Monster, Monsteur, Monstour , 26/29+ and Expedition and Adventure bikes

Also my Straggler is in the classifieds £900

Would have hopped on this but just pulled the trigger on a ogre instead, have been wanting a vagabond since day one! Glws

Such tanwall

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Very pleased with my Vagabond so far. Did a 200km gravel randonné a couple of weeks ago. Big ones did really well on both gravel and tarmac. Picture is from this weekend's camping. Frame bag should land tomorrow, then I think I can ditch the rack on shorter outings.

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Single ring? looks great.

Thanks! Yea it's a bit of a ghetto single ring setup at the moment...

Looks awsome. It really is a point of great shame for me that mine's still waiting to be built up. Good to know the Big ones fit, I was thinking of using them, interested to see how they last out. Shame it looks like there's no space left for fenders too.

Just do it! Fenders would most likely interfere with the seat tube. Better to go for 2" or something like that. I had Thunder Burts on before this and I think they would work. Big Ones are lovely! Fast and of course, very comfy. No idea on longevity thou...

Excellent looking bike. If I ever get my cross check back off the eldest may flog it and build a vagabond up. Love the stuff that comes out of Genesis.

I frikking love the thunder burts. Got them on Ghetto Tubless and the rear only just punctured from a big ass screw going right through the sidewall. Gonna switch to the even lighter furious fred and see how far that gets me.
Also...your setup is awesome. Get a narrow wide in there.

I need to build a shed first. Too many bikes, nowhere to keep them!

finished this bag today:

@negaatio nice bag! Is it made from waterproof material?
I'm planning something similar and have an old camo rucksack I plan to use as base. If it works out I might buy some decent material and do it again.

cordura 1000denier. Water might come through the seams (as I havent bothered taping them) or the zip (as I just used some metal one I had). The fabric in itself is sturdy and quite waterproof

also made this:

Nice work! Been thinking about doing something similar. But having no time nor space atm resulted in this thing instead.

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How do you find the Alpkit bag? It's likely top of the Xmas list, but I've heard conflicting reviews. Also, which material is that as I know they have options.

I havent used it yet. But it Feels good and well made. Time will tell I guess. I went with the surgeon opening. The bag is quite small but I think this still makes it easier to pack and find stuff. Its in xpac vx21.

Is that a specialized pizza rack?

Yes.

Nice. I was very tempted by one of those. Ended up using a blb rack basket with the stays chopped down and mounted up on the fork.

How are you getting on with the Schwalbe big ones? Have you set them up tubeless?

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Slowly working out bikepacking. I'm resistant tho..

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Joined the fat club this weekend (by buying a krampus, photos of which don't currently want to upload)

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Yeah the pizza rack is a good match, altough it takes some fettling to mount it level (the stay is too short. I got the ILE Porteur bag also, makes for an easy commute and I reckon I can pretty much fit everything I need for an overnighter as well.

I think the Big Ones are lovely. Fast and obviously very comfy. I have the Liteskin version, 440 grams - pretty amazing. Did a gravel brevet on them and I had no trouble keeping up with the roadies on the tarmac sections. I run them with tubes, think I read somewhere that LS don't do tubeless very well.

This is the sad situation right now thou. 1265 grams of pure joy :(((

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