Bike & Gear

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… Continue reading

Trip Ideas, Planning and Preparation

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… Continue reading