This TAT prep is all consuming. Pretty much every room in the house is littered with gear, parts, tech and papers! As soon as the bikes are shipped we'll have to do a major clean up. Now where did I leave my 10mm socket!?...
Pre-TAT service and upgrades underway. First up, new wheel bearings. Probably not necessary but with all the river riding we've done we figured we may as well change them. With the wheels off I reckon the Groms could travel as excess baggage ...
One step closer with some "action" this weekend. We finally have a crate. 2 of 3 local bike dealers were happy to let us dig around in their scrap piles. We eventually settled on a crate from a Honda CRF250RL. Just wide enough for 2 Groms with enough extra length for all our gear. We got to work ripping all OEM base out and chopped almost a cube in volume off the top. Took a number of angle grinder blades and a...
We've been doing a little planning over the past couple weeks. Purchased the entire set of GPS tracks from Sam (http://www.transamtrail.com/) and he was kind enough to include the new North Carolina section which starts in Damascus, Virginia. Last week the Mid Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route (http://ridebdr.com/MABDR) was released which ends in Damascus...
After months of mulling we made the decision...
By the time we started thinking seriously about doing the TAT, we had already had our groms for about a year and done close on 7000km on them. Things that we had added/modified at that stage included: · Front and rear suspension – Racing Bros adjustable suspension. We still don’t know how to adjust them perfectly, but it has made a world of difference. · Tyres – swapped out the stock slicks and put on a slightly more aggressive tyre Mitas MC20....
December 2017 - An epic 2000 km 6 day, 5 night camping trip on the adventure Groms. We planned a fun and interesting route which covered quite a variety of ground including: Danseys Pass, Old Dunstan Road, Taupeka Ferry, Milford Sound, a ride on the TSS Earnslow, Skippers Canyon, Macetown Track, Carricktown Track and Hawksburn Road....