Originally Posted by
Bear cub
Haha no worries guys. It won't ever become a fixie unless someone prys it from my cold, dead hands. I just put my fenders and racks on it and will be posting some hopefully better pictures up soon. I also replaced the tires with some Schwalbe Marathons. It's looking pretty bomber!
One question: Can I beat the hell out of this thing? I do a lot of riding/camping on BLM roads currently and wondering if this can handle the abuse of washed out roads, big rocks, logs etc. etc. It looks like it can but thought I'd ask anyways.
Singletrack, maybe not. Otherwise go for it. That's one of the reasons why I want one. The roads we are traveling on our adventure are the infamous Canadian all-weather highways, which translate to gravel roads. I've done a similar trip on a Z-1 Kawasaki thirty years ago, and you haven't lived till you are going sideways at 70 mph on gravel. Now that's exciting.