Who in their right mind would ride straight past the brewery in Fernie, or the Route 66 Junkyard in Grants, or a night on the piss in Silver City and lots more in between. A Tour Divide attempt should take 7 to 8 weeks, then, if you're going to make full use of the 90 day visa, head across to Arizon...

I've never ridden that part of Spain but have stayed there. The heat can be fierce in summer, the short winter days would put me off a bit but even spring and autumn can see temperatures into the 30's. I've got my eye on this one for next year, far too cold in winter unless you like snow, it should ...

Richpips wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 8:02 pm I'm intrigued by someone going to do it again (and again) when there are so many other big routes out there now.

More to the point, there's some great side trips and breweries along the way. Why bother trying to go fast when you can slow and enjoy it?

Mitomaniac wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 8:49 pm I think the cable actuated aTRP may be the route to go down for me

Cable TRP's are great if you like adjusting brakes.

I often carry a small tarp (RAB Silwing) in addition to a tent. If it's wet a tarp pitched high in trees makes a great place to get changed, or can be used as a porch for the tent.

My 2014 Caddy was affected by the emissions thing, I declined to have the recall work done. I ran the Caddy (2.0 140hp) from 2014 to 2021, no issues at all. It was Euro 5 and I needed a Euro 6 van so bought a 2017 T6 Kombi (2.0 204hp auto). I should have bought the bigger van sooner, 6 seats or a hu...

When I was buying my Jones a few years ago the 29+ had just become available, so I took it out for a couple of hours. It was like riding a jugernaut. Long wheelbase with big, heavy wheels, it wasn't exactly nimble, I couldn't work out what I'd ever use it for. I bought the last of the 29er frames. W...

I've been there in late April and had snow.

I've got DT Swiss XM421's on mine and wifeys bikepacking bikes. Both bikes are running 2.4 tyres.

They are a fairly high end Scandi brand, their stuff isn't cheap but I've found it to be very good Most of my walking troos are from Haglofs, I find their long is a genuine long unlike many, helped by Scandi folks generally being fairly tall. I have 2 pairs of rugged mountain pants and they are unb...

I've been out on my road bike today, a 20 year old Scott CR1 with 10 speed Campag Chorus, it's still as nice to ride as the day I put it together.

Get a camera.

I thought Garmin used a barometric pressure sensor to guess altitude?

Traditionally a road bike is a head down, arse up, skinny tires smooth surfaces 'racing' bike, right? And an endurance road bike is a more relaxed, lower bottom bracket, larger tyred, higher front end road bike for well, endurance riding, right? A cyclocross bike is traditionally a head down, arse ...

...Then hammer out the Basin in a long shift. This. I think we left AC at 2am...got to Rawlins at 5pm and ate like animals. The Basin is a beautiful ride...when it's dry and the wind is in your favour. The Basin with mud would be testing. Greetz S : ) I camped at Atlantic City, had a leisurly break...

The looney on the fixed has finished. 42x16 with 38mm tyres, so somewhere around a 72 inch gear.

I'm not planning on dying any time soon, but this very week I've taken out a funeral plan, everyone here in Spain has one. I've no idea what music I want but it's something I need to have a think about.

Mikes dot follows the route he took. If you follow it closely or look at the right time you'll see he is off the current route. As the Basin has been mentioned, I think the original route across the Basin followed the GDMBR map route to Rawlins but was changed at one point to go via Wamsutter, which...

I read an article in which Mike has said that his schedule hit some important milestones in terms of resupply and parts of the route at key times. I guess we will just have to see how that plays out with the leaders ahead of his schedule I'm struggling to see what those milestones were. I've only t...

I read an article in which Mike has said that his schedule hit some important milestones in terms of resupply and parts of the route at key times. I guess we will just have to see how that plays out with the leaders ahead of his schedule I'm struggling to see what those milestones were. I've only t...

I use sandals in summer, I'm not a fan of flat pedals but it's way cooler than wearing shoes, I live in Spain btw.

Pedals are Crank Bros and sandals are Teva (the usual cheap ones).

I had a mate that was a GP that signed off a few for me for french sportiv rides. When he died I just signed my own, nobody checks.

firestarter wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:15 pm I was expecting something about burying a post curry turd

It would have to be buried, there's no way I'd carry one out.

I've got an early 90's Marin Eldridge Grade, it's still got the original tyres!!

We've got his and hers Jones. They're the original frames with truss fork, mine is a diamond, wifey has a space frame.