And fwiw, (and mikesee can correct me if I am wrong) but there weren't many places in his video where the pug had to walk and the moon rode.

Thats the real clincher isn't it. Paging MC....

I was all set to get a moon after they were outed...

Then I rode one back to back at interbike.

FOR ME, the extra width (15mm at the bb) was too much.  My legs hit the seat stays a LOT on the ride.

I am unsure how much extra float there is to be had... the pugs takes a 80mm rim with BFLs.  So the additional footprint cannot be huge.  Probably would be good for really soft snow and really soft sand though...

I came back from the show and ordered the parts to build a pugs...I see a lot of stumblef*cking in my future...

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Is that a function of the frame size you test road or your height at all? It would suck to spend that much money and then find its a leg basher

I have heard through the grape vine that Dirtworks has ordered a SINGLE moonlander in the first batch. Thats ONE moonlander for the entirety of Aus which is due in March/April. Draw your own conclusions on that one

Am I going bonkers or did the pre-release information for the new etrex indicate that there was no limitations to the tracklog size i.e it said something like "limited by memory space available".

Now that it is released, we are back to the same old 10,000 point limitation. Why can they build a cycling specific GPS that doesn't have any limitation on file size yet they can't do the same with their hand helds? 

I guess I will just stick to my etrex vista hcx since the new one no longer does anything any better.

I did a bit of looking in this area a little while ago. The thing that most limits adjustability is the relationship between the bar clamp and the arm rests.

The really light weight aero bars have the bar clamp and arm rests as a single piece. This uses less material but it means you can't set the bars further back as the arm rests are locked into position.

The two that Justin linked are a good example. The first has the arm rests separated while the second has them integrated.

I ended up going with profile design T1 as they were the best compromised between adjustability and price i.e no fancy carbon bits.

The other thing to consider is a 'fred bar' which lets you shorten up your cockpit to get a better fit. See here:http://www.bikepacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,1975.0.html
(see reply 18 for a pic)

The siren version is no longer being produced but I have heard that someone else is now making them. Anyone got a link to that? I had my fred bars custom made (and then managed to snap them in half about 700k's into the last ride )

Thinking Alfine 11 too, proponent of built, not bought.

My experience with the alfine 11 has been total disappointment. It just never worked like it should. I'll be sending it back shortly but won't be touching an IGH again. I love the concept and was prepared to forgive lots of flaws but when it can't even hold a gear without skipping despite hundreds of hours fiddling and 2 trips to the LBS, it made a chain and cassette look reliable


edit: And i'm thinking moon lander for beach riding as soon as they hit Aus. At least I now know they float thanks to MC's video from alaska http://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2011/09/lava-coast-adversity-entertainment-and.html

Make it four in a row. Have and incredible adventure and regale us all with the stories at the end.

I ran into the same problem and had mine custom made by gripsport in Oz. Relatively expensive but I am sure there must be similar firms in the UK to do the same.

I'd be interested in the answer to this also. I know there is a simplify algorithm included in topofusion however it doesn't run on Macs

Is anyone else surprised how low the drop out rate has been so far? I know the tour de reroute took out some of the soul destroying climbs into the passes early on, but I was honestly expecting a lot more to have dropped by now. Just ball parking it, but I think there have been less early finishes this year than by the same time last year and the field is twice as large. Impressive stuff. Go one and all!

Wow! This is a humungous move by Kurt. I wonder what the mountain range he's about to head through is like? Once he gets to Pinedale, there's some relatively easy riding ahead for quite a while. This is going to be interesting all right.

Its 5:20am and it doesn't look like Kurt has slept. The most interesting thing will be to do see how things equilibrate when Jefe gets moving again and Kurt eventually stops. It's a bold move for sure.

And now Kurt is in the lead. He's put in a big day to Haul in Jefe!

Looks like the leaders all took a wrong turn on the way out of Ovando. Lets hope they figure it out.....

Two Rookies in the top three, can they keep up the pace?

And now a SS rookie hits the lead. Go Jefe!

If there are four or five riders with overlapping blue dots when you are max zoom, how can you figure out how they are? Is there some way to 'tile' the dots so you can see them all?

So when the HCX reaches 1000 waypoints in a file, does it generate a new file and continue recording or does it do what my really, really old eXplorist does and start erasing the first waypoints in the file?

This might be a silly question, but how on earth do you keep a down sleepig bag dry when you are wringing wet and there is no end in site for the rain?

Keeping it in a dry bag and unfurling inside a waterproof bivvy are obvious, but what do you do about the fact that your body is saturated? Is this just tough luck and there is nothing you can do, or does someone have a neat trick?

Roman make a neat bivvy called the centurion that I have used. I quite like mine.

Give the Lezyne pumps a look. I got one recently and love it. Much nicer than anything I've owned before.

DM

I have one similar to this ( http://www.lezyne.com/products/hand-pumps/alloy-drive ) and I rate it very highly. Extremely smooth and I love that the pump has a rubber connector hose between the pump and the valve. That way I am not putting any stress on the valve stem as I pump because no matter how hard I try to keep things still, there is always some wiggle at the valve.

The downside is removable valve cores. Make sure they are inserted tightly as I have found the rubber tube has a habit of undoing the valve core as you take it off. More than once I have let all the air out of a tyre accidentally due to this.

I'm using my Edge 705, with an Energizer Energi-to-go pack, takes AA's, like this: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/581677/Energizer-Energi-To-Go-Instant-Cell/

I've got a spare one I need to sell if you're interested, comes with the mini-usb adapter.

Does the edge 800 go into 'recharge mode' when you connect it, or can you still navigate with it while it is recharging like you could with the old 305's