon bits...
Re: Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:15 pmby Pistacchio sprint 72
Here better...
And he has painted red the underside of his front and rear wings...
Hence the brand sig at the rear.
Yeah... I get along well with weirdos!