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Well it all happened a few weeks back when I was with Taylor and Ian and I was on my wee Inbred 26er and those big wheeled bikes just made sense especially for a big lad 😉
So I procured a second hand Swift frame set last week and I am awaiting bits from my LBS to build it up but don't think everything will be available by Friday but you never know 😉
Just having a play sorting out my gear, picked up some food items yesterday, this looks like a winner:
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413kcal for an all up weight of 123g, which includes a plastic fork.
That's breakfast on Sunday sorted then. Pius if I bag up the noodles and sauce in advance I've got a light weight plastic cup/bowl for eating and drinking anything else out of.
You kept that quiet Pete! Is that what you want the SLX bits for?
I see your logic Nick but I really couldn't imagine eating that for breakfast 😉
@Mark ... should be enough sheltered spots about for a bivvy/tarp. Forecast looks dry for Sat night, haven't seen Sundays yet though.
Indeed Steve it is, I am hoping it's going to be a sweet bike for sure, I maybe building it in the back of the van on the way up at this rate 😆
You are aware that all Singulars should be built up SS aren't you Pete? ... It's the law.
Indeed Stu but I am going to build it 1x10 at the moment and work towards SS. I am hoping it will look like this one 😀
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Very nice. My Carver's sometimes set up 1x10 (34x11:36) works a treat 😀
that's the gearing I am going for too, will I need a chain guide gadget to catch the chain if it decide to jump??
Right gear sorted.
Clothes - optional daytime
Assos Leg Warmers 117
Endura Arm Warmers 64
Gil eVent Jacket 294
dhb eVent Shorts 174
Clothes - Night time
Lowe Alpine trunks 66
Extremities Powderlite Beanie 21
PHD Ultra Down Vest 152
Socks - long 103
Marmot fleece 3/4 leggings 138
Long sleeve zip neck Merino top - Ice Breaker 203
Cooking
Tibetan 550, Lifeventure 450 mug, Vargo Triad, Livestrong band, Caldera Clone 212
Fruit Shoot bottle - 250ml Meths 233
Tibetan Lhoon 16
Matches, water purification 55
Food
Expedition Meals 2x main, 2x dessert 640
Evening Meal/ Breakfast Pack x2 600
Trail Food Pack x2 1,360
Packs
Wildcat Handlebar Harness 123
Wildcat Frame bag 255
2 litre bladder & hose 167
Inov-8 Race 12 (no internal pad) 424
Personal
Loo Roll 22
Black Diamond Ion headtorch 26
iPhone 4 & case 155
First Aid Kit 27
Insect Repellant 65
Shelter/ sleeping
Terra Nova Laser Photon 860
Thermarest NeoAir Short 261
PHD Minim Ultra 900 372
Tools
Box of spare bolts, disc pads, chain tool 160
Set of allen keys 90
Pump & puncture kit 121
Spare tube 146
Awesome Strap 44
Leatherman 238
Total 8004
@Ian ... still no maps. I thought you were joking when you said you'd commited the route to memory.
@Pete ... Everyone will tell you you'll need one. If you run your chain nice and short and use an unramped ring you might get away with it 99% of the time, give it a go without, you've nothing to lose.
EDIT: Except your chain (said before someone else does) 😉
@Pete ... Everyone will tell you you'll need one. If you run your chain nice and short and use an unramped ring you might get away with it 99% of the time, give it a go without, you've nothing to lose.
that's what I thought, plus I have some touch up paint if the chain does jump and decides to scratch the lovely paint
OK, yes I haven't added in maps. I wasn't entirely joking as there are parts of the route that are imprinted on the inside of my head having looked at the map for so long, but I best take them in case I go off route. I do have a bit of a photographic memory which reminds me, I haven't included my camera, which is something like 350g in its little case.
Also feel like i've over done it a bit on the food. When it's all laid out in the kitchen it looks a lot...
Is that weight of 255 for the frame bag for a full triangle sized bag? Is that a 'production' one?
weather is improving, showers now really only on Sunday 😉 fingers crossed they won't appear.
http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Machynlleth~2643251/long.html
It best bloody rain after I just spent out on a tent 😈
Mind you, it's all I've got at the moment.
don't worry I am sure there'll be some damp stuff falling from the sky at some point I just hope it's during the night so you can use the tent Yeti man 😉
9.464kg all in, bags and everything (not bike or water though)
That doesn't seem too bad to me
No hot drinks Ian? 250ml of meths is cutting it fine isn't it? Can't you just use the camera on your phone?
My food list is far greater than yours though!. I've got breakfast (50mls) snack (25mls) Lunch (25mls) Snack (25mls) Dinner (50mls) supper (25mls), thats 200mls of meths per 24hrs for my appetite!
I'm waiting for the official weigh in 🙂
SouthernYeti, did you still need a pop-can stove, how is the kit gathering going?
1oz = 12.5 mins burn time
700ml takes 10.5 mins to get full boil.
1st day = evening meal, pudding, coffee x2 = 2oz
2nd day = breakfast, tea, evening meal, pudding, coffee x2 = 3oz
3rd day = breakfast, coffee x2 = 2oz
Taking 8oz
Maps & routefinding. What's everyone doing about that then? I'm on chunky paper maps and can't be arsed to carry a map case so will probably photograph relevant bits of the map on my waterproof Pentax as I go along and use that to navigate with.
As for fuel, I'm taking 13 Gelert solid fuel tablets @ 92g (3oz). Each tablet boils around 400ml of water in my MYOG multifuel stove/Snowpeak Ti cup set up 🙂
Got my GPS ready to use with personalized WRT map just like trio had last year as back up.
Got them printed off and all on PDF on the iPhone
Happy to share the PDFs if anybody wants them
GPS and printed from Quo on waterproof paper
Garmin Etrex with track + laminated printouts of OS maps (from MemoryMap) ziptied to bars.
When you get to the pub at the end of day 1 you chuck the used maps away rather than carrying them around dead weight for the next 36 hours.
(Of course, a couple of pints of guinness somewhat offsets the ~50g weight saving from throwing your maps away)
DNF - yes, 255g is for a dual compartment production bag. That weight may change though, as I have another bag being made at the moment.
Anthony - hot drinks included in the evening meal/breakfast pack:
Porridge, cuppa soup, 2 tea bags, 2 mini pepperami's, 50g chocolate, 100g cous cous.
Here's my setup:
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32lbs all-in (no food yet). And all pending inevitable faffing/changes.
Now that does look well Aidan ... very minimal. Is that everything, no backpack required?
There is a small backpack packed into it, just in case. But I can carry a couple of day's worth of food in the existing space on the bike.
Happily, it rides pretty much like a bike. The Pugsley with 2 people's gear on it that I rode last time I was at WRT rode like a donkey carrying a submarine on its back.
Aiden that looks mighty sleek. You know the rules, kit of such loveliness requires a full break down for us to critique 😀 The more photos of bike set ups I see, the more mine looks like steptoe's cart.
Food seems to be my biggest downfall, it would seem I'm greedy compared to most.
Don't worry Anthony i'll be taking a hamper bursting with food. 😯
Printing route onto waterproof paper, 114k for the main loop, 79k extra bit to get everything. GPS loaded, no more work for a few days, bags packed, head to Snowdonia on Friday, before drifting south on Saturday morning 🙂
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]WRT SIR9[/url]Finally.......WRT bike done! Weighed it in as shown, not including the wooden post, complete with 2.5 litres of water and 2 evening meals, puddings,and breakfasts and it came in at 39.75lbs. Add to that my 1.3lb backpack that I will hopefully not need after the 1st day and I think I have managed to shave a good few pounds off last years weight. 🙂
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Shook it down this evening and it felt good, the only problem I have is with Bottom bracket creak. It has an eccentric BB and I have so far tried building it dry - fail, using PTFE tape - fail and lastly I even tried the carbon / carbon high friction compound - fail. I am now about to try a number of tape options but for all our sakes (If you here me coming it will drive you mad in seconds) if anyone has any successful solutions to this problem I would love to hear them!
alfachippy - looks really good. Appears much more minimalist than the weight suggests.
EBB - your solution I think it a good coating of the inside of the shell and EBB insert with copper grease, and really tighten up those bolts!
Out of interest - what gear ratio have you gone for?
wow you all have been busy bees tonight 😉
I'm hoping to have the 29er built tomorrow so I can give it a quick shake down in the evening.
All I need off the Inbred is the seat post so if I fail in the build I will revert to that no problem 😉
Just hoping the frame bag will fit 😯
Yes, copper grease (copper-slip) always works for me on ebb's. Worth putting some on the bolts too.
I had pencil cases when I was at school that were bigger than your frame bag Aidan! 😯
Did you write my name on it?
All your stuff might be light weight, but just think of it's weight when it's wet with all this rain and the rain forecasted.
Enjoy
Some folk are plenty tough enough to endure the 'light rain' showers that are forecast ... others are better suited to trail centres and motorhomes 😉
Maps sorted just in case I forget my route: 12 double-sided A6 sheets at 1:50k scale - 23g
Right, final routes plotted and measured. What sort of mileage / total accent have people previously done in years gone by?
Currently standing at about 13000ft total ascent. 120k in Distance missing two grid refs out. Tempting to build them back in.....
Day 1 40k
Day 2 70k
Day 3 10k
Like how you've mixed your units up there Tiger 😆
I've got 161km, 5400m climbing, all the checkpoints.
Note sure on distances each day, but camping on Saturday somewhere between B1 and B2. Sunday somewhere between A3 and B4.
Back from B4 on Monday AM.
Weather seems to have picked up too - might even swap the tent out for the tarp again...
camping on Saturday somewhere between B1 and B2
Well, we'll see you in the Railway for a pint then 🙂
That ali turned up and looks good, in fact looks spot on.
Like how you've mixed your units up there Tiger
It's part of [i]"the rules"[/i] distance is always in KM, elevation is always in Feet