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Yep, making your own might not be the easiest/cheapest/best option, but I like making things every once in a while, it was pretty simple and I already had everything I needed. A pole from broken tent, that I put under a webbing like on the Pronghorn, right where the daisy chain used to be on the Joey. And four velcro straps under that for handlebar attachment. And a piece of webbing for the headtube strap, that was an old strap of a helmet. Three straps for the drybag. Foam padding from a sleeping pad, not much of it so there's more clearance above tyre.

I don't keep the tent poles in there, as they're so long, they go on toptube or saddlebag.

The Alpkit Joey is pretty useless as such, would be more secure to just strap the tent to the bars. I made my own, using some of the material from the Joey, a tent pole and webbing, inspired by Revelate Pronghorn, which apparently is great. And my DIY version has been decent too.

I used my Barley again this week for a change instead of a modern drybag, I do like it.

I've patched some holes and covered the bottom with leather, as it wore through at where it meets the Bagman.

René Herse front rack is ~190g; I'd assume that you could get a custom support at that kind of weight.

You could use that too. Like this

Without cantis, use the version that goes to tabs on the fork/frame and have those brazed on to it. And then use the qr clamp with that.

Yeah, complicated situation, even if it is possible to travel there, but according to the email updates, he still wants to make it happen. He lives in Kyrgyzstan now so he knows how it is there.

Swiss bike adventure is happening too apparently, in July.

SRMR has not yet been cancelled, they will confirm in the beginning of July, if it is possible to happen.

I like how 650b's ride more than 700x40. The latter feels bigger, less nimble etc. and I had toe overlap. But my bike has higher bb than Arkose.

Are the 800 hollow like some other Shimano cranks? If yes, hope they don't end up here . At least the 600 cranks are not hollow.

I bought the 600 so I could get them in 165mm and 46/30.

Week 6/6 of the 100pushups.com challenge looks like this. Three days like this to go and then a final test on Saturday I suppose. The sets are still quite easy, but doing that every day, there's some volume, I feel a bit stiff and tired on some days but fine on most. Kind of boring at this point to do them so many times a day every day and hard to keep up with it when I've been out somewhere, like a couple of bikepacking weekends. But still it's been good to do something to break up the work days and have a challenge.

I'm 73-75kg. Two of my friends that have had one of those cranks crack are lighter than I am.

Yeah, would be relevant if the bar is actually really wide, like the widest new gravel drop bars or mtb bars.

You can reach further straight ahead of your shoulders than at an angle to the side, as with a wider bar.
I went from a 40 to 46 and both are good with the same. The 40 was narrower than my shoulders and 46 wider, so in the end the difference seems to be pretty small.

Here's my Miche Primato Advanced with a crack. At least three others I know have found similar, all noticed it before it snapped. I bought mine secondhand, looked like new, and used for commuting and such for 2-3 years.

Can't remember anything in particular. It had been in daily use for three years.

I've heard of and seen several Primato advanced cranks developing a crack and found a crack on mine too recently. Took them of before they snapped. The crack is usually behind the driveside arm, like this, not my picture.

I've had an Andel crank snap too though.

Maybe they just assume that's all you're doing.

Probably, but at least for now, the two easy sets at a time feel like they don't need much recovery, being so short and far from max.
For example last week I also rode 15-16 hours and did a few pull ups every other day, doesn't feel like too much.
Doing sets throughout the day every day will get annoying at some point for sure, when there's other things to do.

I've been doing the other hundred push up challenge now, 100pushups.com. more volume than hundredpushups.com as you do it every day and looks like more reps each day too, but spread through the day so that it feels pretty easy and doesn't make you sore. Makes you get up and do something every now and then. Every 7th day is a test of your max and then the sets are half of that. Takes some commitment to be at it several times a day every day though, but doesn't take much time. Can't say I'd had much results yet, but at least it's good to do something during work days.

Basically, drink beer and you feel better and can get shit done.

I used to know a guy, who was competing in weightlifting drunk, he said booze makes it easier to get in the mood. He even squatted a national record drunk, then on another day he'd had too much and tried to clean instead of deadlift or something. Might work on a stationary bike too?

Brake pad backwards and misspelled Kaisei twice, borderline trolling.

A very nice bike though.

ITI has been cancelled in the middle of the race.

Safety Investigation

As the result of a large storm surge in the Norton Sound that
disrupted the sea ice and created flooding, combined with the closure
of most villages to outsiders due to COVID-19 concerns, all athletes
have been personally contacted and asked to shelter in place once they
reach a checkpoint.

The ITI team has been actively examining the safety of further travel
and will release further details as the investigation unfolds.

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Storm Surge Impacts Trail Between Shaktoolik And Koyuk

Today’s investigation revealed that last night’s winter storm caused
water levels to surge 3 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line in
the Norton Sound, depending on location. Those surges created cracks
in the sea ice, pushed water on top of the ice through those cracks
and broke shorefast ice loose on the coast. As a result, all routes
over the Norton Bay from Shaktoolik to Koyuk are impassable due to
open water or overflow and no consistent overland trails between the
villages have been created this winter.

Toni Lund and Jussi Karjalainen, who were both brought back to
Shaktoolik last night by search and rescue personnel, were flown to
Unalakleet this afternoon to await flights back to Anchorage with the
other six athletes who have not yet crossed Norton Bay - George Adams,
Graham Muir, Roberto Gazzoli, Willy Mulonia, Asbjørn Bruun and Beat
Jegerlehner.

https://www.iditarodtrailinvitational.com/news

https://www.iditarodtrailinvitational.com/tracking

I'm the city official managing/coordinating it.

Yes it's been opened in the beginning of April since 2018, instead of May, and now it's only just over a week earlier than that.

Thanks, yes I'm that Samuli, one of the people to make that happen. The idea was coming from every direction, even THL and then deputy mayor, which made it easier.

The recommendation from THL's Markku Tervahauta was in his twitter, and then that was in Helsingin sanomat along with some other instructions.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/03/12/boom-new-citi-bike-stats-show-cycling-surge-is-real-but-mayor-is-not-acting/

https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/the-safest-ways-to-travel-amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak-according-to-experts/

https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/citi-bike-struggling-to-keep-up-with-coronavirus-ridership-spike/

Here in Finland, the head of the National Institute for Health and Welfare said it would be preferable to walk or ride a bike for transport when possible.

The public bike share isn't in use during the winter in Helsinki, but season will be opened just a bit earlier to give an option to using other public transport, starting on Monday instead of April.