UPDATE:
Wheels, wetsuit, shoes, goggles showed up. Just need a frame and helmet. Please!

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"It's nice to be great, but far greater to be nice"

Oh man, that sucks.

I think the conventional advice in similar situations is get down to the expo ASAP and see if he can use one of the vendor bikes. Others have had success with this route.

Have him call the local bike stores

In a pinch I was able to rent a very nice bike for a Tri and was very happy with it


Cost something around $100

I posted your post on Ironman Haugesund's Facebook page.
Haugesund is a small city, but a city full of really nice people.

Hopefully your brother in law will race on something comfortable.

Awesome! Thank you all very much!

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"It's nice to be great, but far greater to be nice"

Hi
The race director for IM Haugesund just PM me.
He asked your bother in law to contact him directly and that he will help to solve this.

https://www.facebook.com/ironmanhaugesund/posts/2313972605331832?comment_id=2314012888661137&notif_id=1530294058325348&notif_t=feed_comment


I have PMed you the RD's cell phone number

Halvard, thank you so much for your help . He actually just got a call his bike was shipped to another airport. I guess there are no buses or ferries the rest of the day (not sure what time it is there) but he will catch a bus tomorrow morning. Thanks for your kindness!

Dan

If you’re ever in Chicago let me know!

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Small world! Bike is in my car and it will be handed over tomorrow!

I was at IM Expo representing sailfish, IM RD asked me if I knew someone heading up from Stavanger (as I live there and bike was stranded there). He had arranged to collect it from customs.

I didnt find someone, but as my 15 year old was home alone I had now had another good reason to head home for the night.

Collected bike 1 hr ago and will get it to Haugesund 10am ish tomorrow.

Tusen takk. Utrolig bra :-)

All the thanks should go to the local organizers in Haugesund and the surrounding area.
They are amazing.

This is amazing!

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Eliot
blog thing - strava thing

This is the kind of tale that would usually show up in a click-bait BuzzFeed article. Pretty incredible of all parties involved!

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ZONE3 - We Last Longer

How was your brother in law's race at IM Norway?
Did everything work out?

I could tell from the broadcast that the swimming course was new and innovating.

Looked up the swim course after reading your comment - that's definitely an unusual shape. I'd probably get horribly lost on it!

Scheherazade wrote:

Looked up the swim course after reading your comment - that's definitely an unusual shape. I'd probably get horribly lost on it!

Go to 22 minutes in this video and you will see that the swim course has lines like a pool. So it is actually really easy to swim in.
You will not be lost :-)

Even better, go to 54 minutes and you will see it in action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_PXW_cUBr8&t=15385s

Oh thanks for the link! I see what you mean. Now I'm thinking maybe my first IM should be Norway (I am contemplating Copenhagen).