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Front pouch for spare battery?

Looks like it has a dynamo hub.

That's awesome!! Any more photos?

I've never really liked those seat stays.

I meant for the Di2

http://instagram.com/talbot_frameworks

@Batt di2 batteries are a lot smaller than you think

why

why not just make the seatstay a bit closer to the tire so the mudguard wouldn't need a dildo for installing

Bigger tyres option.

Don't know the exact process of decision making, but if the person who's bike it is wanted the potential for putting bigger tyres in at a later date, that would be a good reason.

EDIT: Never underestimate scoble's ability to chime in about high volume tyres quicker than you.

TCR with a steel fork. Nah

There ain't that much more room sideways if you go bigger, that long stick seems a bit excessive.
Looking at the instagram photos, doesn't look like theres much more room in the chainstay/seat tube area either.

e. And i know i'm being picky, the stick is just an eyesore in otherwise perfect-looking bike.

I meant for the Di2

If he hooks up the dynamo to the Di2 batteries, there is no need for spare batteries, right?

@Jaap

You'd need some sort of inverter or USB charging pack - dynamos are AC out, di2 are DC in.

But you're right, it is possible. I was being facetious about the battery - my point was rather more it's still a bit of a silly choice for touring / packing. Battery life / charging aside, if anything goes wrong with any part of the charging / di2 system out in the (a) field, life might get very difficult quite quickly and I would rather a relatively simple and ubiquitous mechanical system to fix.

Admittedly looks like a Transco/enduro sort of rig so horses for strange courses

Edit; uses an igaro for charging.

Something like this: http://www.bumm.de/de/produkte/stromversorgung.html

But I think it's a really smart choice going di2 for bike packing. Di2 requires a lot less effort to shift, needs far less adjustment of your gears and you can easily do 3000km on a charge. In the 2 years I've used di2 I have never had any malfunction..

And if you're going to go further than 3000km without a charger, than you can easily carry an extra battery or two.. They're only 56gram!

Re comments on the Talbot's clearances.

The forum is such a wonderful place.

Yeah it's great until something like this happens http://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/1068175-di2-shimano-failures-caution.html

Unfortunately this sort of issue and anecdote seems to be far too common ...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti Di2 or eTap, just personally wouldn't want tech I can't fix without a laptop or warranty claim roadside

I disagree.. when di2 fails you can always get home, you're just stuck in the gear you're in..

but when your (mechanical) shifters explodes.. or your cable snaps, it's a lot harder to get your bike into a gear

your cable snaps, it's a lot harder to get your bike into a gear

A few turns of a limit screw and you can be in a rideable gear.

Touché!

Same goes for di2 though.. you can easily push your derailleur into a gear when it's out of power..

Yes, that's fine if you're just on your Sunday loop but very problematic if you're stuck in the wilds where "home" is wherever you planned to get to for the night.

It's easy to replace cables and jury rig mechanical derailleurs to do what you need them to. Seems Di2 systems most commonly fail absolutely (front & back), leaving you rolling in whatever your last gear was, which in certain terrain and conditions is pretty much being stranded with a bike you're unable to complete your tour on. Stuck in 53 - 11 in the hills / head winds doesn't sound like fun (or workable) to me.

In the 8 years I've been riding road bikes I've never had a shifter explode, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. What I do know though is that a cable snapping < dead Di2 in terms of how it can ruin a long riding holiday.

I don't think you know anything about Di2 or have ever ridden it

its a stack of spacers on a long bolt?

Honestly? Never owned, much interest over the years, have ridden. Please don't get testy with me over a difference of opinion.

I'm not exactly sure what your point is ... I'm talking about failure somewhere in the system — not the battery running flat — so; control box issues, bad wiring, battery malfunction, water in the system etc. which are absolute failures.

Personally, I'd prefer to run a mechanical system I know I can fix relatively easily and cheaply on the go and carry on a multi day / remote ride rather than deal with something that is potentially much more difficult to fix in the field, and much more expensive too and could mean going straight home.

What's the point of all this? No serious bikepacker will choose Di2 for his gearing system. I bet all if them would mount pedals on their rig tho.

I don't think you know anything about Di2 or have ever ridden it

I have to concur with him, it is actually easy to jerry rigged a cabled drivetrain than it is a Di2 one.

When something go wrong with Di2, it usually required having to hook it up to a computer, run diagnostic, find out what the cause is, could be derailleur, could be cable not pushing into the junction box, could even be a glitch, this isn't uncommon.

We don't have laptop with us when we go touring, just spare cables.

Back in my day bicycles didn't need electricity to be operated!