Nice looking setup. man $2100 for the adventurous... On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 1:31:35 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > My ride to the office is ~35 miles and ~3000ft of climbing along the crest > of the East Bay Hills, El Cerrito to Castro Valley and down through Hayward > to Union City. I used my 55cm Joe Appaloosa for the ride today, and it was > delightful. It was probably my longest ride ever *not* using drop bars. > It also was probably the longest ride of the last 35 years on 170mm > cranks. I'm a 172.5mm zealot, and I can feel the difference. I'm not > going to claim that 170s ruin my knees or anything like that but I > definitely can tell they aren't 172.5mm arms (or is it my imagination?). > > I'm super pumped about my current front load setup. It's centered on a > Nitto Big Front Rack, a Wald Huge front basket, a large Sackville Shop > sack, and a pair of rear Sackville Backabike panniers. The rears fit on > the Big Front Rack like they were custom made for it. I didn't carry a ton > of stuff, but I did carry my change of clothes, laptop and some documents > for work. Too bad Riv is out of stock on the backabike bags, because > that's a sweet setup. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SG2dCLetPeI/VunBQvRC5vI/AAAAAAAADLI/kq7YhiTTbG08KEBfl21yLf_PmdGTWs9Lg/s1600/IMG_0860.JPG> > > No extra charge for the wild turkey in the background. Sharp eyes will > notice that I've upgraded to a Deore XT rear der. I did that mainly > because I've grown to prefer reverse pull, particularly with friction > shifting, and I had a reverse pull XT in my stash. > > > Descending on the Appaloosa was a blast. I sometimes did the escape > velocity racer tuck with my hands on the hooks of the Choco bars. I blew > past a roadie on one of the descents. It was a very timid roadie, but the > 'Loosa descends really well. > > > In summary I definitely think this bike is in play for my next tour. I'll > load it down more and do a few S24Os with it in the Springtime. > > > Bill Lindsay > > El Cerrito, CA > >
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