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patiently ordering mounts, scheming, and ordering more mounts has gotten me to the point where the installation seems viable. the b&m iq x mount as an extension rod mated with the supernova universal hbm (with a shim to 22.2) allow the light to be adjusted between two positions depending on whether i'm running a wider or a narrower bag. demonstration below.
wide bag position
narrow bag position
view from above
i'd just need to remove the bartape and figure out a neat way to route both cables. the only issue i can think of is the beam might be positioned a bit too much to the left. go figure.
in other news, the ever-amazing @Tijmen has finished making the frame bag and it's with dhl already. can't wait to let go of the tetsuo ehara style saddle bag setup.
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now that the cockpit is a bit more dialed, the bike performed excellently at BITW. the dorset singletrack was flowy and well-grown. one could even describe some of the more bushy sections as vietnam gravel. i managed to collect two ticks in total from these bits. the other one was big and the other one was small (they've both been safely removed).
i broke the factory seatpost clamp just before the event and had to resort to the slipping 30.0mm dkg again. here's the wood's cyclery pop up service guys sorting a coke can shim on it, which held perfectly. well done mechanics.
a 29.6mm dkg is on order and should finally stop the suffering.
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thanks chief!
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embracing the colour palette that wouldn't do well on the mgoof thread.
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it is! i had the same doubts but it seemed to mount totally fine, yet hanging a tad lower than the loops on the b17.
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there’s some upthread. i’ll take some new ones with the rack when i’ll have time to wash it
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rushed overnighter setup for @ojwithbits 's new forest thing. need to try to drag the camera to some nature sites for better backgrounds but these will have to do for now.
finally managed to install the @Tijmen it bag. the gunnar's donning it like jane birkin her namesake hermes. no bouncing stem bags or cable-interfering bar bags on day rides, put everything in the triangle and don't even really feel it. really happy with it.
the dropper is nice too. forgot to shoot the wolftooth lever but it's kind of neat and works surprisingly well. the inline-ness of it just made the reach a bit shorter and i'm again doubting the fit. might need to invest in the nth simworks bar from sam? or lower the stem in the hopes of more room. or lower the whole thing to thames and grab a size larger rockhound from columbus, ohio...
the ones who like to zoom in may have clocked the atac xc8s. there's obviously a learning curve with these, but i'd dare to recommend them to other clipless virgins. thought my wrist will never recover from the two stationary slips i had in trent park, but survived new forest without much hit. the clipping in sound is more like a subtle thump, very much unlike the spd click-clack known from @Maj 's brilliant roadie gf meme.
no other upgrades for now, but maybe the cromoto fork soon to stop it from looking stupid? i always had this guy's build as a reference for a well-balanced build;
but he too has a long stem on it. also moloko bars bringing the reach forward. getarounds would already do it for me and look much nicer. the slow possessive force of brain worms won't go anywhere unless i stop riding it i guess. it'd be pleasant to have a dialled bike for once before paying for train tickets to go riding though...
bonus material from new forest for an outro.
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Very neat and clean setup! Especially the cockpit. I am currently struggling with trying to route cables behind my bags. I do like the Carbon forks on it tbh. I would only switch if you want the extra mounts.
Are you running one of them spa cycles TI stems? I recently put one on my steamroller but it makes me anxious because I feel the bolts that came with it are too short everywhere. -
Bike looks wicked with the full frame bag I must say.
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How have I missed this thread for the last few months?
Fit and functional Gunnar, being used how it should. +1 on all the fork and brake comments tho; get hydros and forget about it, and the front end is quite low right now.
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thanks! i can't imagine a setup that had more cables at the bars than i currently do. the drybag type bar bags seem to work better here as they kind of just hang underneath the bars rather than expand directly forward like saddle bags.
i got the stem on ebay, it was listed merely as an unbranded ti stem. looks like it indeed is the spa one, but the bolts never caught my attention. need to check.
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cheers! i'm proud that i've actually managed to ride it quite a lot. can't wait to stop adding parts and having everything dialled.
the juins are fine with a light load but a full overnight load calls for hydros clearly. need to investigate the opportunities once i'm less broke. being broke also means the headtube conversion to accommodate the enve fork isn't happening, so i could as well chuck the cromoto on to get a feel of how much better it looks/rides.
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<3. is your big bro seeing any dirt tours this season?
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Scotland trip got boxed so it's up in the air, but I'm trying to be more chill with camping so will do something, how was new forest route?
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hmm seeing that reference pic does convince me that some steel forks would look really nice on this, I’ve been vibin with the funky carbon DT things since you got them but now I’m doubting, that red bike is kewl
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i watched a youtube vid and heard ojs testimonial of the badger divide, and become intrigued to try it. the 55s could handle the terrain.
we did two circular day rides in new forest, which i think is the best concept to cover as much nice terrain as possible. first day was prairie singletrack and second was a beach/gcn gravel loop. didn't get hate crimed, i guess i need to work on looking less like a mamil.
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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.
before:
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.
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what a brilliant thread, love it
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thanks man, appresh! the spring is here soon and this thread should get some updates too...
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postie also brought the "xrr470", which turned out to be another xrr445. was too good to be true anyway...
light worms. at first i was thinking to mount my supernova e3 triple on the upper end of the fork blade with a piece of tube and one of these. the clamp might however damage the fork blade on the occasion of diving light-first into rocks/trees and cause unnecessary facial surgery anxiety.
currently at level or slightly below the bars out front is the dominant remaining mounting idea.
what makes this tricky is the light can't be mounted upside down unless the beam is compromised. i'd need to use a swivelled extension rod to get the light away from the bars to have ample room for operating the switch and then twisted to the correct angle for an optimal beam. the most promising solution for this i've worked out so far would be to use
this
or this
to clamp it to the bars and
this
as the rod. not sure how well this would work in practice and kind of reluctant to add to my collection of unused light mounts. i hope there's interference only with the bar bag flap when opened, but it might also hinder mounting a dry bag directly to the bars.
i've also been recommended this, which is actually supposed to fit a variety of stems, not just ones made by ritchey. a neat application by a rider from the finnish forum below.
as the light is positioned further at the front, this would likely work better with a dry bag. but perhaps worse with a flapped bar bag. all handlebar dynamo light mounters please come out and present your solutions before i start surfing for a sinewave beacon again.