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• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / Not quite CX bikes/ - aka Just get an Arkhorse

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 13 hours

  

  If only shimano had used the same pull ratio for mtb and road like sram so we could have just picked and matched instead of having to deal with grx.

• Lightweight tent recommendations?

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 week, 5 days

  

  Mine is the grey 20d indeed. I think the only difference is the outher fabric between the 15d and 20d, everything else seems exactly the same to me.

  The only thing i would want to change on my star river 2 is adding an extra big pocket on the inside like the copper spur has.

  The tent poles fit in my framebag, which make it a lot easier to fit the tent in my other bags.

• Lightweight tent recommendations?

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 week, 5 days

  

  Mine is the grey 20d indeed. I think the difference is the outher fabric between the 15d and 20d, everything else seems exactly the same to me.

  The only thing i would want to change on my star river 2 is adding an extra big pocket on the inside like the copper spur has.

• Lightweight tent recommendations?

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 week, 6 days

  

  I've got the latest star river 2 and i like it a lot.
  I would only get the mongar over the star river if you're planning to get the extra vestibule. The poles of the star river fold up a bit shorter so that would be my pick.

• I've never 'got'

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 2 days

  

  The only thing i know about Sedaris is from his published diaries that I've read and his descriptions of poverty, racism and homophobia in his youth are far from the person you describe in this thread.

• Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 2 weeks, 6 days

  

  Sorry i got confused and misread your message.

  Since i got lots of space under my handlebars on my bike, im thinking of getting a big randoneur style front bag with some kind of support. Anyone who has experience with a setup like that?

• Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 2 weeks, 6 days

  

  11/42 28-42 gearing, happily spinning up hills at 5-7km/h
  Have you tried to push up a loaded bike on rough terrain?
  I prefer a smaller cassette for when I'm not touring though.

• Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 3 weeks

  

  I don't know how fit you are, but my lowest is 19 inch and climbing offroad on a packed bike I'm often on it. But I'm far from skinny and also not an experienced climber.

• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / Not quite CX bikes/ - aka Just get an Arkhorse

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 weeks

  

  Been cycling two years now on 29 2.2 tyres and I really enjoy them. They just keep on rolling and are so comfortabele. The time people thought 28mm tyres would slow you down is gone and bikes will keep on getting bigger tyres.
  36ers are coming!

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/CHtQPMlhX­AR/?igshid=kh76obojq1ar

• Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 3 weeks

  

  Unless you cycle a lot of offroad, you'll probably miss the smaller gear jumps that you would have on a 2x setup.