Nice Ritchey Swiss cross.

Gari wrote:Nice Ritchey Swiss cross.

Thanks, it's the best bike I've ever owned. On paper it's a race bike and obviously not suited to bikepacking but it's so comfy and balanced I ride it everywhere...apart from CX races which I have no interest in!

Great colour James, should release that into production

One thing this thread shows (and owner of 3!), that Salsa make some of the best looking bikes

Here we go. First post on the forums and it is a picture of my bike. I think I'm going to like it here....



Taken weekend before last. Ramin 3 + with various Alpkit bags strapped to it. PDW Brindle rear rack, Passenger fork cages. Planet x frame bag and a Topeak top tube bag. I bought the frame and the rest came form the garage parts bin! So an eclectic mix of XT, Deore, Avid, Superstar, Planet X, Charge and Ragley. Best thing about it is the beer carrying potential of the forks:

My ye olde Dawes Karakum at the start of the Bealach na Ba climb
11 by Jeff Price, on Flickr

Genesis Croix de Fer not being used as a commuting bike for once
12 by Jeff Price, on Flickr

My shire horse, the Salsa Mukluk
at the Foel Grach refuge hut
13 by Jeff Price, on Flickr

and on the Postmans Path, Isle of Lewis
15 by Jeff Price, on Flickr

and not really for bikepacking but here's my love atm, Salsa Bucksaw on the Carnedd Llewellyn, Snowdonia
14 by Jeff Price, on Flickr

and I'm pretty sure there's a few other bikes in the depths of my shed but I think their day has gone....

Hard tail Ti 29er (originally a triple but now running XT 2x11 and Jones bars)

June_TCW_Bivi-60 by 99percentchimp, on Flickr

Cairngorms Loop 2017 by 99percentchimp, on Flickr

Singular Swift - now running loads of replacement bits off here including 29+ front end and 1x10 XT drive train

Aug_Rhinogau_Bivi-71 by 99percentchimp, on Flickr

Ti Fatty with Jones bars

Islay-Fat-Bike-97 by 99percentchimp, on Flickr

Jeez I really need to get out more this autumn

Sherpa a-sherping

Lovely lovely Sherpa.... I got one of them in grey.

My 2018 Loki H10, absolutely loving this bike, I also have a Genesis Croix de Fer which is about to be replaced by a Genesis Longitude on 29"
wheels.

Untitled by Simon Kirk, on Flickr

My Alpkit Sonder Camino in lovely Titanium Flavour.

650b wheelset with Race King tyres. SON 28 tyres

SRAM Force Gearset with 30t oval chainring and 10 - 42 cassette

Given up trying to post pictures directly with my iPad, just can't get it to work so
Hopefully a link to my pic will be ok.


https://instagram.com/p/BW8LCWoDhGA/

And

https://flickr.com/photos/130449394@N08 ... 3648439320

Here's my OO Fatty again with 650B+ wheels. Wildcat bar and seat harnesses, upside-down Ocelot on the top tube, and Alpkit framebag and stem cells. The water bottle sits there fine but Ive since moved to slotting a 2l bottle into the Ocelot with a Blue Desert drinking tube. Still not happy with that as it's impossible to keep track of how much water is left, so I'll be back to a hydration pack soon enough.

Still not happy with that as it's impossible to keep track of how much water is left, so I'll be back to a hydration pack soon enough.

Bottle on the front of the seatpost perhaps?

Best thing about it is the beer carrying potential of the forks:

Bottle on the front of the seatpost perhaps?

Reckon my thunderous thighs would rub a bottle on the seat post. I think I might get a couple of jumbo hose clips and see if I can hang/strap a bottle under the down tube.

The Lurch in Aberystwyth at the start of a planned bikepack to Stoke-on-Trent via the Trans Cambrian and Jack Mytton Way but I only made it as far as Knighton as the conditions got the better of me and I caught the last train home with 10 mins to spare. Next time I think I'll be taking a packraft. I think some on here may have watched the Richard Parks Extreme Wales programme of him crossing Wales? If you did then that will give you an idea of the conditions that week as I passed him and John Lloyd in the Elan Valley going the opposite direction. When I got up to get off the train in Crewe water was still running down my legs and I left a big puddle where id been sitting. As I stood uncontrollably shivering waiting for the connection to Stoke I don't think I'd ever be as wet in my life without actually being submerged in a river.

When I got up to get off the train in Crewe water was still running down my legs and I left a big puddle where id been sitting. As I stood uncontrollably shivering waiting for the connection to Stoke I don't think I'd ever be as wet in my life without actually being submerged in a river.

Good times

Gratuitous pictures of dirt bikes? Oh go on then, it is Monday morning after all...



"Harrison", my 2017 Genesis Longitude - 27.5+ steel frame with rigid steel fork
V Trax Fatty 3.25" on the front, WTB Trail boss 3" on the back
ESI Extra Chunky grips
Nukeproof Electron flat pedals
Charge Spoon

Alpkit 20l double-ended dry bag on MYOG harness on the bars
Alpkit Stem Cell XL and Alpkit Brupot bag fashioned into a "stem cell" on the stem
Alpkit top tube bag
Blackburn Outpost large frame bag
KTM saddle pack with Alpkit tapered dry bag inside
Bottle cages attached with electrical tape, because despite having more cage mounts than I know what to do with, they're never in the right place



Competing with Lauf for gnome-vomit in many people's eyes, "Fudge," my 199? Rudge Bi-frame 26" folding mountain bike.

On-One Midge bars
Exotic 26" rigid carbon forks (the only 26" carbon disc fork I could find with a 1" steerer)
BB7 at the front, and now the back (not shown) courtesy my welding "skills"
Conti Mountain King 2.2s
USE polymer suspension seatpost
1950s Middlemores leather saddle

Same luggage setup, except
Bottle cages cable tied (fancy!)
MYOG fork cages with small drybags

Were you not concerned about the naked, mad looking bloke?

Were you not concerned about the naked, mad looking bloke?

Nah, he's got no legs. Or body.

I like that there hip flask pouch!

thenorthwind wrote:

Were you not concerned about the naked, mad looking bloke?

Nah, he's got no legs. Or body.

Is he doing a poo?

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

When I got up to get off the train in Crewe water was still running down my legs and I left a big puddle where id been sitting. As I stood uncontrollably shivering waiting for the connection to Stoke I don't think I'd ever be as wet in my life without actually being submerged in a river.

Good times

As soon as I sat down on the train I regretted my decision not to carry on as I had been planning it for quite a while but it means I get to go back and try again

My Pipedream Sirus courtesy of Rob Mac of this parish, great parts bin build.

IMG_20170813_150657

Giant Trance 4, currently residing in the back of the shed while I'm to skint to replace the suspension

WP_20160527_16_37_47_Pro by Blair Caldwell, on Flickr

And my £100 Carrera TDF commuter which sometimes comes bikepacking too!

IMG_20170729_203203 by Blair Caldwell, on Flickr

TheBrownDog wrote:Here's my OO Fatty again with 650B+ wheels. Wildcat bar and seat harnesses, upside-down Ocelot on the top tube, and Alpkit framebag and stem cells. The water bottle sits there fine but Ive since moved to slotting a 2l bottle into the Ocelot with a Blue Desert drinking tube. Still not happy with that as it's impossible to keep track of how much water is left, so I'll be back to a hydration pack soon enough.

How does it ride? Often pondered the idea of building 650b+ wheelset for my Cooker Maxi. Lovely bike as well btw.