by FatManBiking | Apr 26, 2016 | Gear Talk
It’s been a while since I posted anything here, so I thought I’d just drop by with a quick update. Cycling has taken a back seat to pretty much everything else since a little health scare in the fall of 2015. I sold off my Warbird and barely rode the fat...
by FatManBiking | Jul 26, 2015 | Gear Talk
It’s all been a little too quiet lately, what with the heat, the flies and the over-exposure to sightings of Donald Trump’s hair. My cycling mileage is down, my enthusiasm for outdoor activity has dwindled, so to try and kickstart my shit I went out and...
by FatManBiking | May 4, 2015 | Gear Talk, Reviews
I spent time over the early part of winter looking at equipment for bikepacking and touring in 2015. I bought pretty much everything I need and was able to snag some items at off-season discounted pricing. The Revelate Designs gear however, largely due to its limited...
by FatManBiking | Apr 2, 2015 | Gear Talk
This is just a quick post to share a system I came up with to protect the paintwork on your bike frame when setting it up for bikepacking. I’ve decided to use the Salsa Warbird [more info on the Warbird here] for most of my touring this season, so I went out and...
by FatManBiking | Mar 9, 2015 | Gear Talk
I haven’t had any prior with tubeless setups, before buying the Salsa Beargrease. I’ve done a lot of reading up about tubeless conversion and seriously considered converting my tire setup on the old Charge Cooker Maxi 2 (shown above, with On-One Floaters)...
by FatManBiking | Feb 22, 2015 | Gear Talk
I just wanted to throw up another post on winter riding and more specifically, winter clothing. I covered the subject in an earlier post here, but things have developed a little since that early-season post. I’ve struggled all winter with cold hands and cold...
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