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Love this, had one a few years ago and definitely want another. Mine was also the 2.7, even tried a bike rack on it haha. Looks like your's is coming along nicely.
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46cm thomson gravel bars added to the boardman.
70mm 0° thomson stem is on order to lift the bars and bring them closer (currently 80mm -7°)
Then once I'm happy with the lever/bar positions I'll recable and add new bartape
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Beautiful looking bike!
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So a small update -
The cheapie boardman for Miss Raleighracer has been stripped and sold.
The brown mongoose Street bike has been sold.
The raleigh banana has been stripped and sold.
The shopping bike has been stripped but I'm keeping the frame for now (might build a monster cross/super comfy bike to ride with the partner)
Miss Raleighracer now has the 29er for our bike rides.
I got a new beater diamondback (for free). Stripped the paint but couldn't be bothered to do the tricky bits so painted any 'braze on's' and welds/joints in yellow.
Got a thomson seatpost and clamp for the gravel commuter and made myself a safety pizza haha.
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There was no camping this time, would love to give that a go in the future, I think it would make it far a much nicer experience. (Would need to buy some more appropriate kit though)
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Just got back from my 2 night tour around the peak district. A few things to note
- congrats to Google maps for an excellent route (I just blindly followed it and did no planning myself)
- cycling really is great, can't believe I've been scared to do that for so long (although I always wanted to go further than I have and saw a short distance tour as not a tour(I did 80 miles over the 3 days, I know some people that do that before lunch))
- nice to know there are still some friendly people in the world
- special thanks to the weather for giving me 2 great and 1 meh day 🍻
Things I need* to do if I was to do the same again
*need is subjective, a) it all went well and I'm back safe and happy & b) more time on the bike/fitter could fix all these I'd guess c) I didn't have to push at any point- wider tyres (currently 28/30c) and less pressure would of been lovely on the cycle tracks to increase grip & comfort - will look into probably 32/35c but still want to keep them under the mudguards, however I know this bike has run 42c without guards
- higher/different bars/more absorbent bar tape/carbon cockpit to reduce fatigue & increase control when not on tarmac
- less weight/stuff (although in any hobby that's usually the case) & I basically used all that I took with the exception of the emergency bits (1st aid kit/tools/waterproofs etc) will look into what I carry if I do this again - perhaps spending a little on a smaller showergel/Deodorant etc instead of just grabbing what was in the bathroom (however this was supposed to be cheap and as a result cost me ~ £150 all said and done) also wish I'd taken the time to steal a few lighter bits off of other bikes but time/effort was against me, although only grams they all add up!
- will look into easier gearing, really a triple would be great (in my head for that true touring vibe), but an mtb 2x crankset may also work, more investigation needed
Overall 10/10 would do again!
- congrats to Google maps for an excellent route (I just blindly followed it and did no planning myself)
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Well I have a tour* booked thst I set off for shortly so I've made some modifications to the winter commuter and decided to use that. I was struggling to decide between the boardman 29er or this so we'll see how I get on.
*tour might be an big exaggeration to some, laughable to others but we must all start somewhere.
Panniers (brand new came on a bike I bought still with the tags on) and rack found in the loft, a beautiful carradice handlebar bag I kindly got for my birthday and I should be set.
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Unfortunately it's the old gas pipe tubing model
Thomson stem arrived, just trying to tweak the bar angle/hood position now before fitting new cables/bar tape.
Thinking of going for jagwire cables and lizard skin dsp 3.2mm