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are these the ec70 ax?
Yes, thought they had the same shape.
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This is easton ax, plenty of space at the back of the drops I'd say.
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There's a newsletter you can sign up to here: https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-ride-across-finland-2020/
This is what's been said so far:
Ruska 2021 will be ridden 10.-18.9.2021. Theme of the 2021 route is geology.
Start: Olkiluoto
CP1: Björköby CP2: Rokua CP3: Ревда Finish: Saariselkä Map and
preliminary parkours can be found at
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1dXlS3YUTMY9ylojxETHBDgcam4djyyf_&usp=sharing -
It is quite an experience for sure, the north is really special and the event is great for trying out what you're capable of.
I loved how modest modest the finish was for the first year when I rode this. It was at a medieval chapel in northern Norway, right next to the Russian border and the sea. There was no one and it was 60 km from the closest town. Got there at night and slept there in my bivy, at the gate of the old cemetery. Quite a party for being the first finisher. Kind of like the Tour Divide finish. This year the finish was in a town, but the vibe of it being about the ride and about your own experience is the same. And after that the finishers will gather somewhere close by.
Here are daily overviews of last years event, in english, if you want to see read more:
https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-day-one/
https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-day-two/
https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-day-three/
https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-day-four/
https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-day-five/
https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-day-six/
https://www.randonneurs.fi/ruska-day-seven/
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Yeah it did with a similar amount of participants as before. I wrote dailyish dotwatcher writeups again, though in Finnish. The situation with covid was pretty calm for the summer and through september, though crossing the border to Norway, where the finish was, in Vardø, could have been a problem but wasn't.
There's already some info on the checkpoints for next year too. -
Also, while I had lots of fun on that bike there, I've liked off road riding so much I bought a Stanton Sherpa after I got home from there. Here's a picture from an overnighter a couple of weeks ago.
I've put a dropper post on it since.
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Thanks, it was.
My fingers got numb after PBP for a week or two in 2015, and I had slight similar symptoms after TCR the next year, but after that I've done even longer rides without problems. The fit is pretty much the same still. I do change the hand positions more often now and generally having my hands and core more used to the long rides must have made a difference, even though I had been riding a few hour rides for years before any of this. Just trying to harden the fuck up is probably not the right answer but anyway.