The constantly changing bike setup for recent dirt touring. Updated 09.26.25
| Bike: | |
| Frame | Tumbleweed Prospector v2 |
| Fork | Steel stock 110 TA |
| Handlebars | Tumbleweed Persuader 840mm 20º sweep |
| Brakes | Avid BB7 |
| Grips | Ergon GP1 (may switch to Biocork version) |
| Bar ends | SQLabs carbon inner barends (may switch to something larger) |
| Aerobars | None |
| Stem | FSA Energy 90mm +7º |
| Seatpost | TNT Ti straight 27.2 + shim |
| 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, 29″ |
| Front hub | SON28 dynamo 110 TA |
| Rear hub | Rohloff Speedhub 500/14, 135mm QR |
| Tires | Maxxis Ikons 2.4″ (Rekons 2.6″ or 2.8″ for some trips) |
| Luggage: | |
| Downtube storage | Widefoot cargo cage + 2L SS bottle or tool kit |
| Framebag | Rockgeist (Porcelain Rocket) Mountain 52Hz Waterproof Framebag |
| Rack/Seatpack | S2S 13L drybag on rack |
| Panniers | Tailfin 10L panniers x 2 |
| Fork Bags | Widefoot cargo cage + 2x 2L SS bottles or Salsa EXP 3L dry bags |
| Racks | Tumbleweed T-Rack (rear) |
| Top tube bags | JPaks Footlong EXT |
| Hip pack | 43yo Mountainsmith Lumbar Pack! |
| Backpack | S2S Ultra-Sil Day Pack (50g) for extra water/food carries |
| Seatpost | Revelate Joey Bag (old style) |
| Sleep Kit: | |
| Sleeping bag | Western Mountaineering Summerlite 32º/Enlightened Equipment Revelation quilt 20º/Montbell Hugger 40º |
| Sleeping pad | Sea to Summit W Ether Light XT (old style) |
| Tent | Mont Moondance 1P |
| Tarp | 8”x10” Silpoly + line (optional) |
| Pillow | Sea to Summit Aeros |
| Chair | Helinox Chair Zero (optional, but oh so handy) |
| Clothing: | |
| Shirts | ExOffico LS snap button (no longer made) Smartwool t-shirt Smartwool LS hoody |
| Shorts | Prahna shorts (riding & general) |
| Underwear | 2 ExOfficio |
| Camp/sleep wear | Smartwool t-neck + bottoms |
| Socks | 2 short Smartwool 1 thick Smartwool (sleeping) |
| Shoes | Adidas Terrex hiking shoes (riding & general) Flip flops or Crocs |
| Gloves | Specialized short gloves HandUp long gloves OR warm windblock gloves (no longer made) |
| Extras | Pearl Izumi SPF or PartyPace cap Old Headsweat running hat (longer brim) Thin wool Buff beanie Sun Buff |
| Puffy | Patagonia Down Sweater Hoody |
| Top layer | OR sunsleeves |
| Bottom layer | Fjallraven/Specialized pants (no longer made) with custom leg zipper |
| Rain jacket | Mesh7 Revelation |
| Rain pants | Showers Pass Storm (no longer made) |
| Rain gloves | BikeIowa poogies or Zpacks Vertice Rain Mitts (optional) |
| Rain socks | Plastic bread bags (optional) |
| Water: | |
| Purification | Aquatabs, Sawyer Mini + flushing syringe/tube, BeFree |
| Downtube | Widefoot liter cage + 2L SS bottle .7L bottle x 2 on Cyclewerks double cage mounts (these are awesome!) |
| Fork | Widefoot liter cage + 2L SS bottle |
| Extra | 2L CNOC dirty bladder 2L Evernew bladder |
| Total capacity | 9.5L |
| Electronics: | Wahooo Roam 2 iPhone 11 Pro Klite gravel dynamo lights + loom (older style) Voltaic V-50 power bank 12,800mAh Anker IQ USB wall outlet charger Assorted cables Fenix HR50 head lamp (also used as helmet light with 2nd mount) Shokz headphones |
| Toiletries: | Sunscreen Lip balm Toothbrush + tablets 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 SS pot Picogrill 85 woodstove Long ti spoon + short aluminum spork S2S foldable mug Nalgene 500ml food container (optional) Ursack Allmitey (optional) |
| Repair Kit: | Spare tube (TPU?) 3, 4, 5, 6, 8mm allen wrenches 8/10mm socket Spare bolts, nuts, washers Brake pads x2 Wolftooth pliers Leatherman Squirt 4oz Orange Seal 4oz ProLink lube Rag Fiberfix spoke Dynaplug tubeless repair Extra Dynaplugs Patchkit Cactus comb (optional) Locktite Band clamp Zipties Gorilla glue Park cog cleaning brush Brooks leather saddle tool (optional) |
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)
