09/02/2025
3-TIME RAAM FINISHER KABIR RACHURE TO RETURN IN 2025
Here’s a great video about Kabir Rachure (India), a lawyer from India who is also a very fast ultra-cyclist who has completed the Race Across America three times and has gotten faster each time. His first RAAM in 2019 took him 11 days, 22 hours, and 43 minutes (10.71 mph average). He chopped off nearly 11 hours in 2022 when he rode in 11 days, 11 hours, and 30 minutes.
In 2023 he cut off a huge chunk--10 Days, 19 Hours, 21 Minutes (11.71 mph average) and finished second in the under-50 solo male category. Will 2025 be the year he trims even more time and finishes in under 10 days? If he can, he might even take one more step up on the podium.
Rachure is fast and capable, but he’s also a super nice guy with a sense of humor. In 2023, when he finished, he rode under the finish line arch wearing a Garfield the Cat shirt, sandals, and casual shorts—much to the amusement of his crew. “I was tired of wearing bike shorts,” he said with a shrug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaQTExtrflE