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I live in Tokyo so fairly good access to 800- 1000m hills nearby and reasonably easy access to bigger mountains in Nagano / Niigata.

Right now I live in Japan so i can recreate some fairly alpine conditions and build up my weather resistance. I definitely need to sleep out more though , I have bike camped and wild camped loads in the past but ive been a bit soft in the last couple years since moving to Japan.

This is a great point thanks , I've done a fair amount of bike packing so i'm fairly confident about the kit that i will take , certainly im gonna make sure everything is as refined as possible and that im used to using it all. Cross training wise iam planning on some work outs that involve carry my bike up rough terrain and continuing the kettlebell training that I already do. Any other suggestions ?

Racing is my current plan , volume wise im averaging 400km per week including road and off road. I do have a full time job and the hours are fairly predictable , I appreciate prep for these kind of races is a big topic and is specific to the person but im interested to know what kind of approach people have taken in the past partially to validate my own plans but hopefully learn some new ideas too.

Ive scanned through this thread and cant find anything specific but I may have missed something if so, sorry for asking again.

Travel restrictions allowing i'm planning on riding the Tour Divide in 2022 , For this year i'm just focusing on volume volume volume , however next year I want to be more focused and structured , i've looked at Kurt Refsneiders site and the training programs he sells but Id be keen to hear others opinions on how they would or have prepared for something like this over a similar time scale.

30mm Schwalbe pro ones . fast and great grip in the wet.

https://www.renehersecycles.com/introducing-rene-herse-cantilever-brakes/

These look the part but are pretty expensive.

They often have bizarre Japanese touches and some questionable aesthetics but, they make some more standard road and CX frames which I think are nice , I would also suggest that the craftsmanship is excellent.

Japanese Milk bread , sun pat crunchy and Bon maman Strawberry , its super sweet and not healthy but its sooo good. I found the forgotten about 2nd one in my frame bag when i was struggling towards the end of an Audax recently and it was glorious.

Lol I’m having it back when I move back to the UK .

Sorry for the mega slow reply , it didn't sell in the end but I gave it to my younger brother.

This is pretty damn good imo

Its a Genesis Datum.

Not sure if it’s the done thing to post your own bike in this thread but this is my commuter / gravel bike

This was delivered to me recently by Alfano frameworks in Leicester , he’s a mate who’s quite new to the frame building industry but it’s a sweet bike and it was about 1k for a mix of Columbus Hss spirit and 853 .

I see so many fancy bikes locked up , I saw a really nice Hunter cross bike locked up with a shitty ¥500 lock in the centre of Harajuku a while ago .

Seen in Kyoto today

This I what I was waiting for , I hope Rue her girlfriend got a photo as she passed him.

clearly , clues in the name ?

What a lovely guy , £2.50 and a packet of rizlas ?

If you can find 2nd hand Apex levers or similar you can remove the shift mechanism and shift lever leaving a non flappy lever.

Allcity Spacehorse , clearance for 45s and guards. not lugged but classic looks and ride well.

http://www.bikepacking.com/event/la-baroudeuse-2018/

Tis quite hard and definitely better geared , I was basing my suggestion on the title of the thread lol.

http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/16-223/

This is an awsome route that I have ridden fixed , I had to walk some of the climb from the leather smithy nearthe macc forest but doable otherwise.