Bikes, builds and gear
Buying a bike is just the beginning of the project, and no bike will survive adventure enduro rides right off the production line. The two main design fundaments of the build were intertwined. One affects the other and vice versa. The final build is a delicate balance of terror between weight and endurance.
The obvious goal was to keep the bike as light as possible, which is easy with parts selection. The hard part is applying the same fundament to everything that goes on the bike.
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Last obstacle…until the next
Success! I got the damn steering stem bottom bearing race off finally. A lot of dremeling and hammer work involved. [...]
Progress
Soooo, today the valves and tyres went on the freshly coated rims. A bunch of stuff from Robinson's and Powersports [...]
Dead end and anodizing
I'm sure the damping adjuster is threaded at one end and will come out, but I just can't figure out [...]
Progress halted
Sooo, the project is not going as planned. I'm back to waiting for tools and parts. I took a couple [...]
The frame is back
The frame is back in the man cave! Didn't have time to have a closer look or fiddle around with [...]
No more orange
Just when I said the rebuild starts, for the fifth time probably, I took out the hub shock absorbers from [...]
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Fall Dirt 13. Day 3 / 504 km. New friends and wet trails.
I woke up at 0700 and relit the fire for heat and lighting. These classical wilderness habitats are very dark [...]
Fall Dirt 13. Day 2 / 529 km. Long awaited crossings.
I woke up to my alarm at 0650. The countryside outside was passing by my window in darkness. I noted [...]
Fall Dirt 13. Day 1 / 7 km. Rolling with the iron rooster.
This was technically the first day of Fall Dirt 13. Despite the fact that I only rode seven kilometers. From [...]
Fall Dirt 13, the last updates from the garage.
I'm at the garage and the bike is packed. There were some last minute changes to the kit list and [...]
Fall Dirt 13 begins.
Clear skies and sunshine in Helsinki. I hope the weather up north is as friendly during the next few days.The [...]
Fall Dirt 13, kit on, kit off…..
I took the rest of my kit to the garage today for a test pack for Fall Dirt 13 (it's [...]