I like it

Yee Haw, hoping 2021 works out for the 1000

How does one get a camping permit for the Grand Canyon south bound in late October?

looks good
nice craftsmanship

Sticktoitiveness is right! Hopefully he's at least getting a tailwind out of all this weather. I was surprised no one chose to start at the state line.

I was looking at that, but windy.com shows that the big winds mainly blow from the south, but you would be able to start in late September or early October and ride towards the warmth

What happened to Paul Kudzas?

and what about all the others signed up on Trailforks? aren't they leaving it a bit late for the 1000, since snow is in the forecast already

where did  you go?

Anyone starting tomorrow?

Good luck everyone attempting
Hopefully we Canadians can join the fun next year

WOW, this may even be better than the AZTR800.  Any thought of making the 1000 the non-offical/official route for future races?

Update June 25 2020
100% of the route has now been ridden, just not as a Thru Bike, but in sections.
Updates to the route have not been added to the overnighter / short loops /sections (refer to 2020 July gps track)

thanks for the report, looks like fun

David seemed to "know best" about Lael too and has ended up on the wrong side of history in my opinion.  I hope everything opens up this year so you get to ride, but listening to the news about the USA, I am losing hope.

Hi Scott
With Topofusion Pro, I am not getting very many map overlay tiles along the AZTR, just a very small scale topo map for the majority of it

looks good, especially with the frame bags

any stitching technique that folds under or tapes the edges that can fray and the leaves the most worked over seam on the inside of the tank will work
also to fold right side out, start at one end of the open zipper face and start pulling up the floor from that end through the open zipper (if this is really hard, then your tank fabric is probably already stiff enough that it doesn't need extra plastic)

you could sew the fourth edge of each face closed after you insert the plastic
or you could leave the bottom inside fourth edge open of the two side faces, insert the plastic while the tank is inside out, then bend everything back to right side out

Update Feb 20 2020
A winter overnighter for Kelowna and more photos added

use a crazy carpet.  Far more plastic for the buck (or loonie)
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/classicturbo-carpet-48-in-0825201p.html

my favourites link  still works, but I have to "open ink in a new private window" to navigate around the forum and view other topics

But great to see you are mostly back

curious too, but wonder if you would need a heavier bar to be strong enough in the middle to mount inner bar ends to