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Countdown approaching one month to go.
Some things progressed well. The parts we're upgrading from the stock build have been ordered and are gradually arriving at the framebuilders. These are:
Main thing missing is the mudguards now, I'm still undecided on model. We also ordered framebags, it took a long while to get that right because I wanted to avoid dozens of poorly thought velcro straps all over. We looked at screw-mount systems, which also act as deterrent giving us one less bag to take out from the bike when we leave it unattended. It'd be really cool to do it like that, but after some serious consideration the bag makers wisely pointed out that the stoker bag is way too large and floaty (won't touch the boom tube), so in all likelihood we'd stress the mounting points in the long run and whatever is the weaker material would tear, stretch, fail, kaput. Final layout is this one, it'll be velcro on top and screws on bottom. We'll have zip closing towards each other, so we can lock them together with a single lock if needed (prob not, but hey).
And this is how it'll prob look on day one before we give it a bit more 'character' with towels, sandals and wet underwear hanging from every available surface.
We're thinking of adding a couple of Ortlieb accessories to the panniers, the bottle cage and the mini bag. Anyone has any experience using them? On the front we'll have a basket-type bag, to carry groceries, extra layers, random stuff. I don't want anything more than 2 panniers on the rear, if possible. We'll have to learn as we go along, we're surely bringing way more crap than we should (classic), but hard to tell what's not going to make the cut until we're riding. As result of our tandem luggage logistics fun, we have the first pictures of the frame. These are just details, showing position of additional bosses made for the framebags. But they are beautiful to us.
Which means the frame is built and on the queue for paint.