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I use the Garmin etrex 30x. Battery life is long. If it dies, you just drop in new AAs and it's good to go. The etrex is nice, but it is not intuitive. When I go bikepacking in the backcountry I carry an InReach mini.…
Chris King. I've had mine since 2010 or 2011. I moved it to a different bike when I bought a new frame. I was burning through one a year until I switched. I ride in rain, dirt, and muck. That thing is solid. I've…
Northfield is beautiful, lots of glorious gravel roads. If your lucky, the route will include Farmer Trail. You will be fine on 35c tires. To the south is rolling hills. The east is nice too, but could be windy. Chris…
It depends on conditions. One year the temps were in the 30s with freezing rain and the next is was in the 90s and windy. There are places to refill. The first stop is less than 40 miles and you can ride into town and…
I've got an Osprey Raptor and two Hydrapaks. The Osprey is great. I use it for bikepacking and mt biking mostly. For gravel rides I prefer bottles and carry a filter to refill if needed.
I've ridden Velocity A23s for years. I have 28mm road tires on them now and have gone has wide as a 42mm gravel tire. I don't know what they weigh and I don't care. Durability, especially on gravel, is more important to…
I like 45nrth studded tires. They are well designed and mount pretty easily. I have the gravadals and nicotines. I've also used Nokians and they were great. I think they were the mount and ground 160s. Run them at lower…
I take my Fargo everywhere. Pavement, gravel, two track, forest service roads, single track. It is steel. The Cutthroat is the carbon equivalent. It's about the adventure, not the bike.
There is a lot of great riding in the Jackson area. Yellowstone NP is not terribly bike friendly. The greater Yellowstone ecosystem has a lot of great riding especially in the National Forests/ Island Park area. The…
The chunkier the gravel or for more rugged road conditions, I would go with the biggest tire I can run. I'm not sure why he recommended a 35c tire if you are currently running a 40. Maybe the Alluvinn is only available…
I had the chance to demo this bike last fall in Chequamegon NF. 30-40 mile ride. I'd buy this bike in a heartbeat if I had the money. It never felt sluggish. Even on sections of hero gravel, it rolled well. On the…