The constantly changing bike setup for recent dirt touring. Updated 02.04.24
Other bikes for travel:
Rivendell Canti-Romulus (randonneuring)
Timberjack Ti (trail and bikepacking)
Fairlight Faran 2.5 (mixed/dirt/whatever)
Khojana Wala (26″ basic 1990 MTB with S&S couplers, overseas)
| 2023 Great Divide, Baja Divide, Olympic Peninsula, Vancouver Island | |
| Bike: | |
| Frame | Tumbleweed Prospector v2 |
| Fork | Steel stock 110 TA |
| Handlebars | Koga Denham |
| Brakes | Avid BB7 |
| Grips | Ergon GP1 |
| Bar ends | None |
| Aerobars | Part of bar |
| Stem | Thomsen |
| Seatpost | Thomsen straight aluminum 31.6 |
| Saddle | Brooks Cambium C17 |
| Bottom Bracket | SRAM DUB, Phil Wood EBB |
| Crank | SRAM GX Eagle 170mm |
| Pedals | DEITY Deftrap |
| Chainring | Wolftooth 32t |
| Cassette | Rohloff 18t |
| Chain | KMC 8 speed |
| Derailer | None |
| Rims | Velocity Blunt 35, 32h |
| Front hub | SON28 dynamo 110 TA |
| Rear hub | Rohloff Speedhub 500/14, 135mm QR |
| Tires | Maxxis Rekons 2.6″ or 2.8″ |
| Luggage: | |
| Downtube storage | Widefoot cargo cage + 2L SS bottle |
| Framebag | Cleaveland Mountaineering custom |
| Rack/Seatpack | S2S 13L drybag on rack |
| Panniers | Tailfin 10L panniers x 2 |
| Fork Bags | Widefoot cargo cage + 2x 2L SS bottles |
| Racks | Tumbleweed T-Rack (rear) |
| Top tube bags | JPaks Footlong |
| Hip pack | 40yo Mountainsmith! |
| Backpack | S2S Ultra-Sil Day Pack (50g) for extra water/food carries |
| Seatpost | Revelate Joey Bag |
| Sleep Kit: | |
| Sleeping bag | Western Mountaineering Summerlite 32deg |
| Sleeping pad | Ridgerest Foam |
| Tent | Mont Moondance 1P |
| Tarp | 8”x10” Silpoly + line (optional) |
| Pillow | Sea to Summit |
| Chair | Helinox (optional, but oh so handy) |
| Clothing: | |
| Shirts | ExOffico LS snap button Smartwool t-shirt Smartwool LS hoody |
| Shorts | Prahna shorts (riding & general) |
| Underwear | 2 ExOfficio |
| Camp/sleep wear | Smartwool t-neck + bottoms |
| Socks | 2 light Smartwool 1 thick Smartwool (sleeping) |
| Shoes | Adidas Terrex hiking shoes (riding & general) Flip flops |
| Gloves | HandUp |
| Extras | Old Headsweat running hat Thin wool Buff beanie Sun Buff |
| Puffy | Patagonia Down Hoody |
| Top layer | OR sunsleeves |
| Bottom layer | Fjallraven pants with custom leg zipper |
| Rain jacket | Mesh7 Revelation |
| Rain pants | Showers Pass Storm |
| Rain gloves | Zpacks Vertice Rain Mitts (optional) |
| Rain socks | Plastic bread bags (optional) |
| Water: | |
| Purification | Aquatabs, Sawyer Mini + flushing syringe/tube, BeFree |
| Frame bag | |
| Downtube | Widefoot liter cage + 2L SS bottle .7L bottle x 2 on NZ custom side mount |
| Fork | Widefoot liter cage + 2L SS bottle |
| Extra | 2L CNOC dirty bladder 2L Evernew bladder |
| Total capacity | 6.5L |
| Electronics: | Wahooo Roam 2 iPhone 11 Pro Klite gravel dynamo lights + loom Voltaic Anker USB wall outlet charger Assorted cables Fenix HR50 Shokz headphones |
| Toiletries: | Sunscreen Lip balm Toothbrush + toothpaste Chamois Butter Dr Bronners Nailclippers Bic Razor |
| First Aid Kit: | Bandaids Gauze pads Neosporin cream Assorted pain pills Benadryl Tape |
| Cooking: | Soto Windmaster stove 4 or 8oz fuel canister MSR 1.3L pot Picogrill 85 woodstove Long S2S mug Nalgene container (optional) Ursack Allmitey |
| Repair Kit: | Spare tube Park Multitool Spare bolts Brake pads x2 Leatherman Squirt 4oz Orange Seal 4oz ProLink lube Rag Fiberfix spoke Dynaplug tubeless repair Extra Dynaplugs Patchkit Cactus comb (optional) Band clamp Zipties |
