stevea said:Thanks for maintaining the blog (I think Ken and Tom were the two who
posted bogs) and the photos.
I would like to see a thread on equipment thoughts from the riders.
E.g., Any gear malfunctions? Was everyone on 36ers? Any thoughts about
seats, handles, brakes, crank lengths, tires, etc? Anything you riders
would do differently next time? This ride must have been quite the
testing grounds… I think many of us would like to hear the lessons
learned.
I'm hoping to join you on a future trip...
I did ask the riders to post their setups on their blogs. I'll send
them another reminder.
Almost everyone used 36'ers. There were quite a few Nimbuses
(?Nimbii), Hunters, and stock Cokers and Quaxes. Crank lengths varied
but it was a pretty flat tour....I think most generally people were
using somewhere between 110-125s.
We had a couple of problems with seatposts breaking...mainly on the T7
Nimbuses. Otherwise we had relatively few equipment failures. I don't
think we had any punctures amongst the group.
There were a few unicycles with brakes, but I think they weren't used
much at all as it was pretty flat.
Tires: I counted at least 7 Nightriders, several TAs and the old Coker
button tread. No problems there....
There was only one Guni on the trip (a 24" KH Schlumpf)....but it
wasn't used at all.
I think I was the only one who rode a 29'er the whole way, although
Christof did ride his 29" up one of the climbs early on. I used 145mm
cranks initially, then got fed up and went to 100's. I was able to
keep up with the others once I switched over to the shorter cranks.
It was pretty hot but I don't think I'd do anything differently. We
were well supported so had plenty of times to cool off and refuel. No
major injuries and no major disasters. Maybe the only thing I could do
differently is to find somewhere less humid to go touring next time :p
I still have to tidy up the blog (it was all written in a hurry at the
end of each day), and some more photos and links to go up. Check the
website again in a week.
Ken
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