serviceguy
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I would try that in my backyard, unfortunately my neighbor stays up late...you make me feel jelly of Bailey, she does that every day, multiple times a day...
Going Long and Hard.
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Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Spent some time today getting feedback from Nome Veterans about Drop Bag Timing and reliability. I figured about 25% would get lost. JayP and Jay Cable suggest that number is significantly higher. So I ordered another couple hundred dollars worth of Good to Go Meals and 15 Green Belly meals. My main plan for now is to ship a ton of stuff to McGratch and the ITI staffed drop in Cripple. Those are guaranteed to get there. Ruby, Gelena, and White Mountain are all Checkpoints at people's houses so they're also mostly reliable. Should be able to make it work within those parameters as long as I don't get caught in weather or trail conditions that stop me for an unknown time. Last of my drop stuff will be here before the weekend and then I'll button those up.
one piece crank
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@jimvreeland - I really dig all the prep stuff! Thanks for these updates and keep it coming!
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I use the Large Flat Rate USPS boxes so they're $20 a pop...$200 in Shipping for all of them hopefully. I'm gonna see how small I can get my meals and try to pack into the smaller Flat Rate box to save a few bucks.
At least you don't have to deal with Specialized now selling consumer direct to compete with Canyon. I guess they weren't making enough on Click and Collect.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
We still sorta do because owned shops have Sales Goals.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Cleaning up my light set-up. I originally had it routed and taped to the outside of the fork in case something happened, but then I was like, something is less likely to happen if it's inside the fork 🤔
I have a few inches of wire rolled up and ziptied inside the bracket for a field repair if needed.
I have a few inches of wire rolled up and ziptied inside the bracket for a field repair if needed.
bigW
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The Kalmyk
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The unknown makes it fun huh🤘🏻🤘🏻
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
It's the whole point of doing it. Like playing Chess, but you could die.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Oh hey, it's another batch of food. I have 15 of these Meal Bars now. Figure these will be great for Lunch so I don't have to cook 3 times per day. Save some gas. They don't pack any smaller so I'll have to mail them out to McGrath, Cripple, and Gelena. Those will be my big drops.
And 1 box of batteries. I was supposed to get 2 but I think it got lost.
Buying M&Ms and Swedish Fish last so I don't eat them now.
And 1 box of batteries. I was supposed to get 2 but I think it got lost.
Buying M&Ms and Swedish Fish last so I don't eat them now.
serviceguy
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Are you going to post a complete recap of your setup for Alaska? Both bike and camping equipment…maybe worth in order to make sure you don’t forget anything LOL
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
It's sort of an evolving theme. I probably won't have my exact setup until Race Start. As JayP always says, you don't need to be ready until the Start Gun goes off.
But here's a first draft from my overnight ride Saturday into this morning. I ran about 90% loaded.
The biggest differences is that for ITI I'll run 4 Anything Cages on the fork. 2 Revelate Feedbags. My jPaks huge top tube bag. And I'll run my Fuel Bottle on the downtube. I'll probably also run my mini handlebar bag to keep spare electronics. I ran 1 pannier with my pot, stove and food and had spare layers in the other. That side will also be filled with food.
During this training ride I only ate Lunch on the trail and skipped dinner and breakfast in 24 hours. I pushed the bike for about 6 hours in total.
serviceguy
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The ride didn’t show up on Strava, keeping it on the down lawn not to give any tips to the competition? Where did you ride?
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I used my eTrex so it doesn't automatically Upload, I have to do it.
ekuhn
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Saw you on Canal Rd and you looked zoned in. Was shocked you were on the road, figured maybe the towpath hasn't gotten any better since the storm in Sept. but you seem to break some trail regardless.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I had to walk from Griggstown to Rocky Point so I took the road back to Griggstown...