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similar sized tyres under the same Bluemels, do they work ok for you?

Yeah they definitely rattle a bit and in the same spot as yours. Wider fender or stronger struts might help but I'm not worried as every single pair of Bluemels installed I've installed rattle at least a bit.

SFAB here too

Gave in and installed proper mudguards yesterday. Used Ass Savers whenever it was wet before this but now that the proper shitty weather is here they're not enough.
Kona Sutra LTD 2020, 54, 2.25" Thunder Burts and 65mm SKS Bluemels. Older unused Ass Saver as a front flap.
I had to bodge the rear mudguard to the seat stay bridge without the original part because there's not too much clearance and it was too thicc.

one of us! one of us! one of us!

This fucking sucks. For the longest time I wasn't content with my bike/bikes and only thing that helped was either changing the most of the parts or the whole bike.

29" and the price at BikeInn is really good..

on Bike24 the Race Kings are only 10€ more each though

Trying to decide on 2.2" tyres for gravel and bikepacking. Currently running Thunder Burts tubeless and I think I'd like a bit more sturdy tyre as these puncture quite easily. Looking for sturdy-ish and fast rolling, preferably light tyre.
Currently Vittoria Mezcals and Conti Race Kings are my top options. Any opinion on which to choose or secret third opinion?
Mezcals seem wildly popular currently and Race Kings were THE tyre a few years ago I hear.

tan wall option is a must.

Summer setup for 1-3 nights of camping.
Fork bag 1: tent and sleeping pad
Fork bag 2: sleeping bag
Frame bag: tent poles, tools, spare tire, toilet paper, lezyne micro floor drive etc
Carradice: clothes, food and cooking kit,water filter, first aid, medicine, camp sandals, towel and other random stuff
Handlebar bag: candy, electronics, wallet, bluetooth speaker, lock
Top tube bag: more candy
Feed bag x2: bottles

Same stuff in a bit different order!

Fall and winter change things a bit and I might replace the handlebar bag with large Restrap handlebar bag.

Nice! I've been thinking of hybridizing my 2020 sutra ltd with flat bars! How do you rate the Mezcals? I want to replace my Thunder Burts with something a bit sturdier but fast rolling tires.

Looks Rad+

this is a must watch at least every other month!

Here's the longest lasting setup.

I'm currently tinkering with the bike, 650b conversion and changing the drops to Nitto Bullmoose.
shitty indoors pic because there's a thunderstorm.

edit: outside pics

True but doesn't include GRX or Tiagra 4700 10 speed shifters as they have different pull ratio.

I have Deore 9-speed Rd and 11-42 cassette. B-screw inverted to get more capacity.
26-36 in the front. Tiagra 4600 brifters.

I will change that setup to 9 speed XTR Rd and 11-36 cassette sometimes soon.

So wtf is up with the nettles and thorns in this country? My arms and legs are all stung by nettles and clothes tattered by thorns. Also I Lost my sandal some where near Sonning.

Hatfield Forest and Epping Forest were quite muddy and the bridleways we rode on Sunday were fucking awful.

I'll ride my Sutra LTD with 2.25" tires and my friend is taking his Fairlight Secan with 42 Ultradynamicos.

Our practice ride a month ago looked like this.

Just lovely.

For some reason me and my friend decided to spend our holiday cycling around southern parts of England. London-Oxford-Bath-Salisbury-Winchester-Brighton-London.
We're gonna choose gravel and single track over paved roads, how much SFAB should we expect? Our route is mostly self drawn on Komoot but we found a couple readily available routes around Brighton (south downs way) and some route options from Brighton to London.

I have the Rando bag in small and large and I rarely use them. I feel the magnet attachment is too much of a hassle and I broke 3 of those plastic magnet things on the bottom of the bag.

I got both of those either really cheap or with a bike and I'm glad I didn't spend any more than that on them.
The last time I used either of them I had the small one bungee corded to a Ikea basket and it was fine.

Needs a bit of BDHU but can't wait to start riding this again once the snow/slush is gone!

It is! Surprisingly easy to install! I think I could move it a couple cm forward but it's good enough as it is.
Inspired by this instagram post!

New cockpit, new rear rack.

I run 11-42 cassette with GRX400 without goatlink or any other hacks. Not the smoothest shifts in the bigger cogs but works whenever I need to spin up some steep stuff.

It's Puffin season!

I'll check in a couple days when it's a bit warmer than -25'C in the storage!

I broke the bolt on my bagman this summer. Rode mainly on gravel roads and I'm quite sure I had less than 10kg of stuff in there.