The one who should not be drawn.

Jaws Dropping

Many of these trees were my friends!!

Very understandable, doing the same route twice when touring somehow can feel like a waste.

Stunning photo again! I opened it before I read the text and was looking for your bike in the picture for some time, since it’s a trademark ;) But now I understand. Have fun!

Man, that is a ridiculously good looking town. Sounds like a great time, how much of the montañas vacias route are you planning on doing?

A good pizza after riding a bike is one of the great pleasures in life, enjoy!!

I don’t know. Maybe it’s mostly hope talking, but I think there could be hope for 3-5 RB losses.

Yes but do you condemn the bees?

Time to unionize, I think.

Wake up babe, a new type of dog just dropped.

A very smart decision, I think! And let’s hope not too many washboard gravel roads in your near future

McTook’s, now serving second breakfast and elevensies all-day!

Yeah I think the heel drag problem is bigger for me because I have the click-system pedals (shimano SPD), so the part on the axle of the pedal is relatively in front of the foot.

I do love products that offer a good guarantee, it ends up really paying off.

Oof, a bruised rib can hurt as hell and also really mess with sleep quality. Hope it cures quickly, get well soon!

I think relatively low mounting option for panniers could be important, lower centre of gravity is important for ride quality/comfort. Also, important for you to be able to get the panniers sufficiently to the back so your heel doesn’t clip the bag. Stuff like a good light fixing spot is a nice-to-have - at least I always turn the lights on when it rains, for safety.

If my bike had the mounting points I would have gone for something nice from tubus or a similar manufactorer, but since it doesnt I had to pay 300 euros more for a tailfin (which, as a product, is really great by the way. But prohibitively expensive)

I’mnnot sure I’ll be of much help, I have a tailfin system. I have to say, I really love their rack top bag as it’s very convenient and well made.

I tend to favour a durable and convenient system (usually unfortunately on the expensive side). When I’m not sure what features exactly I’m looking for Intend to buy the very cheapest option, and whilst using it work out what features are important to me. Then I buy the good stuff and give away/resell the cheaper system.

Do you miss front suspension?

That looks like a very nice ride

Damn, this one takes the crown

I do hope he lands a seat somewhere. And hopefully somewhere better than Alpine.

Great question!! Ok a rough estimate is the best I can do. As everything is bigger in Texas, I will take a relatively big deer for reference. As you will understand, I must compare area with area, so here goes:

Taking a BigMac as a reference and assuming a patty diameter of 10.4cm Source. This would lead to an area of 84.95cm2.

A bigger deer skin could be 150x139 cm Source. On the one hand this is an overestimation because those are the maximum measures and it’s not perfectly square, but on the other hand we’re not taking certain area’s such as the hooves and head into account. The area comes to 20850cm2.

So one deer is, in terms of area, as big as 245,4 hamburgers.

Again, I hope this helps.