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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Calipers butchered
Nothing much happened yesterday. I took off all old seals from the calipers and gave the a bit of a [...]
Learning the expensive way
After receiving comments and having a chat with BlackAdder aka Make, I decided to bite the bullet and cough up [...]
I fucked up
As this is my first build ever I was expecting small victories and entertaining fuckups. Well it's mostly been small [...]
Icy enduro and Iridium sparks
The weather today was perfect. Sunshine and -2 degC, so I took my enduro up north to a friends place. [...]
Great success!
Robinson's foundry ended up stocking the oil level glass thingy. I just placed an order with them and everything should [...]
Blasted and shattered
I got the stuff back today from being blasted. Unfortunately the eager blaster had also worked his way through the [...]
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Arctic Dirt Tour 13. Day 9 / 581 km. End of the road.
Waking up in the morning, the weather had closed in a little. The sky was mostly overcast with spots of [...]
Arctic Dirt Tour 13. Day 8 / 566 km. New friends and an unexpected ending.
I woke up to another fine morning in a light drizzle. It was the first bit of rain I had [...]
Arctic Dirt Tour 13. Day 7 / 437 km. The Hobo Rolls Solo.
I wished good luck to Jarmo and headed back to Sodankylä. On much smaller roads than on the way here [...]
Arctic Dirt Tour 13. Day 6 / 10 km. A short one.
Nothing much happened today. I had the rear tyre changed at Lapin Kumi and rode back to the hotel. I [...]
Arctic Dirt Tour 13. Day 5 / 436 km. Fumes, magic and a beer or two.
I'm a bit of a minimalist when it comes to carried equipment. I was more or less happy with what [...]
Arctic Dirt Tour 13. Day 4 / 445 km. You cannot pass.
I woke up to a day I had long been looking forward to. To clear the cobwebs of sleep, I [...]