rifraf wrote: ... have you noticed your rear frame bushes/bearings wearing much faster than usual.
Rif, G'day Mate. I'm pleased that you like the shots. You must find time to make it down or up (?) this way. There is a lot of fine rural country not often ridden around here.
The Giant Aluxx SL frame has been amazingly sturdy and the Maestro 4" suspension components appear to be as equally fine. They're well beyond what I originally thought would be reliably resilient, when hauling the trailer. I'm not an impulsive rider. I don't flog the bike or take chances or ride for distance figures but on the Divide those scenarios are created by default. I've done 5 trips with the trailer now, in pretty rough country on the Divide and the bike remains perfect (fingers crossed of course). When I saw how these frames were being thrashed during the UCI World Championships at Stromlo, I just had to have one. Hauling the trailer has proved to be nothing to this frame ... I wonder if Giant ever envisaged one of their XC racing bikes being a first class pack horse.
What makes the Voyager Solo special is, that with a good off-road rim and quality UST tyre (or equivalent), the Voyager Solo is something like 5kg lighter than the Bob Yak, and as much as 9+kg lighter than the Bob Ibex. That means nothing on the flat, but going up a hill trying to avoid these giant muvvus below, out on the back tracks ... every bit off helps.
The same narrow bridge on the 'bidgee. It was a bit narrowish but I heard the truck coming. Learn to make diving off into the grass your friend,
... then grab the camera.
I should have mentioned this earlier, if obtaining an Extrawheel Voyage Solo and the wheel is being purchased separately. If you don't already know this? If you are running disk brakes, it isn't likely that the disk hub will fit within the Voyager Solo frame without modification, that's with out the brake disk. So you are not carrying a fully functioning spare wheel if you are running disk brakes. With calliper style brakes all is fine of course.
The wheel that I have for the Extrawheel Voyager Solo has a WTB LaserDisk Lite hub and a WTB LaserDisk XC 19-559/537ERD 25mm wide rim with a DT Swiss skewer. I modified both the Extrawheel frame and the LaserDisk Lite hub to fit.
Whoever invents an instantly detachable brake line (like a split brake on a BMX type setup) I'll be their first customer for sure. Coming down steep dirt at times I've slowed down and have seen the Extrawheel beside me. A rear-rear brake would be a big help. In the Extrawheel adds, I've read that all three wheels working with the same spinning forces are in dynamic unison ... well perhaps not always. Obviously who wrote that hasn't been to Davis Sugarloaf near Cavan or on the appropriately named Nutters Hill.
Warren.
"But on steep descending...Larson TT have bad effect on the mind of a rider" - MadRider from Suji, Korea 2001.
"Paved roads ... another fine example of wasteful government spending." - a bumper sticker.
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These things are good. They work. It took me a while to learn how to ride steadily, to slow down, to not flick the stead and how to park one ... properly.
