Trip Ideas
2025: Pacific Coast Sierra Cascade Loop; European Divide Trail Denmark to Portugal; Morocco; Spain to Turkey.
Current Tour Bikes
2023 Tumbleweed Prospector – Rohloff/Schmidt hubs/Velocity Blunt 35 rims, Avid BB7s, Koga Denham bar, 29×2.8″ Maxxis Rekons.
2024 Fairlight Faran 2.5 – GRX 2×12, 650x48mm Panaracer SK Gravelkings, Ritchey Beacon XL bar.
2019 Salsa Titanium Timberjack – DT350 hubs, XTR brakes, XT hubs, Salsa Ti bars. Whiskey 9 carbon fork. 29×2.6″ Maxxis Rekons.
2017 Surly Troll – 3×10, DT350/Schmidt hubs, Avid/Yokozona brakes. 26×2.5″ Surly Extraterrestrials, Jones bars.
1990 Novara Ponderosa built by ParkPre – S&S couplings, 3x10sp thumbshifters, 26×2″ Schwalbe Mondials, White Industries/Schmidt hubs, canti brakes, 2.5 Jones bars.
Stuff
Gear: After decades of touring, backpacking and travel I have enough bikes and equipment.
Training: Touring, hiking, backpacking, trail running, XC skiing, snowshoeing and long walks.
