Something radically awesome and uber geeky is happening this year at ORAMM! I, myself, being a techhead, first and foremost, have been checking out this technology for quite some time now. It was shown successful at the Great Divide earlier this year and now officially hits the most important race on the calendar, ORAMM!
Here it is quoted straight from a quote from Team Dicky's Blog:
We're going to be testing out a new thing this year...GPS tracking. A handful of the top riders will be equipped with a GPS unit that will track their movements on a fancy little computer program. This should allow us to give spectators an accurate idea of when the top finishers will be crossing the finish line. Pretty cool. Thanks to AMB i.t. (Champion Chip) for making this possible. We look forward to seeing how this new technology will work for backcountry mountain biking.
Now remember, when the leader finishes the race, simply add 4 more hours and you should get my time, roughly, give or take an hour... :)
More information here: http://blueridgeadventures.blogspot.com/2009/07/gps-race-tracker.html
This is going to be some kind of cool!
Cheers!
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