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Aches
Man, you guys really went to town posting my bikes :)
Sadly I haven't got the time to browse LFGSS that frequently anymore so stuff goes by me.
To answer some questions:
Mudguards on the 'Dale are infact from Biltema. Just a pair of generic plastic guards. I always have them in stock at home just because I like to chop them up for a custom fit. They cost less than a tenner a pair so no biggie. Rear fender is extended with a piece of front fender, front fender is a shortened rear fender. Didn't want to have it flopping about at the front so added a pair of struts that attach to the front lowriders.
Talking of lowriders, yes, the right one is slightly lower than the left one. The Cross-Check fork doesn't have midfork mounts so it's just p-clamped to the legs. Slipped a few times on this summers grand tour (2400km around the Gulf of Bothnia Stockholm-Turku) and just couldn't be bothered to bushmechanic them parallell.
I've posted the minicargo on here before, you can find some more pictures in my Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mankkis/albums/72157635648087934
Just and old Swedish 90's mtb that me and my friend welded a new front end on. Definitely not a CyclePro production model :D
Rocked it with pretty skinny tyres at first (2.0" in the rear, 35x451mm in the front) but I was rolling on the rims all the time. So we moved the front canti studs lower so I could use a smaller diameter wheel and then I crammed in some bigger rubber. Rolling on 2.3" in the rear and a massive 2.4" in the front now. Good fun that bike.
Also welded a rear hitch for the odd occasion one might need one.
The 'Dale is definitely a better tourer than the BJ. Bob was flexing all over the place and wobbled instantly at speeds over 20km/h. Power transfer was seriously lacking. The 'Dale is a superb frame, I actually got it for free from a friend. The ride is incredibly smooth especially with that skinny Surly fork but still stiff so it feels confident.
The Bob has found it's place as my rain bike in this setup. Same extended fenders ;)