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sounds like a great trip!
this guy has a nice account of riding rough stuff in high atlas: https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1mr&doc_id=10622&v=Dq
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The bottoms of my salopets have Vero straps, and overlap the top of the overshoes just enough to make a pretty reasonable seal. Also helps keep them away from the dirt of the chain.
Fitted the wet weather tyres, and they look really small in the big mudguards! They're 1.6 inches wide, compared to the much higher volume 47mm horizons. I'm interested to see the difference in ride quality and feel, between the two tyres.
In other bike related news- I'm going to get round to making these racks, but a set of super C panniers, and ride from southern Spain to southern Morocco. Over the high atlas mountains and down to the desert. Flying in and out, but otherwise just the equipment we can carry between 2 bikes. Probably 3 to 4 weeks of riding, from January into February. we're looking at routes involving quite a lot of unpathed road, and extremes of conditions from high mountain passes with the potential for snow and desert heat, so it should be an interesting trip.