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The bottom bracket is pretty high on a 26" mtb anyway, and 700c wheels with the widest tires would just raise it more. So I'd stick with smaller wheels. I had a similar project with a 90's Bianchi, it was rather high with the 26" wheels. Much fun though, with wide tires and long front-center. Handling was weird but forgiving at the same time, kind of slow feeling but easy to ride when the paths got rougher.

Though if you already have the 700c wheels, try them.

I've had a Secula for years, has been good. Until recently it was attached to Carradice Bagman, but now I had a place brazed for it to the seatstay.

Cheap, has been durable, bright but not too annoying for anyone riding behind. The standlight can't be switched off.

Taillights don't take much of the hubs output. I don't remember seeing comparisons of the efficiency of the chargers and don't charge when the lights are on.

Looks like the fastest rider, Esa on his tt-bike, has just finished, though the tracker shows a 4 hours old location for him. The tracker is based on an app in their phones, doesn't always work perfectly, but it's free.

Last night was below freezing around where most of the riders were. Should be about 10C at noon. https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ruska2018/

A few have scratched yesterday, like Walto the fixed gear rider, as he got sick, TCR veteran Janne as he got problems with his achilles and new winter shoes, and a couple of other strong riders with knee pain and such.

Around where they are now, it's a rather special part of Europe. Really beautiful. Somewhat challenging, at what ever pace, as there's not much services and the weather can be anything at this time of a year.

There's a discussion for Ruska in here too, or a start of one https://www.lfgss.com/events/3683/

The route is different from last year. I pretty much know those roads and places already, but it would have been great to ride again.

It's not really a race, but i expect some to be rather fast. Like Esa, who finished 2nd a few hours after me last year, and he's riding a TT bike now. And there's five TCR veterans.

Weather is warmish, over 16c in the south, but with some rain.

The freewheel does look pretty fucked up.

Under 10 days anyway.

3.398km | +46.014m | 09d//23h//10m

According to the race's instagram

You can use Secula either way, but it doesn't have a switch, so if you wire it directly to the hub,. it's always on. So you'd indeed just get both of the wires in the same connector.

The headlights usually have connectors for a taillight, and then the headlight's switch will also work for the rear. Edelux has this too, though they have made a model that didn't.

Yes. It's been gearless for about a year now again as I got another bike for that.

Here's the current state of my steamroller. Pretty ratty, though it has rather decent parts and almost everything was bought new, many miles ago.

Yeah, it'll be interesting. A few last years riders will be there again, and looks like several doing it as their first ride as long as that. About the same number of riders as last year I think, not sure how many exactly. Mikko will be there of course, straight after TCR and SRMR. Weather has been nice until this week, now it has been raining for three days and very windy. Pretty warm though.

No, not this year, don't have time.

10pm on the 2nd, so yeah, 9 hours for the last 194km along the coast.

Carlos has only about 200km left now.

Omar has had some troubles but is still second, but Clinton might pass him.

Sami is taking a different route to the coast.

Ian To is going for LEJOG again https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnnls88hdDQ/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=45tgd145vv6o

How's the beam in the Sinewave? Mikko said it's so much all over, that he didn't want to use it for TCR, but used Luxos there and sent the Sinewave to the finish to change to that for SRMR.

I've actually just had different plugs for the lights and the charger, just plugged the charger to the hub when I wanted to use it. Which has not been that often, as I have Etrex using AAA batteries. And then the charger is separate from everything else, in case it fails. And it doesn't add any resistance when it's not plugged in.

Yeah, a lot more traffic and towns, but i would've expected it to be faster. The inland roads are very quiet and good, at least some of them, but slowish because hilly.

Surprisingly the inland route seems to have been faster, while it has more climbing. Or it might just be Carlos. Anyway, he's slightly further than Omar now. They are soon at Pico del Veleta, Europe's highest road.

Some of the same roads we rode in NCT, but around where those two are now, our route went just between them, on a rather hilarious gravel track. Hope someone rides that now :D

Pelago Sibbo would be pretty much this, but they don't make it anymore. I have 41mm Knards on mine and there's about 6mm of clearance. Cables are outside, also has di2 holes. Heavy though, Columbus Thron.

You could just drill the rivnut away from the outside, leaving an empty hole. If you don't use it for anything.

It's part of the challenge, to get into places and situations you've not been in before. Get unlost and so on, find a way. The dogs I've met there are usually just loud, not actually agressive, and they back off if you're louder. Or stop. I slept on a street in montenegro with local dogs, quiet fellows.

They say it'll be about 3500km.

The field is nicely spread already, three riders on the north side of Pyrenees, three on the south. And two haven't started, still in Bilbao.

And now they're on their way now. Good luck!

I don't know about favourites, except that my favourite is my good friend Sami, #1. He's done Japanese Odyssey, LEL, Ruska etc. so he knows what he's doing.

They actually have official kalpaks!!