Tour Divide - Bike Selections - Photo thread - 2017

[Erik_A]

Post your photos of your Tour Divide build here.  

(hoping to see pics similar to similar to these from 2015): http://theradavist.com/2015/06/the-2015-tour-divide-race-grand-depart-in-banff/#11

I love looking at the bike selections on the sign up sheets each year:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SlZyqb4CMYfnAitaiD3RdlFHQHTt4uhW0-Qy8SO26Ns/edit#gid=2074527682

The Salsa Cutthroat wins the prize this year.

There is quite a range, From a Surly Long Haul Trucker to fat-bikes:  

Advocate Cycles Ti Hayduke
Advocate Hayduke
Bamboo 29er
Bangerang
Blacksheep "Fat"
Brother Cycles / Big Bro
Budnitz
Cannondale Flash
Cannondale Flash SS
Cannondale Trail 6
Canyon Inflite Slx
Chumba Stella Ti
Chumba Stella Ti - Rohloff
Clockwork Bike – Custom
Cube Ltd Sl
Foundry Firetower
Ghost White Amr7 Lc
Giant Anthem 29er
Giant XTC Advanced
Grand Canyon Al Slx 29 8.9
Ibis
Idworx
Iron Donkey
Jones Plus
Jones Plus Ti
Kent Erickson Ti Crossxcountry
Kinesis 29er
Kinesis Sync
Kocmo
Lapierre Pro Race 727
Lapierre Pro Race 729
Legor Cicli SS
Litespeed Ocoee - 90's
Litespeed Pinhoti
Lov - Custom
Lynskey Pro Ti 29er
Lynskey Ridgeline Ti 29er
Lynskey Ti Custom
Lynskey Ti M290
Moots Mountainer Ybb Plus Ti
Moots Ti Ybb 29er
Mosaic
Motobecane Fly Hardtail
Motobecane Ti 29er Hard Tail
Niner Air 9 Carbon
Niner Air9
Niner RDO
On-One Inbred
Pivot Les 29er
Quiring
Rocky Mountain Instinct
Rocky Mountain Vertex Hardtail
Salsa Cutthroat
Salsa Deadwood 2016
Salsa El Mariachi
Salsa El mariachi Single Speed
Salsa El Mariachi Ti
Salsa El Mariachi Ti; Rohloff Speedhub
Salsa Fargo
Salsa Fargo Ti
Salsa Mamasita
Salsa Mukluk 29+ -2013
Salsa Woodsmoke
Santa Cruz Highball
Santa Cruz Highball Carbon
Schott Cycles (Custom Build)
Scott Scale 29 RC- 2011
Seven Cycles
Shand Drove
Singular Swift - Alfine 8
Siren Cycles 55
Specialized Comp
Specialized Epic
Specialized Rockhopper Sport - 2016
Specialized Stumpjumper
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR
Stinner 29er
Strong Ti 29
Surly ECR
Surly Karate Monkey
Surly Krampus
Surly Krampus Dropbar
Surly Long Haul Trucker
Surly Pugsley
Tandem
Trek Pro Caliber 9.8 2016
Trek Superfly
Trek/ Gary Fisher Superfly
Triton 27+ Singlespeed
Triton 29er
Twin Six / Waterford Standard 29er Steel
Ventana/Rohloff
Waltly
Waltworks 27.5+
Waltworks 29'r
Whyte T130
Yeti Arc Carbon
Yeti Asr

[bakerjw]

Yay... Effie made the list.

Not completely dressed up yet. She still needs her frame bag, new shoes and a few other accessories.

[Erik_A]

Nice, that Foundry Firetower and Lauf fork looks dialed.  I hadn't heard of the frame before.  What is the bike weight without bags?

http://foundrycycles.com/bikes/firetower/xt
http://www.bikeradar.com/us/mtb/gear/category/bikes/mountain-bikes/29er/product/foundry-firetower-xt-first-ride-50575/

Yay... Effie made the list.

Not completely dressed up yet. She still needs her frame bag, new shoes and a few other accessories.

[colleeno]

Here's that little Waltworks.

[bakerjw]

Nice looking. Is that a SS or Rohloff?

[colleeno]

Single! I'm curious to see how it feels up the long climbs. At home we have lots of steep hills, but nothing over 2000 feet vertical.

[Erik_A]

Dan Hughes won Trans Iowa 2017 on a Lauf fork:
https://spark.adobe.com/page/Qllagb8sgiz7o/

Yay... Effie made the list.

Not completely dressed up yet. She still needs her frame bag, new shoes and a few other accessories.

[Erik_A]

bump for more pics!

[Erik_A]

Congratulations finishers! 

Post a photo of your rig before you tear it down.

[Erik_A]

I guess this will have to do to tide over for now:

http://theradavist.com/2017/07/29-camping-bikes-and-their-riders-from-swift-campout-vancouver-morgan-taylor/#1

[megand]

Bikepacker did a bit of a collection of Tour Divide rigs here, if you're keen for photos: http://bikepacker.com/2017-tour-divide-rigs/

[Erik_A]

Thanks!  I missed this.  That was exactly what I was hoping to see here.

Bikepacker did a bit of a collection of Tour Divide rigs here, if you're keen for photos: http://bikepacker.com/2017-tour-divide-rigs/