FKT Smashed: Dirty Dan's Pacific Coast Record

Dirty Dan is back to break down his record-setting Pacific Coast FKT. Two conversations in now — the pre-ride chat before he rolled out, and this one, recorded less than two days after he finished — and if anything, this episode is even better than the first.

Dan rode from the US-Canada border to the Mexico border in 6 days, 15 hours, and 53 minutes, demolishing the previous record of 9 days and 13 hours across a 2,650 km route. His daily average was roughly 400 km. His total stop time across the entire effort — sleep, food, motels, gas stations, all of it — was just one day and eight hours.

How It Unfolded

The start was anything but smooth. A last-minute wind forecast check revealed a southerly headwind locking in along Oregon ...