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Pelago?

Having a look at the Pelago Utility rack, my main worry is that on my fork the axle bolt is recessed in to the fork, so I can't see how something could go on there? Do I need a longer axle and a pile of washers?

why no front eyelets?
I wouldn't recommend the utility rack, its pretty basic/heavy duty.

Considered using P-clips?

No idea - there just aren't any!

Yeah I've had a look at p-clips and was wondering if they might not be my best bet. Recommendations for rack / p-clip combo? Anything that can hold a small pizza box with a cargo bungee cable over it is what I'm after.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/500-bclip-front-bike-rack-id_8328048.html

It's about the same size as a large pizzahut box.

You can use the minoura rack with tge mudguard eyelets.

Just a thought but I ride my Day One fixed with a bolt on cog from Velosolo, just flipped the hub over and hey presto- this meant I could run the front ring on the outside of a road double so it looks nice and get a good chainline. Why not change the forks, say Surly Stragglers or summat?

Do you rate the cog? I was looking at it but got the fear about how it would cope with skidz.

Anyone got a set of bullmoose handle bars they would part with? Quill version preferably.

Probably the same way a 6-bolt disc rotor deals with them...

Your legs will snap before the sprocket/hub

That decathlon thing has some good aspects, but it attaches round the head tube, which somehow made me nervous, but most importantly weights a ton... Feels quite song though.

yeah the cog seems fine, had it for a couple of years and rotate it now and again, the other comments say it all really, its going to be a cheaper option than a new wheel with 135 spacing to fit the frame

Functional nerds: talk to me about rims. 29er /700c disc rims, capable of loaded touring, daily hauling, some offroading/bikepacking. Probably going to be building up a Vagabond in a couple of months, in a all-road/touring style with the option to put knoblies on in the summer and go further offroad.

Any reasons for/against tubeless for a commuting and touring bike? I've notices Schwalbe have a tubeless version of the marathon this year, and some other road tubeless tyre, or there's the new light Soma tyres (not specifically tubeless though) hoping for something between 40-50c.

Going to building up wheels with an SP dynamo on the front, hence not really looking for wheelsets.

Rhyno Lite - cheap and strong. I've now built three of them and as a rank amateur (less than a dozen wheel builds) I didn't have any problem getting and keeping them true.

They're a rim brake rim though right? I have no reason not to go disc specific to save a bit of weight. Hoping to not go full utilitarian as I'll be riding these for fun as well as for travel. Any heavy touring will probably be short lived and I don't weigh a whole lot (about 11st).

Stans ztr crest 29 are pretty light, and plenty wide.

Silly pro forma mudguards on the Soma

ok Scoble

FYI, I have successfully inflated non-tubeless marathon winter tyres on Stan's crests - they've remained inflated at around 40 psi most of the winter.

Yeah, Crests are definitely an option, bit unsure of their max pressure rating though, no info on the Stans site.

Don't worry too much about it, unless you're morbidly overweight riding on tiny tyres.

28mm at 75psi will be fine for instance (ran that for a year, definitely don't need more than that on the rear), so the bigger you go, the lower.

With Crest, 28mm is the absolute minimum for road riding.

Sweet, won't ever be running as small as that I shouldn't imagine. What's your take on tubeless for touring? Did I read that you're running tubeless on your NFE?

I don't know actually, it's a good question.

Thinking about it, there are riders who rode on tubeless during the Tour Divide (in the past, it was slime inner tube which Jill Homer have positive experiences with) and it work for them, you still carry a spare inner tube anyway if all the sealant gone from it.

It's very very useful for MTB because of the increase risk of getting punctured, however on road, I honestly don't know, it's not necessary IMHO, I'm not the person to ask because I honestly can't see myself using it in the future, especially when tube/tyres worked perfectly well for me.

Also for those who run touring tyres on their tourer, like a Marathon Plus which is pretty indestructible already, I can't see a reason why you should go for it unless you want to reduced a tiny amount of weight (and increase comfort slightly).

(I don't run tubeless on my NFE, just lightweight butyl inner tube and tyres).