FS is my Marin Pine Mountain 1 2017 - Size Small (15"), I'm 5 foot 8 for reference. This was purchased in June 2017, it has the replacement forks. Hardly used, 260 miles according to Strava (maybe a tad more - but no more than 300). It does have the odd paintchip but this is from my other bikes...

Just to help, I'm 5 foot 8 and had the Superfly in a 17.5 and it was a touch too small.

Really enjoyed mine and completely regret selling it. I'm now going to buy a replacement for double what I sold mine for - gutted!!

Funnily enough I have the same bike. As a relatively new bikepacker I noticed the deal on Rutland and pulled the trigger earlier in the year. I was contemplating the Marin and the Sonder. It does have some positives, but the negatives are the difficulty to perform wheel upgrades, the Marin uses a 14...

Very jealous of some of your commutes, living in Milton Keynes and working in London, I have a 5 mile flat cycle path commute followed by 40 minute train and 25 minute tube ride, its as monotonous as it sounds!
Got to convince Mrs W that we need to move to North Wales!

Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has a GPX for the White Horse Ridgeway. I was hoping to do the CX Sportive last weekend but unfortunately work got in the way. I now have this coming Friday off and fancied going out and doing a 50 or 60 mile circular ride.

Thanks,

Paul

Interesting topic. I'm a roadie who rides mountain bikes and does the odd bikepacking solo trip. I know this topic is focused on ITT racing but the below may give some insight into the mindset of a racer. My racing (CAT 3 Road) isn't necessarily about fun, far from it during the race, but its about ...