Just want to give a shout out to some excellent customer service from www.bikerzbits.com. Ordered two H2C splash guards for the adventure groms. One of them didn't fit properly (holes didn't line up ) so I emailed BikerzBits and had incredibly quick response back from Emmet. Replacement splash guard shipped within a couple of days. Completely hassle free experience. Very impressed. ...
We just fitted the last farkles for the TAT...
This was a electrical / mechanical test. Gear is next. 240km around Banks Peninsula. We gave them a good thrashing on seal and gravel. Had to bail heading up the old Le Bons track.. it was starting to look like our Random Spur epic (https://youtu.be/zmScjbtcSwE?t=1m19s) just steeper, rockier and more slippery due to the wet clay. Would have been easier with knobby tires! We decided the goal was to 'Shake' not 'Break' the Groms so took a small detour. Only issues were...
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...