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visited finland, home to the moraine ridgey dream gravel. it's become a tradition to upgrade the holiday bike with some uk-sourced bits when staying at the old man's and this summer wasn't an exception.
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after:
i brought the pacenti brevet/ck classic 650b wheels, paul motolites and the xx1 cranks from the home parts bin. after realising the LHT fork rides like shit, i managed to source a bit longer triple-butted kona p2 locally. the mechanic of honor had some yokozuna housing in his stash to finish it off.
as one can see it's not a beauty, but this wasn't the intention either this time. for a built-to-ride parts bin workhorse it's not too bad at 10.4kg. the current RH slicks are 48mm, but it'd clear the 55mm knobblies too which is decent for a 26er from 1996. the aluminium frame has an exemplary capacity to carry the bikepacking bags, while the steel fork dampens the trail chatter nicely. makes me wonder why i betrayed ron and strayed to steel-carbon from this winning formula.
some flicks from the 191k hike-a-bike themed weekender. in case anyone's wondering the rear pannier crew are bmx'ers.