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1  Forums / Question and Answer / Re: Newb question. Recommend me a rim on: April 10, 2018, 04:34:30 AM
Yes, Duallys are not 100% tubeless specific - - but with a few layers of tape they are.  Inexpensive and not made of carbon. Have had Ardents and Hookworms on these rims with a Rohloff rear and DT Swiss front with absolutely no problems.
2  Forums / Trip Planning / Need a partner / Re: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. CA on: February 28, 2018, 12:12:09 AM
I’ve ridden most all the main roads between Yellowknife, Anchorage and Jasper. Not super confusing at all — get a copy of The Milepost and you should be fine. Most of The Milepost’s data are online now too.
3  Forums / Classifieds / Re: Feathered Friends -40 sleeping bag on: January 13, 2018, 01:51:34 PM
sold!
4  Forums / Classifieds / Re: Jones h-bars, titanium old style on: December 10, 2017, 11:43:40 AM
Sold
5  Forums / Classifieds / Re: Jones h-bars, titanium old style on: December 07, 2017, 10:26:09 PM
I’m in Anchorage. Pm on the way!
6  Forums / Classifieds / Jones h-bars, titanium old style on: November 28, 2017, 04:46:53 PM
An original and still the best

These are older titanium Jones h-bars.

45° sweep, 660mm wide, 25.4mm stem clamp, normal 22.2mm handlebar grip diameter. Handmade in the USA.

Superficial scratches like you'd expect from a bar that's probably a decade old. The Jones logo has worn off as you can see.

$200 obo in Alaska, happy to ship. New ti loop bars are $395. That's crazy!
7  Forums / Classifieds / Feathered Friends -40 sleeping bag on: November 22, 2017, 07:13:18 AM
This is a -40° Feathered Friends sleeping bag. Remember C and F are the same at -40°.

Specs: http://featheredfriends.com/down-sleeping-bags/expedition/mummy.html

Weighs 4 pounds 4 oz on my scale.

Used on one McGrath Iditasport bike ride and 4 or 5 over nights. Always stored dry, always stored hanging up and never stored in a stuff sack.

$800. Which is a deal. Please don't offer $500.  Black on the inside, dark blue on the outside, right hand zipper. I'm 5'8" and 155# and it fits me and boot liners, inner gloves, chocolate, water bottles, etc with tons of room to spare.

In Anchorage, AK.  Shipping somewhere is fine.
8  Forums / Classifieds / Re: Tarptent Moment (1 person, old style single wall) on: May 05, 2017, 11:31:10 AM
Sold it, sorry!
9  Forums / Classifieds / Re: Tarptent Moment (1 person, old style single wall) on: April 03, 2017, 09:57:29 PM
Yep, still have it.  Send a PM to hash out details or whatever else.
10  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: NZ daily budget for self supported tour? on: February 03, 2017, 07:00:50 PM
I biked around the North and South Islands for two months in 2014.  I averaged $10-20 US Dollars a day and I camped for free all the time and slept under lots of bridges.  Food is expensive and Pak n Save and fruit growing on the side of the road are the way to go.
11  Forums / Classifieds / Tarptent Moment (1 person, old style single wall) on: February 03, 2017, 06:52:01 PM
2013 Tarptent Moment one person* tent.  Single wall.

Used but in great shape.  Brought on bike tours from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, and Alaska to Tennessee, so some wear but nothing horrible.

Body is grey, 25oz on my scale.  Poles (both poles!!) are 13 oz.  The shorter pole (cross wise) erects the tent and makes it stand up with the help of two stakes; the long pole (head to toe) makes it free standing.

$125 obo

*two people can and will fit if you get real cozy
12  Forums / Classifieds / Thumb shifters! 2-3 x 10! put these on an awesome gravel bike! on: January 20, 2017, 04:50:09 PM
Set of Microshift 2-3 x 10 thumbshifters. For road bikes or (probably, but I can't promise) mountain bikes up to 8 speed in the rear. Flat bar, cross bike, and convertable to downtube shifters and road bike bar end. Friction and index modes.  Road bike adventure recommended, because crashing with Sram Double Tap is expensive.

Left/front is new in box, never installed. Right/rear has half a winter's use on it. I have a 1x10 snowbike and the road cable pull ratios means I can't reach my biggest cogs with it.

These are $100 on Jenson and $90 on other online shops. I'll sell the pair for $75 plus shipping.

Never freezes! Awesome and easy with big mittens on!
13  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Extreme Nature Biking - Wrangell Mountains Traverse! on: July 09, 2016, 04:37:05 PM
Don't harsh my mellow!  If I wanted to ride continuously all the time I'd stay in town.

Pushing and throwing bikes through alders can be fun.  Sometimes you have to walk to get to the good stuff.  Or have a stupid low granny gear.

David and Ivan stayed at my house before and after their trip.  They came from Spain to Alaska solely to bike through the Wrangells!  They had a world class time and experienced the highs and lows of a long Alaska bike trip:  flipped boats, swimming in rivers, not enough food, big fires, game trail riding that maybe 10 people have ever biked on, huge mountains and didn't see anyone else for 10 days.  I'd rather be hypothermic and carrying my bike than warm and riding fast with lots of other people.

In 2003 I walked the route.  Even back then there were wild animals like everywhere.  The below was seen inside the Nabesna bunk house!
14  Forums / Classifieds / SOLD Bibler I-tent ! on: September 01, 2013, 03:03:11 PM
Is this a good tent for bikepacking?  Hell yes.  Single wall.  Just over 4 pounds.  Robust.  Strong as an ox.  Will often be found in far out of the way places where there is big weather and the flapping of a silny tarp will not be enough.

This is an older Bibler I-tent. I walked from Black Rapids to Denali Village with this 4 years ago.  (More or less the old Wilderness Classic route.)  Since then it's been sitting in my mom's basement. Stored dry, no mildew, etc etc. Both poles are fine, maybe a little scratched like you'd expect them to be.

This is technically a Bibler and not a Black Diamond tent, but I guess they're the same thing now. It does NOT have that big Black Diamond logo on the side.  Awesome.  Yellow walls keep you happy when it's raining all day.

Buy this and be ready for Alaska Range climbing season next year if that's your thing.  It's a bad ass winter camping tent too.  Know you'll always sleep dry and warm.

$350 obo
15  Forums / Classifieds / Tarptent Moment ! on: August 30, 2013, 06:55:20 PM
This is a Tarptent Moment.

It is awesome.

It fits one person.

I slept in it for about a month straight on a bike tour and then I broke my collarbone.

Look at tarptent.com for more detailed specs, you know, weights and details on how amazingly technical its fabrics are. This is a go to tent for solo people looking for a super light weight shelter with the bug protection a tarp or Megamid doesn't offer. Many folks on the PCT and AT hiking trails take this tent too -- and they have to WALK (not ride!) up hills with it.

Single wall (so NOT the new double wall version -- but the online weights and measurements are about the same). Seam sealed with McNett's silnylon seam grip. I have both poles, the one it comes with AND the additional and optional one you need to make this freestanding. No stakes -- you'll need two if pitching it nonfreestanding, otherwise you won't need any. There are two small holes on the door, about the size of the end a brake lever from when your bike falls on the tent twice. Because this is what happened. I did not patch them.

That photo of the tent is from near Chisasibi, Quebec. That's a Surly Troll for scale purposes.

Free delivery if you live in Anchorage, AK.

$150 plus shipping if you don't live in Anchorage.
16  Forums / Question and Answer / Re: Drilling holes in packraft paddle to secure them on bike. on: July 18, 2013, 03:24:42 PM
My initial reaction is that you could just put the blades in your backpack.  Then you won't need to bring tape, and if you ever trade up to carbon blades you won't be trying to sell plastic blades with holes in them.  But structurally, yes, you should probably be OK if you are gentle.
17  Forums / Question and Answer / Re: Recommend a road bag setup? on: January 05, 2013, 08:31:37 PM
if you really are really lightly packed, no reason not to put on a rack with p/u-clamps and then strap a stuff sack on that and call it good. Carradice + Revelate sling is also a nice set up for light paved touring; I'm doing that at the moment, Alaska-Texas so far. I've a tent, stove and winter coat too, so with a tarp and no stove you should be fine capacity-wise too.
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