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The wife’s baby hauler, shown sans cables.

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That is well nice!

Whoa this is badass!

Here’s my Ogre on The Badger Divide.

So nearly sold this bike but I’m glad I didn’t. It would have been one of the ones that got away if I had.

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wow looks fun

Pls make rear rack level

Great write up, enjoyed that! Trying to think how I could turn that route into a family holiday but that might be (definitely is) a daft idea

Good read! I need a mtb. 5 beers with tea was brave, had a chuckle at that.

Blogsperation! good work

Great read that - cheers. Badger Divide on the list for this year :)

Oh so sounds like very much a fast MTB route rather than Gravel?

I'm not that well informed but a fair few people have done good chunks of it on stragglers and similar I believe

I wonder if it could be done slower over several days, albeit it would mean carrying a lot more stuff. Hmmm

It’s been leveled and stays trimmed.

Praise be. It’s a cracking bike.

Jolly good write-up!

Thanks all!

I’ve done it on a gravel bike the reverse way and it was equally fun.

You can totally do it over 3 (or more days) which actually makes it a bit easier as there’s more options to sleep/refuel.

If anyone’s interested, PM me and I can recommend bothies and places to stop etc.

Thanks for sharing.

This brought back good memories :) We did it the other way around so I was a little confused at first. Soooo much fun.

We stayed at the Scottish YHA at Loch Ossian and I did it on a Brother Kepler Disc with 650x37b, totally doable. Rough as F.... in places but doable.

EDIT: We did the whole Inverness to Glasgow route over 4 days.

Loving this
What size frameset is this ?
I’m also thinking of building a midnight special

It's a 56. Love it. Haven't ridden anything else since I built it.

Thought it looked around my size
You have inspired me

Awesome pictures. Will read the words later.

Thanks! You're welcome to try it out for sizing etc

Thanks buddy!

Cheers, will PM you when I have a better idea of when doing. Thanks

Stunning scenery, fine bicycle, great write up. More adventures planned for this year?