After a pair of hope fatsno hubs

135mm FDS or 150mm front
177mm rear.

Anyone got anything suitable in the spares boxes?

I’m a huge fan of the halo vapour 35’s

They do a 50mm one too.

The trusty Garmin 520plus is getting pretty high mileage now and the battery life on it has taken a real dive. Half tempted to investigate replacing the battery as it pains be to stop using tech purely because of a battery needing replacement. Wanted to explore what devices people would recommend as...

What sort of money would the Yari be on its own?

Maxxis in particular always seem to come up mega small so you might get a wider tyre in than you think.

I dunno why they label their fatbike ones, the 4.8”
Ones are 4.2” on a good day!

Dt swiss br710 fatbike rims £73

https://www.bikester.co.uk/dt-swiss-br- ... 03081.html

Kinesis is 490mm , know a few people who have this one

https://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/Catalogu ... IGHT-BOOST

Yep I’ve got one.

Unfortunately it’s inside my fork at the minute.

The bike rides better with a 100mm one IMO (and I have one) so it’s on the todo list to take the 120mm one back out and sell it.

If you can wait, I can help!

Xr2 tyres are rapid at low psi, I’d just use something like that fully rigid

After some 29+ rims 32h

All considered width 35mm upwards

Even if it does turn out to be a small, that’s worth 500 notes to the masses all day long,

Even the cheap used Halfords voodoo ones go for 400 used, don’t undersell it … to the masses anyway.

Every crest mk3 I ever had racing xc cracked at the spoke holes, never had one fail though.

Would never trust stans stuff again

Mine is exactly as per your pic in terms of shedding ‘scales’

Mudhugger fathugger

I may be biased though as I did all their prototype testing in the early days! Seriously though I’ve not found anything better. Fathugger on the front and a normal 29er rear mudhugger out back, no need for the extension kit with 4” tyres

I would add a picture. It that is beyond my skillset!

Wouldn’t even know where to host an image these days!

Aah okay, maybe it’s not as bad as I had feared.

Mine must be getting on for 2 years old I guess, never noticed it before which is the weird thing

Made a bit of a post bb200 sleep deprived error yesterday. Threw my Columbia outdry in the washing machine (which I’ve done before no issues) except this time I’d accidentally used fabric softener/conditioner which the label explicitly says not to! It’s a red and grey one with pit zips, the red area...

You and me both, the link is sparse on details.

Cue an absolute shocker of a route next year.... My thoughts exactly, the only time I swore this time was at some turnips that delivered a front wheel washout! The 2017 route I swore many many times over tussocks, bogs, trails I couldn’t find/see, you know the stuff I’m talking about! I am miles aw...

Sorry should’ve popped that in the og post

https://www.pancelticrace.com/news/the-gravel-rally

Have a down jacket if it’s of any use?

Just seen a post on social media from the pan Celtic organisers about the gravel rally, an 80mile, 10,000 footer in north wales designed to be sub24hrs. Anyone know anything about the route? Snowdonia is not an area I’ve done that much riding other than the trickle in and out during gbduro and a bla...

Thanks again for another great event, Really needed the headspace that these type of events give you from everyday life. Needed it more than usual with everything of late. Also glad I haven’t forgot how to suffer, with the lack of training the wheels fell off earlier but the resilience to just keep ...

Anyway, yes no reason why we can't now share our Oct rides, thoughts, observations, etc. OMG it's a horrible route isn't it? Don't forget to turn left at the tree. I wouldn't recommend the turnips at the food stop. Mind the wolves. Hands up who got stacked it in the turnip field…. Probably just me ...

See you all early doors tomorrow, driving over for 7ish. It’s been over 12 months since I’ve used all my bikepacking gear, have moved house as well in that time. Bike, clothes and shoes are in the van. Anything else I forget I’m sure I’ll make do without! Defo attempting the 200, haven’t got the mil...