
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Hand numbness while bikepacking 101

Some thoughts on hand numbness from bikepacking long distances.
Its taken me a while, but I think I am getting a better understanding of the causes of the numbness/palsy/neuropathy that I picked up during my Tour Aotearoa in February. I'm not over it fully yet, but at...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Some slick and fat tires for fun and performance

Firefly
The bike that inspired
my interest in fat slicks
I was intrigued by "Mr Danger Pant's" fat tired Firefly when I first saw it 5 years ago on MTBreview forum. It had some very interesting kit on it including WTB dirt drop-bars. I always thought it would be cool...
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Bam-Boozled by the Lauf
El jefeJuly 14, 2016bamboo bicycles, Boo, boo bicycles, lauf, lauf fork, Wellington New Zealand
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About the time that the Tour Aotearoa finished I started noticing the Lauf fork making a few more appearences in "Social Media Land". A local rider Gary Moller took one to the Masters MTB world champs a few years back, but a misunderstanding about the course meant it wasn't...
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Brian Alder's Tour Divide 2016 debriefing

A few weeks back I talked to Brian Alder about his prep for the 2016 Tour Divide. He is back now so I asked him a few more questions.
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Well Brian. 16 days and 10 hours 36 mins, 5th place?...