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Was a blast! Glad to have met you too.

About 90 min or so… depending where in Langford you need to go

Yeah, bud ! BC boy !

Excellent / mine has been holding up well, but if you put on big miles, the GX cassette lifespan is only 500-800km (says SRAM) - and the chains wear quickly. I used to rotate 3 chains to extend the life. The XX1 chains are almost 3x the price but tests show they last 10-12 time longer. If you can, swap to an XX1 chain, and your cassette will last longer, and if you can buy another chain after 500km, do it, and swap every 500, until they are stretched out. By then you’ll need a new cassette. Nothing is cheap eh!?

@@SaltyBeard_Adventures yikes so In 300-500 miles I’ll have to change the cassette? That seems awfully low if that’s the case I may return it and go shimano I’ll run the stock chain it comes with and then look into the xx1 thanks for that suggestion btw would the xx1 cassette last a long time im thinking I could just upgrade to that cassette if and when this one goes IF it lasted a lot longer than the gx

Thats what the SRAM “white sheets” say but in real life it’s much longer if you take care of your gear and if you rotate chain you can do 10,000km - for me that’s 10-12 months. Just be on top of your maintenance. In a year or two you’ll see how it’s going. I’ve gone through 6 GX chains, 2 GX cassettes in 35,000 km. On my third cassette when I switxhed to XX1 chains (2) and it really slowed the wear on the cassette.

@@SaltyBeard_Adventures nice it seems you really get what you pay for in the xx1 stuff with sram although the group set I ordered was more than my whole bike lol

Glad you enjoyed it! He will be sadly missed. I hope you find my channel useful. Reach out any time. ~ Salty.

Victoria has so many little gems like this.

LOL - guess that was his vote. 🤘🏼

Hope this helps you :)

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- welcome !

Glad you enjoy it! -- these were some of my earlier videos. I used to paint maps for magazines & books prior to major hand injury, and this was the first time I had painted again. It was fun putting them together.

Hope you enjoy it! -- I just sent you an email about the Bugaboo connector.... totally doable.

Help spread the love !! 🫶🏼

Yeah, I agree. I would be willing to spend a tad more for raw titanium.

Thanks for the catch, I’ll fix tonight! 🫶🏼

There are so many options out there. I’ve seen lots of camping utensils over my life, and I probably barely scratched the surface. But I the ComplEAT is kind of clever. A little room for improvement though.

As in “like shit” or “the shit” ? 🤣

Always something new… but sometimes it’s better to just make do, and get out and ride.

UCO makes some great products. There definitely a lot of options out there for camping utensils.

I find that if I’m on more of a road tour or with easy town access, I love swinging buy a market near the end of the day and getting inspiration if what to cook that night. This is when I like to have a few extra things like a small folding frypan. But for hardcore bikepacking I’ll usually carry just one utensil & a good (small) knife

I always had a laugh at the Gerber Babyfood….. pea purée yup, they named that right! 🤮

That’s gonna make me hurrel , Mate . 🤮

Yup - blah

Thanks for watching!

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True, some may say expensive at $35 USD / $44 CDN (at Cabelas) - but for all the single utensils I’ve bought over the years, I have to say this is a nice set, especially the tongs. Is there room for a little improvement - yes…. I’d like them to have a harder scratch resistant coating, or just raw Titanium like my Sea to Summit Ti-Spork

They are indeed.

I agree - while I’ve used mine a bunch, the metal multi-tool is scraping off the finish of the anodizing. I’d rather pay $5-7 more for raw, Ti utensils,

I was just poking around on their website, and they do make a different "Multifork" in Titanium. Perhaps they will offer this set in Titanium down the road.

@@teddgram Yeah, I saw that.. hopein that will be the case.

Totally !!

Be warned… I’ve “almost” lost the little multitool thing twice. I’ve painted it orange now.

I agree when you really are going light, and if you're doing a lot of dehydrated meals. While I like bagged meals for simplicity, weight, and of all things, garbage/odour management. I tend to make simple meals now, and really like this set. I'll probably go back to my super long Sea to Summit spork at times, or bring fork & spoon from this set. Options are nice. Beats bringing a mixed set of things when you want cook something fun.

Thanks -- I'm really liking this set.

I do agree with wanting to go "single utensil" at times... but I think that if I'm going to pare things down, I'm just going to bring the spoon & fork from this set. I really like the shape. And the fork tines are longer.

Thanks 😊 - spread the word !

peace

An Arrow 900 Zig-Zag, one of my mom's first sewing machines. Post-WWII the Sanshin MFG Co. made machines that were rebadged for various companies such as Arrow, Sewmor, Wardana, Atlas, and even Kenmore -- just to name a few. It's a beast of a little machine. A little finicky at times. Needs to be really clean to work well.

Thanks. It was a learning experience and my bag is still going strong. I got a new gravel bike last year and was thinking about doing another but opted to have a friend who makes bags build me a custom one. So the money was well spent knowing it was going into the hands of a young family and not a corporation.

Yes... in both positions. It's completely the edge design. Not that thrilled with the edge. I'm going to pick up a Tantalus model and see what improvements have been made, and how well it works (for me) on my MTB/bikepacking rig.

@@SaltyBeard_Adventures Thanks so much for this info. Like many relatively short men, I do have a relatively narrow pelvis and this is always a concern for me. Only the very narrow-nosed saddles fit me.

Thanks man... for now, I trudge along at my day job, dreaming of being outdoors. Having fun meeting people and talking about past, present, and future adventures.

Thanks Leo 🤘🏼

oh yeah... they rip, they can sent it too!

Glad you enjoyed it!

I’d be interested to hear what differences you picked out. I don’t think there is a bias in set up based on mode of travel. I seen many different ways people like to hang their gear. Might be a different way to package it. Maybe for weather too? I hate playing with gear when it’s raining, so I pack it a particular way. I’d love to hear any tips / tricks you have. 😃

Thanks :) I appreciate that! Hope you enjoyed, it was one of my first videos. I've learned a lot since then.

visit www.wilderwildllc.com/ -- and if you feel you need more than what comes with the kit, order a second, and create your own templates.

Just a simple set of Profile design 35A / nice shape for both my gravel & MTB bikepacking rig - you can see them on the bike in the background. Have a nose bridge & middle bridge for electronics

Awesome! Thanks, Ill check it out@@SaltyBeard_Adventures

I’m 5-8 & 30” inseam… low end of a 54cm but after talking directly with my rep, went down a size. I was on the fence for a while too. For me, I think it was the right choice for bikepacking. Feels nice on spicy trails.

I truly believe he his :)

Thanks 😊 I try my best 👍🏼

Yeah, pretty neat, but pricey

……maybe. 🤣

Commando! @@SaltyBeard_Adventures

I have that on my drawing board for this summer... thanks for the suggestion, I'm glad someone is on the same wavelength

@@SaltyBeard_Adventures i am old lol