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Original Fromme RPO was put in because some Mountain Bikers were acting like assholes.  It was also an increasingly small number of spots (less streets) and a growing user base.  Some evenings and weekends it was a real shit show up there and the residents (understandably) complained.

Now the latest Covid restrictions are to try and thin the surge of crowds all trying to access the same trail access points.  Before they were put in (at least what I witnessed at Hyannis trail entrances) there were incredibly busy chokepoints making physical distancing near impossible.  Add to that some of the same bad behavior witnessed when the Fromme RPO happened and it wasn't a great scene.  

Seems like the parking restrictions have been fairly effective so far, chokepoints are better.  Crowding seems better as people have figured out to ride their bikes in from a few blocks away.  Not seeing much bad behavior (Bros with lawnchair beers seem to have figured out to go away first).  Until we have a vaccine for Covid, this is the new normal so get used to it.

Posted by: Brocklanders

I'm running the Shimano 105 drivetrain and disc brakes on my gravel bike. Has been fine, no issues. Running two rings up front, don't think I'm going to convert to 1x.

I think two rings is the way to go. My 1X experience is that I’m constantly feeling slightly under or over geared which is an annoyance on a nice stretch.

Posted by: Endur-Bro

I’m looking at building an all-road bike in the future. Maybe I should spec gravel bars on it instead of regular road bars? But then where do I stop; do I swap Di2 Ultegra Disc for GRX? Might as well get the gravel frame? 

From what I can tell gravels flare out at the horns compared to a regular road bar. Anything else?

Depends.  Is this an N+1 bike and are you coming at it as a road bike that can do light duty connector trails, or a trail bike that occasionally sees some road.

I have a dedicated road bike, and wanted to expand out to more FSRs and light duty trails.  CX/Gravel with hydro discs, 1X drivetrain, and then swapped out to a flare bar after a couple of weeks for better leverage descending (like heading down to twin bridges).  I'll dump the 1X once this drivetrain wears out, and that GRX gruppo is really nice.

I swapped out standard drops for the Spank 25 flare on my CX bike.  Much prefer the wider stance of the flare on gravel descents, especially at speed.  If your rides are less tarmac and more mixed, it’s a good move imho.

Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus

All because they blocked Chinese passports? Something Sweden didnt do to my knowledge.

No. Not "all because the blocked Chinese passports". That was only part of a quick and comprehensive response. Here's a list of 124 actions Taiwan took.

https://cdn.jamanetwork.com/ama/content_public/journal/jama/938448/jvp200035supp1_prod.pdf?Expires=2147483647&Signature=TqblGVjLDNbIm~4rscGM6Kak6iN4m-ONWtogkLG9v5u0T8oTnjDAsf0B3Sl~6V9LeiazowKyVJz~dh2TbO0-N8-GUFskmeC2n-DyD4xca4Oa-Miam9C9qRWAsaGmzCRgNqijPm~mg9JxwJz~B~p~jE7bIuFCo2lDcB-tlTBhmYAn~G2YHam62R07XVpPMkTclEPWs2wu8MXXTz0DnGaY3YF7HkvbtBz~9XHa7123ODS0G2ydZy8HTcF5ry7gOAylQHdU5LHWQftqnNRu3T-kBXzAMfvofohuaJyuujaP5rNb7Rm7u1uqwNbmBcmGBm~H47-6RG5cUL-oHFdv7jc1sA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA

Some highlights

- NHIA and NIA integrate patients’ past 14-day travel history into NHIA database

- Electronic monitoring of quarantined individuals via government-issued cell phones

- NHIA database expands to cover 14-day travel history for patients from China, Hong Kong, and Macau

- Contacts traced for Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers who disembarked in Taiwan on Jan 31

- Foreigners must see an immigration officer and cannot use e-Gate (quick entry)

- Couple fined NT$300,000 (USD $10,000) for breaking 14-day home quarantine rule

- Travelers entering Taiwan must complete an accurate health declaration form or be fined up to NT$150,000 (USD $5,000)

- Government declared that violators of home isolation regulations will be fined up to NT$300,000 (USD $10,000); violators of home quarantine regulations will be fined up to NT$150,000 (USD $5,000)

- Foreigners on cruise ship MS Westerdam are not allowed to enter or transfer in Taiwan

- Taipei City Government publishes names of two Taiwanese women and one man of unclear nationality who could not be found after instructed to undergo home quarantine

- Expanded community-based surveillance measures

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This one should concern you specifically:

• Government announced the spread of fake news on epidemic can be fined up to NT$3 million (USD $100,000)

Posted by: Brocklanders

Fishermans was closed before the covid19 outbreak. There was only a closed sign for weeks , now a fence. Closed because there is a section where the bank is unstable and it keeps sliding. 

Yes heard Stanley park is nuts busy with bikes.

Yeah - it was a bummer to see the wire gate go up on Fishermans.  But you can still get over to the FSR that heads out to the resevoir if you take the spur connector down.  Just don't bother on a weekend, that zone is nuts now with all the people that have discovered the outdoors.

Thumbs up to this thread!

Kinda lost the MTB interest a couple of years ago, got into Road. Then last year, bought a cyclocross bike to do some of the gravel exploring. Loving it - gets me out into the forest again, but with the longer endurance type riding that I like from Road.

Fisherman's out to Resevoir is great. Lost lake trails in Whistler are a blast and you can circle for hours. Have ridden S2S from Whistler down to Brandywine and back a couple of times, and was planning to figure out how to take S2S down to Squamish. Delta watershed and then out to boundary bay dyke is ok (pretty flat, but somewhat interesting). Have heard that you can rip around burnaby lake, and have been up to SFU top on the old climbing trail. Good stuff!

Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus

But we're still on track for Trillions infected right?

Eventually, it'll get there.. Just because the AP is silent since they're only going to report on confirmed cases, doesnt mean its gone.

Thailands monitoring 3,000 people due to porous border issues.

Google has an Ebola drive, donating $2 for everyone $1 donated. What they plan to do with that loot is anyones guess.

Some terrorist group mailed a vial of "ebola" to a newspaper in either NZ or Oz.

Morocco cancelled their hosting of the African Cup because of Ebola fears.

I could provide (a shit ton) more links but there's really no point is there.

Just wanted to check in on how many Trillions have been infected now.

Posted by: syncro

any thoughts on half opening, ie only having half the tables available so you're maintaining social distancing to keep the place open? it's what they're doing in quebec

and when the line cook has it, and ends up breathing on everyone's food for 10 days before showing symptoms?

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-advisory-vancouver-restaurant-staff-member-tests-positive-1.4855663

sorry you had to shut down tashi.  i have friends who've had to do the same, it's awful

Posted by: Brocklanders

The lift lines at Whistler just became a non issue. So there's that.

I'm not in a hurry to trap myself in a gondola with 7 strangers during an outbreak of an airborne viral pandemic. So I guess Fitzsimmons/Garbo/Emerald up?