cool one!

A short 200 mile, 3 day trip, South of St. Louis, Missouri. 04/24/2016
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I probably missed it, do you have any details on your gearing setup? Do you stop and manually change the chain, or is there a derailleur hiding in the pic someplace? Looks interesting.

ps, I clicked on your page link and it came up as suspended, oops.

I'll do a post on it later when I've had time to thoroughly vet it. Despite being almost heresy in the touring world, I fell in love with singlespeed touring and I spend 95% of my time in the "big" gear, which is 31/18. I previously had 30/19, but found it a little too spinny, so I went up two teeth.

The "small" gear is 24/25. The bigger tooth count is in the rear. Endless Cogs makes that giant 25T cog, and with the cogs mashed right up next to each other on my cassette hub, I have a perfect chainline to the two chainrings. 24/25 and 31/18 have the exact same number of teeth, so my chain length remains identical.

So, when I want to "switch gears," I undo my QR and the tensioner (about to be replaced with a Surly Tuggnut) just pops out. I move the chain by hand, and then pop the tensioner back on, and do up the QR, and I'm good to go with a climbing gear. I only use this ratio 5% of the time, but when I'm staring down a steep mountain climb, it is excellent to be "mountain-capable."

I love singlespeed. This setup neatly overcomes a major limitation without sacrificing simplicity, durability, reliability, etc. If anything, it's more reliable, since I have an extra ratio if I bend a chainring or something!

Neat stuff, thanks for the reply.

Pictures from last year Danube route (Hungary-Serbia-Bulgaria). Low budget

Folding touring minivelo in Bali

Not completely loaded up here but hey:






SIDE NOTE! I'm not very fond of the water bottles here. Not sure if anyone can link me to some forest/olive green ones (or think of a neat color for this bike). I tried Camelback and Polar w/ nothing...=\

Google image search shows lots of greenish water bottles
green bicycle water bottles - Google Search

I think clear would work well with that bike. I like the Specialized water bottles as they seem to be the defacto bottle used for shops and places to put their logo on them. Here is a nice one on sale from REI:
https://www.rei.com/product/844334/n...ottle-23-fl-oz

Other places will have them in shades of green as well.

Thank you! This one looks awesome! =)

No problem. If I didn't already have too many I'd pick up a couple of those same ones. Enjoy.

P.s.- I really like the Fuji this year. I think you made a great choice.

any idea on how to mount sleeping bag/bivy onto the handlebar?.. cheaply?

Is that a squirt gun strapped to your pannier? If yes, that is awesome. And also if yes, why?

My guess is that it's to chase away wild dogs?

i found it on the side of the road and carried it some days around...;)

I also prefer to travel lite. Did you weigh your load? On a hotel ride of 550 miles, I only had 23 pounds with me. My next ride, dammit, is mostly camping. Haven't packed yet. Going to have my sleeping bag on the front handle bars with a support device made for that. My back side will look a little like yours. I can't use my front forks.

aprox 11,5 - 12kg

Sleeping
- Tent
- Sleeping Bag
- Mattress
- Sleeping underwear, top and trousers, 1 warm socks, 1 wool hat

On the Bike
- 2 bibs
- 2 jerseys
- 2 thin base layers
- 1 armwarmers
- 1 rain racket, wear also off the bike
- 1 sleeveless wind jacket
- 1 gloves
- 1 cycling cap
- 2 pair socks
- 1 cycling shoes
- 1 sunglasses

Off the Bike
- 1 Light Down Jacket
- 1 Light trouser
- 1 Light short trouser
- 1 Swimming suite
- 2 slips
- 3 T-shirts
- 1 Light shoes
- 1 Merino long sleeve for fresh evenings
- 1 Light towel
- 1 Deo stick, teeth brush, ect ...
- 1 Set of medication, Aspirin ect.
- 1 Headlight + spare batteries
- 1 Knife

Tech Stuff
- 1 Battery Pack 12.000mA + cables
- 1 Fuji XT 1 + charger
- 1 Macbook Air 11” + charger
- 1 Memory card reader + spare SD cards
- 1 Garmin Fenix 3
- 1 Phone
- 1 Set of CREDIT CARDS

Tools / Parts
- 1 Multitool
- 1 Set 2 english keys 8/10
- 1 Set inner tube fixing stuff
- 1 Set fixing patch tire
- 1 Spare tire
- 2 Inner tubes
- 1 Set Cable fixers
- 1 Chain + Chain opener + Chain Clip
- 1 Set Brake cables + set gear cables
- 1 Set industry fix it tape
- 1 Set of different screws for the racks

My 2014 Randonee loaded down with all of my cr@p on a 50 mile training ride yesterday. I've upgraded most of my gear this year and most of it is lighter than what I replaced it with. Now, to get me a little lighter!!!

This was from my very first tour in July last year. I overpacked.

Curious why you have your front panniers mounted high instead of low?

For whatever reason, this bike simply rides better with the front load mounted higher. Steering is twitchy when my panniers are mounted lower.

Pretty country.