That was a great little documentary but mine stopped halfway thru. Still,
goes to show you what can be done on a single speed loaded for bear. Thanks.
Craig in Tucson
On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 10:32:53 AM UTC-7, John G wrote:
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> Here's an interesting Youtube on the 25th Infantry.
> https://ww
Here's an interesting Youtube on the 25th Infantry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnTSD219GA
John G
Union Bridge, MD
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Craig, I am most impressed with the “Rough Stuff” riders.
Thanks for giving them a mention here. Pretty amazing terrain they had to pedal
over and with hefty loads too. Those were some tough blokes!
Cheers mate!
Rich in ATL
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The moment I saw "fixie bikepacking" written as a joke by Bikesnob (whose
writing I love), my first thought was: "You city people have got to get more
imaginative than THAT! Out West we HAVE fixie-bikepacking. In the snow. One a
Rivendell converted to horizontal dropouts. Wearing boiled wool and
Thank you for that photo.
Wide tires, wide rims, drop bars at a reasonable height, and a balanced load.
It seems to get forgotten and rediscovered over time.
I will stick with my Rohloff for touring and more upright bars if the going
gets rough enough, however, and keep my fixie riding around t
Craig Montgomery, sometimes of this list (I think; he's on the boblist)
used to regularly tour loaded in the AZ desert (water) on fixed gears; I
think that now he's moderated and uses hub or even (gasp!) derailleur gears.
Craig?
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 2:26 AM Nick Payne wrote:
> In about 1978,
In about 1978, when I was living in Western Australia, a group of us who
were a bit over just training and racing organised a nine day 1400km cycle
camping tour. Two of the riders did it on fixed wheel - somewhere around a
65" gear as I recall. Luckily WA is not a particularly mountainous part o