Do the batteries just act as a cache to smooth out the supply of power to devices being charged or are they more like a power bank? If a device is plugged in, it'll act as a buffer. No device plugged in charges the battery so you can eg disengage it from your dyno/lamp for the night and charge your...

Does anyone use one? Are they hard to build, I have a soldering kit and pretty basic soldering ability? Are there plans in English for the headset model? What do you house the non headset model in? Do you use the normal or extra capacity batteries? There is a price list but can't see how to buy the...

As I stated many times before; SON 28 and "Forumslader" It doesn't get any better. Have the SON on my fatbike which only gets used in winter on snow and thus hasn't (yet) seen huge distances, but still a couple of thousand km and many freeze/thaw cycles (something that kills many other dyn...

Lucky me... During a chat in this afternoons brake I was told that there's a bloke in the village I work, who holds Switzerlands largest vintage bike collection, including 200 years of history. He's got multiple penny farthings for sale and more not for sale. I called him just now and will meet him ...

Likely from July 20th to Aug 1st I'll give the Raetic Trail another try. Try to tame the beast.

You're welcome to give it a try too. I promise that any other bikepacking route will be seen in a different light.

Happy building of the Mach.

whether you do really need such low ratios Very true. I now a fellow who rides his fatbike all year round, rides on Vee's Snowshoe XXL(!) and has an 22 - 50 as the smallest gear... I too see hike a bike as my smallest gear and thus am happy with 32 - 50 being lowest. I'm even close to running 34 - ...

I like this one: http://www.bikecalc.com/speed_at_cadence on the left you also have gear inches and other options. Yeah, 32t works for me too with 10-50t. (34/11) x 29 = 89.6", (34/46) x 29 = 21.4". Close enough. I'm a scientist and spend lots and lots of time with numbers... sorry, but it...

So continuing on from my previous question on wheels... what's people's thoughts on 1x for bikepacking now? I can definitely see the appeal for trail bikes, but I'm wondering if for bikepacking purposes the steps between gears might be just as important as the range available. Getting up hills is a...

Sorry to drop in...


What tyre boots do you use?

I’d confused the white line on the arm of his shirt as part of the bar It does look a bit confusing. Crikey Gian. :shock: In thirty plus years of rock and Alpine climbing I managed just one accident (broken wrist and dislocated elbow), riding a PF sounds closer to Russian Roulette! I could tell dif...

Then there's this bloke https://www.pennyfarthingworldtour.com/ Came across him (var. publications, not personally) on his round the world trip - great stuff. But then his time line... "2005 (April) : Just starting to get fit again then took a splendid header off my Penny. A fractured knee and...

Stupid to own? No. Practical? I think you already know the answer there Gian :lol: Cheers Ian. I guess I could get some shopping done with it :wink: It's a very long way to fall. Indeed. Those crashes (youtube) look nasty... My most abiding memory was respect to those who used to race these machine...

Finally found time to read the blog entries. Grand stuff

It was great to see your dots moving steadily towards Tyndrum. It's lovely to feel so happy for two fellow cyclists you don't know in person. Hopefully I/we can change that sometime.

Try something new (old). I've always liked the thought I shoul've been born 100 years ago. Hardly any tarmac, more unchartered terrain, glaciers much larger than today, proper winters and dangerous bicycles. I'm eager to try one and travel back in time. Has anyone got some experience with one? How s...

Thanks Mart for sharing

Gosh... good going...

Mart wrote:OK things didn't quite work out as we wanted but we've learnt a lot about ourselves and the route,

Well, you surely got some intense days in and with nature.

Don't we often overlook how big a part of riding such routes this is?

Thanks for the answers. If you were ever in doubt as to the size of Russia, track along her planned route and then zoom out - she only covers about half of the country! Don't forget: true-size-countries-mercator-map-projection-james-talmage-damon-maneice-11-5790c39015e53__880.jpg it's not that big :...

What daily distance would she have to ride to break M and W record? Her route goes Moskau-Krasnoyarsk in quite a straight line, seemingly following an orthodromic distance as good as possible. This and obviously less border crossings for possible reasons? So how do such rides work? Are there exit an...

Go Jenny, go, go!

https://youtu.be/6A1-XuY3yhA

Good speed

Some I know and can recommend, all at 29 - 30 mm width internally: Newest gen Flow. Easton Arc 30, now Raceface I think. WTB KOM i29. Most impressed of the Arcs by longetivity and stiffness. WTB KOM a bit too soft for my taste. You know me, ride like berserk and mostly around 85 kg. Laura rides WTB ...

It's North America, no one bats an eye about hunting be it with gun or bow. Living off the land is very time consuming which could be why they covered so little ground. Personally I think they're a bunch of twats. Au contrary. I had a closer look into hunting when I was in Alaska 2 years ago, durin...

A glass of milk please.

Had too many drugs lately, including alcohol.

It depends more than anything on where/what I intend to ride most. So to me the simple question is; How much will I be sat in the saddle. The more technical the route, the more gear I'll carry in the back. Once I've sorted that out it then comes to climate and resupply. Know I know where (luggage di...

I think I'l take chance and try it. We're only talking about going from 71 deg to 69.5 deg so still not anywhere as near as slack as the modern bikes. It is for a fully rigid bike. It will bring the geo to just about identical to my current bike albeit with longer distance from crank to rear axle b...

Ian, our technical riding capabilities probably are very similar I think. I just make more reckless use of them. It's fair to focus on UK routes only, as it's likely where Matt will do most riding. You know much better than me Ian, which potentially is the hardest UK route. But like to think LL200 i...

:roll: So, from actual experience... all my frames I've had and measured have actually been spot by the head angle. Just recently got an angle set for my 160/150 mm travel 29er and yes, it has transformed the bike. From 66.6 to 65.1 ° and good grief! I may not be the regular bikepacking rider, but m...