Excellent bike, excellent kit, and excellent advventure plan, Bill! I’ve ridden the southern 200+ miles of the Great Divide MTB trail in Colorado. It was my first bigger trip with my Hunqapillar and we had a blast! I found my 50mm Schwalbe Duremes a stiff ride and doing it again would ride a bigger, less stiff tire. What that might be would depend on what I wanted in flat protection (I’d likely go with Orange Sealant in my tubes and ride my ThunderBurt 1.2” liteskins). I also learned since then that a lighter, tighter load is much easier to ride all day, day in day out. Fatigue from intangables is greatly reduced when bike handling is lighter and tighter. The trick, of course, is to bring what you need and only two things you don’t. Grin. I also found I prefer my front wheel free of gear, which makes weighting and unweighting it as needed in nclimbs and descents far easier, as well as LCG (lowest common gear). Feel free to holler off group if you have any questions.
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