I just couldn’t believe how perfectly that staple went straight into that tire! Otherwise it probably wouldn’t have even stuck. It seems to have patched well, but then I thought the last one was a good patch too! This time I roughed up the tube a bit more beforehand.
Stop being sensible
, Im the 'what is that your riding' guy.Watch it, the BBSHD will want to torque around till its in front of the bottom bracket and against the downtube. I would also cover it in that location from mud, water and sand.Now dont laugh...yes you at the back.
Started building the suspension fattie and Im in full botch mode.
Bbshd will fit behind the bottom bracket, going to strengthen the frame as it wasnt designed for a powerful mid drive.
Just some odd forks till the 120mm travel ones arrive.
It was originally going to be a hub drive, but I change my mind every 5 mins.
Learnt a lot about the drive by taking it off the old bike with pliers and two hammers.
I have every confidence it will snap in two on the first ride.
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Hey Stefan, well with a tailwind it's wonderful, headwind, hmm, not so much
those 5.05" full knobbies sure don't help any! Most of the Farley is carbon fiber, it weighs 10.4 kg. It goes anywhere! I usually run with 8 - 10 lbs air pressure. You can hear me coming a mile away on the road 
I had to pick a day with a 20mph headwind but at least it was dry, I felt like I was going backwards for the first 10 miles! but the descent sure was fun! 584 miles now covered this month, hoping to take it over 600 on Friday if my legs have recovered! The rim brakes take a bit of getting used to again after having disc brakes for so long, they are fine in the dry though!
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Back on the trusty old Giant CRS 1.0 Hybrid, first ride since September 2018! I've had it for over 12 years and it has never let me down, I even managed to cover 120 miles on it and crashed head on into a kid on a mountain bike 50 yards from home!
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I'm not going to lie, this climb up to here hurt
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It felt so alien after riding my e bike for such a long time but after a few miles it started to feel more like normal, I might get brave and attempt a 50 miler on Sunday! My last ride on it before this was a 58 miler so hopefully I am still strong enough! The strangest thing is lifting it, it feels like a feather compared to my e bike!
That was an abandoned jeep road I used to get to a remote trailhead I'd never been to before and part of some other more ridiculous technical climbs and descents. Since then I found a better route. I won't be back...Gee, I thought *I* rode some bad trails. Definitely a case for fat tires.
