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or you could get a qr adapter for your 15mm wheel.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nukeproof-conversion-kit-15mm-to-qr/rp-prod80192

The guy at TF said manufacturer recommended service intervals are bullshit, but I should still aim to change oil every 3 months given the mileage I'm doing.

I can't be bothered. I'll put them on the bike for certain events that warrant it (Highland Trail Race next year, BearBones 200 this year maybe). Otherwise rigid and 29+ up front.

I guess the kind of use I give a fork is way over what most forks ever actually see. My rebas did close to 4000 miles in a year, all in the UK, mostly over winter or in rainy wales.

Sent them to TF, as they were fucked. They had no oil in (despite me having re-oiled them a few times) and the air-shaft had a nick in it, so the air chamber was bollocksed.

My full-susser hasn't been a problem, but then it's only done < 400 miles since new.

I just fitted a Maxxis Chronicle to the front. So Comfort.

get a 3" front tyre. Suspension is a PITA.

She's flying along. Currently on about a 15 day pace.

http://trackleaders.com/tourdivide15i.php?name=Lael_Wilcox_ITT

I reckon she can break the overall record, not just womens. Beast.

Nerdz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIlsN32WaE

@hippy you'll like it cos he's strayan.

Paleo, meh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMOjVYgYaG8

I couldn't care less about dis-proven fads like paleo (neanderthin!), but eating unrefined, unprocessed foods goes a long way to feeling better, sleeping better, and having steadier weight over a period of time. IMHO.

After eating a mountain of shit food on Tour Divide I felt really really terrible. It was mostly refined sugars, corn starch and other terrible processed, chemically enhanced shit. I even bought some salted almonds in New Mexico, which contained artificial flavouring. WTF!

It's taken a month to clear out, at least it feels like that. I know recovery is slow from something like this, but I think the poor food had a worse effect than 18 hours a day on the bike for 21.5 days.

Also, eat lots of roughage like Kale, Spring Greens, etc, seems to help the flow somewhat, and some talk I watched mentioned roughage as a beneficial agent in reducing fat absorption.

When this goes to court, I would like to come and see this cunt get what he deserves.

I like my bars wide, but it's personal preference I guess.

one thing to consider is that if they are too narrow, it will make strapping a bar bag/harness for bikepacking a pain with too many cables/hoses in the way.

I have some Salsa Bend 2 bars if you're interested

Yep, she's mental. By the time she's done divide and got to austin she must be at nearly 20000 miles this year!

I started writing a blog post, but haven't finished. Work is super busy so not sure when I'll get around to finishing! I'll post up when I do.

Yeah, it's funny, I felt great after Tour Divide, bit sleepy the first week, but after having a lot of sleep that week, I felt strong, fit, alert. Now, a month later, I'm really tired all the time again, and generally feeling pretty crap! These things take time

@andy_k @skinny I think Highland Trail will continue to require qualification. It's a brutally hard route, 550 miles, and probably 50 miles of rocky/slippy/boggy hike-a-bike. Loads of people blow their Achilles from all the walking and climbing over rocks with the bike.

I've qualified serveral times over now, and it still scares me! I am doing it in 2016 though. To me it seems more of an unknown than Tour Divide was.

Oh this looks amazing. http://www.bikepacking.com/plog/trans-america-off-road-trail-odyssey/

Could be the next big one.

They were on my flight into calgary I think, didn't get to talk with them though. They just finished? really? I finished a month ago!

Yeah, brutal, 1 hrs sleep per night!

Thanks Emyr,

I'm actually enjoying singlespeed, and now I am basically a huge cycling muscle, it's not as hard as I thought. It's bloody hilly around east devon, but I'm getting up most stuff on the SS. 32x19 is working well. Also, I have literally zero funds. I'm going to ride SS all winter, and put XT 1x11 on before the Highland Trail Race in May.

@dancing james Not fully recovered, still getting some cramps in my calves here and there, but not feeling bad at all, and my strength on the bike is pretty beastly after riding a fully laden bike for 3 weeks.

Parts are worn, all the gears had to come off, and it's now singlespeed as I am skint!

@Fahrgestell Yeah, went great, 21 days and some hours. Weather was awesome, rode with some great people, met lots of great people, saw bears, cougars etc, all great.

Yep!

Sucks, but it happens. A dude crashed 100 metres behind me on day 1 of tour divide, his front wheel came out of the fork on a rocky descent, he ripped a large part of his face off on a rock. Guy I was riding with pressed the SOS button on this SPOT GPS straight away. The dude had no idea where he was or how he got there. Riding alone has its risks, and even a GPS device with an SOS button doesn't help if you're concussed/out cold.

Life's too short to worry about riding alone, just ride alone, it's awesome. If something happens, at least you were doing something you enjoy. Fuck all this risk averse health and safety bullshit.

2nd weekend I have a race in north wales, apart from that, yeah, should be able to do something.

Scott,

Try Stu at Bear Bones Bikepacking, he might be cheaper, and his poles are great.

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/pages/contact.html