Hey all Now the Rooster has gone, I'm looking to pick up a set of 29er wheels. Anything up to an inner width of 29mm should do - running up to 2.4 max tyres size on this wheelset. Ideally: 12x142mm Rear 15x100mm Front Or atleast convertible to the above. Let me know what you've got lurking at the ba...

Hi all Quick feeler to see the level of interest in a Singular Rooster (Large). Ideally looking to shift as a complete bike, however may consider as a rolling chasis. Full build is listed at the bottom of the article: https://bikepacking.com/bikes/mike-howarth-singular-rooster/ Drivetrain was new fo...

Where do you even start? I ended up getting back in to cycling as a form of commuting, then it supplemented my training whilst I was fell running and racing, and then it became a core component of adventure racing. Various bike trips sowed the seed of how interesting it was to see the world on a bik...

Second dibs if the sale falls through for any reason.

Never heard of Eaton Hall until this thread but just imagining a bunch of cyclists clogging up the local roads every open day who take a quick look at the hall and retreat. A few rich ones having a cuppa before disappearing. Yep - no doubt there will be a strava segment up the driveway as well :lol:

Yep Eaton Hall is definitely an elusive tile - only way to bag it will be an open day. Hoping August open day will be on, otherwise it’ll be a long wait to next year! Believe me I’ve been staring at this tile for a week or so, and had a look at pretty much every conceivable entrance - all locked gat...

Moved on to 10x10 after this weekends ride. Next tiles look relatively straightforward, however getting much past 12x12 is going to be tricky. I’d plotted a little SUP trip down the River Dee back to Chester to pick up a further 5 tiles, however looking at the map again this weekend I’d overlooked t...

Still sat on 8x8 at the minute. I've got a few tiles rogue tiles to unlock before I push on to bigger numbers, once these are done then 16x16 is ultimately very acheivable given I've covered a fairly large area over the last couple of years since I've moved to Chester. Whichever way, its given me a ...

And a surly 8 pack rack

Do you really need a compressor?

I bought a Bontrager Flash Charger a couple of years ago and its done me proud - Lezyne do a similar pump.

Honest the best money I've spent on bike bits for a good while - setting up tubless is an absolute breeze with it.

Further north through the borders definitely more suited to a gravel bike with many more road sections, but the southern section is rough - you'll know this being a Fax lad ;-) I rode the southern part in reverse last year on my gravel bike shod in 35mm tyres at the time, definitely way under gunned...

Yep I can't see the board either.

I've added myself to the Bearbones strava group so should make life a bit easier climbing myself up that leaderboard

Why have I never read this thread before

Thats me started on my tile ticking journey - only at a measly 7x7.

Clearly some catching up to do

Top thread - got to admit I'm feeling much the same and been under a lot of pressure work wise adapting to COVID19 related impact to our business. For me, a lot of the travel plans we've got have been scratched already. Likewise riding time has been a fraction of what I'd normally be doing, but the ...

I’ve got a Tubus Fly that is be happy to move on if there is any interest.

It’s in my garage storage so won’t be able to move on for a couple more weeks until restrictions are lifted.

Slowly beginning to turn my attention to the garage as well

+1 for fixthisbuildthat plans and a french cleat wall system

Yep another one working at home here - I've got a team of 20 all working remotely at the moment although I imagine work will dry up over the next couple of months. Its a pretty sub standard situation trying to motivate 20 people in this amount of uncertainty and when the arse has dropped out of the ...

Are you also stockpiling toilet roll as well Simon :lol: As others have said travel and tourism businesses are going to massively impacted by coronavirus - I should know I work for one. The last glimmer of hope most operators and small business both in the UK and abroad have is that they can achieve...

Yep - G Ones are great tyres, I've been running them for the past 2 years, and are perfect for my commute which mixes road and a bit of cheeky off-road. All Rounds - are basically that - good for bits of gravel and road - deep mud or loose stuff not so good. Speeds - effectively a road tyre and fair...

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Hi Tonto

Potentially up for something like this - my personal preference would the Trans Verdon having ridden in the area before.

How long are you planning for the trip and what time of year?

Cheers

Mike

I'm still a firm advoate of rigid, just for the some of the trips I've got planned it I could certainly do with a bit more squish.

Feel free to give me a shout once you get your bikepacking bicycle up and running - always up for a night out in the hills.

Of course I could just get a 100m suspension fork and dropper for the Rooster and have done

Thanks for that Gairy always interesting to hear first hand experience of bikes I'm talking about. Let it be said I bloody love the Rooster, for all the reasons you mention and for the majority of the riding I do it is absolutely perfect - I've found the plus format has worked really well for me com...

Yep agreed! I’ve ridden a few Surlys over the years so a KM would be more of the same.

I rode one of the early Solaris frames and really liked it.

Thanks for the options so far, plenty to mull over.