Ultracycling

They're poking out near his thumb. I'm usually covering mine with my hands but like I said I can slide back a little and look like this pic. Depends on what's going on.

Actually this is how I normally hold the bars in ultras...

ultegra Di2

Yes, thanks for that - that's closer to where I have them now.
The pic I found was from the shoot without bar tape so probably not set up properly.

I've tried that but not sure it would be comfortable for 18-hour days!

If you're as grumpy as me you get used to it.

This is my next upgrade, although means replacing my bars again as pretty sure the current ones have a stupid shape that won't allow di2 ends. Plus I think I'm out of spare ports.

Bas his RaTN report (Google Translate does an ok job)
https://www.strava.com/activities/5232963867
https://www.strava.com/activities/5245631019

Giant propel converted to SS?

An email from Anna re TCR and fact that EU green certificates would mean impossible for fair racing. Decision end of month but it seems very unlikely its this year. Feel very badly for them, have put in huge amount of effort

EU green certificates

A what now?

Apparently all the cool kids have them - they are the ‘new powermeters’

Yeah, found the questionnaire a bit odd and now I'm confused as from the french consulate website it seems to suggest you need to self-isolate for 7 days on arrival in France? Presume it's just not been updated.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/covid-19-digital-green-certificates_en

Honesty, with the best will in the world, it was never going to work.

Basically if you have been vaccinated and have a digital pass you smash right through border controls. And if you dont you could be stuck for ages - which is not in spirt of level playing field

We always feared events involving more than one country would be last to return to normalcy...

Agreed; I have said keep my money and see you in ‘22. I might even be fit by then....

Ta

Gracious move.

Honesty, with the best will in the world, it was never going to work.

I think you're too sceptical about honesty. :)

https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-trav­el-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19­-vaccines-europeans/covid-19-digital-gre­en-certificates_en

The key part is:

Summer By the EU - The Commission will set up a digital infrastructure that would facilitate the authentication of the Digital
Green Certificates

By the Member States - Introduce the necessary changes in their
national health records systems

That's never happening in the next couple of months, not in order to create an EU-wide system for checking at entry points. Mind you they might just do it at ports and airports and assume if you are inside the EU on a land border, someone else checked you (works for Luxembourg)

That said, I don't know that the EU has even worked with the UK on it so it'd only be EU residents I guess even if it did work.

Maybe this isn't the right thread but the European Divide Trail site went live: https://europeandividetrail.com/
7600km offroad from Portugal to Norway.

Related: https://www.polarsteps.com/AndyCox/3640082-european-divide-trail-quickly

Maybe a good shakedown ride for my new MTB? :)

This looks awesome, It's amazing that people go to such efforts to put routes like this together.

B-Hard started this morning, with Ulrich B and Ben Davies. Very limited field with a mix of racers and tourers.
Tracker: https://gps.blackblox.si/race/84
Ulrich vlogging a bit in his Insta Stories https://www.instagram.com/ubartholmoes/