https://instagram.com/p/BVm2saGlf7A/

I ride this bike most of the time these days.

Occasionally this one

https://instagram.com/p/BQaPwHwAPn1/

Or this one:

https://instagram.com/p/BJ7UrGAgGpk/

Locked and loaded, ready for Rovaniemi 300



3 days later, between Purolan and Ahvenlampi - sun out but it was below -20C



Custom titanium frame, forks and rack from Waltly, 90mm carbon rims, 1x11 XT drivetrain, 26 chainring 11-42 cassette

Dovebiker wrote:

I love when normal civilians see bikes like this and say "How the f*** does that thing move!??"

"How the f*** does that thing move!??"

Here’s my do it all bike, Ritchey P-29er. It does bikepacking, Mtb races, cyclocross races and single speed, but lately more often playgroup run with a child’s bike trailer.

I carry a torch for those Ritchey frames, god damn they are sweet.

Here's my Dawes Acoma 26er, bought for £71.89 (brand new) on eBay last year. It had been in the back of the shed awaiting use with a bike hire company for several years but never left the box.
I love the ally frame, its the perfect size and fit for me. It feels really responsive and nippy and I can fling it about like a kid but still be comfortable on long rides. I have treated it poorly on more than 3500 miles of trips, never replacing the chain, sprockets or even brake pads. It has never let me down, but is due a full overhaul now. The bb is a bit low tbh and I have snapped a few teeth off the big chainring as a result. The components are a bit crappy - 3x8 suntour/acera with a RST shock, so I would like to upgrade things instead of just replacing. Might have to wait a bit though as I have just bought the boy a new (to him) bike (see below).

Joe's new bike - a On One Whippet, carbon frame 16in 26er. It has Fox float forks, SLX groupset 1x11 and came with a charge spoon saddle and crank brothers bars (both now replaced). The rims are Superstar components EX23's, with a nobby nic on the front and maxxis ikon on the rear. It weighs in at 11.4kg, a saving of over 2.5kg on his old bike. It is slightly large for him yet, but he is much faster on it, particularly up hills. I got it for £250 Gumtree in Moffat from a bike mad kid who was happy it was going to be ridden, not left to rot in a shed.

cragrat73 wrote:

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Here’s my do it all bike, Ritchey P-29er. It does bikepacking, Mtb races, cyclocross races and single speed, but lately more often playgroup run with a child’s bike trailer.

If they ever do them in that colour scheme again my wife better hide my credit card!

restlessnative wrote:

cragrat73 wrote:

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Here’s my do it all bike, Ritchey P-29er. It does bikepacking, Mtb races, cyclocross races and single speed, but lately more often playgroup run with a child’s bike trailer.

If they ever do them in that colour scheme again my wife better hide my credit card!

Hear Hear!

That On One Whippet is gorgeous, love the red rims.
I had a ex-rent Dawes a few years back, great frame quality. Pick up a deore groupset off CRC for about £200, be worth the upgrade, especially considering the price you paid for it!

screescree wrote:That On One Whippet is gorgeous, love the red rims.

Thanks. I don't think the rims are original, just a bit of luck that it came with such great components. After I bought it I went all over it checking the weight of everything and was very pleasantly surprised that the rims, tyres, carbon seat post and so on were as light as any I would have chosen. The bike has been well used, which was why it was so cheap I suppose, but I felt it was a good deal the more I looked at it. It has been owned by someone who knows their stuff. We tackled quite a few hills at the weekend that the boy would normally have got off to push, and he just kept on going upwards, which was great.

For the Dawes I will keep a lookout for a cheap groupset on eBay over the winter. It has the bosses for disk brakes so I would like to fit those, which will mean different brake/gear levers too. For now it is rideable as it is, the middle gears slip a bit, but I still have plenty either side. I will just run this chainset into the ground and make sure I keep my chain tool with me!

Borderer wrote:

screescree wrote:That On One Whippet is gorgeous, love the red rims.

Thanks. I don't think the rims are original, just a bit of luck that it came with such great components. After I bought it I went all over it checking the weight of everything and was very pleasantly surprised that the rims, tyres, carbon seat post and so on were as light as any I would have chosen. The bike has been well used, which was why it was so cheap I suppose, but I felt it was a good deal the more I looked at it. It has been owned by someone who knows their stuff. We tackled quite a few hills at the weekend that the boy would normally have got off to push, and he just kept on going upwards, which was great.

For the Dawes I will keep a lookout for a cheap groupset on eBay over the winter. It has the bosses for disk brakes so I would like to fit those, which will mean different brake/gear levers too. For now it is rideable as it is, the middle gears slip a bit, but I still have plenty either side. I will just run this groupset into the ground and make sure I keep my chain tool with me!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shim ... prod136647

Leaves you room for brake levers in the future as well
Which reminds me, they have discount on Disc Brakes at the moment...

Thanks, will check it out

Thought I'd dig this thread up now that my shiny new bike is ready to go

^ Nice! Enjoy .. I bought a Ti SF ~6 years ago and still think it's the most all-round fun bike I've ever ridden

Ridiculously jealous. God damn.....

Nowt special but does me. On On 29er Inbred, cheap Chinese carbon forks, Stans Crests on Hope hubs, still running 9 speed double.
inbred 008 by youngray50, on Flickr

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba-LY0AleTF ... bikepacker

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bay7ZoBF-ya ... bikepacker

Here’s a Yolk - Genesis Longitude with boing fitted for my lanky arms:

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That latitude looks like it’s running 29 x 3” tyres. Thought that yr they didn’t have clearance for that size tyre? It’s a 2016 right?

Burko73 wrote:That latitude looks like it’s running 29 x 3” tyres. Thought that yr they didn’t have clearance for that size tyre? It’s a 2016 right?

As a bikepacker, you should know not to get your longitudes and latitudes mixed up

Love the Longitude, I just picked a 2018 frame up which I am running as a 29'er, thinking about swapping it to 27.5+, going to use it for commuting and touring.

Untitled by Simon Kirk, on Flickr

@Burko73: Well, they said they don’t have clearance but sometimes you have to try anyway. Same as their geo sheets being a bit out it would have seem... Anyway, once you get past all this, they are great bikes and that’s my n’th Genesis now. This one is being replaced with the Tarn, still have my DayOne SS

Funnily enough I’ve got a latitude and longitude got all mixed up there for a moment...