Amazing what 48 hours does, despite thunderstorms the harvest has begun in earnest!, While the Wheat is a week or so away the Spring Barley is being chomped by combines all over the place,
After work i cycled to the shops and seen loads of combines out on local farms...
Surly ECR;
ECR = `Escape Commuting Routine`...
Off road to work today on the ECR through harvested fields to check recent bike mods are ok for this weekends goofing around Harvest bivi ride with friends...
Another pair of Jones Loop bars fitted, after a few scary cross rutting moments on the drop bars , a try of MTB bars were to similar to the KramPug bike, so settling for Loop bars, sold the Woodchipper drop bars and fragile (off road) STI shifters to help pay for these bars, a rip off at £135 compared to £20 - £30 for regular MTB riser bars but it`s a cornered market...
No problems with trapped cables with the handlebar harness, the drop STI shifters were no good with the 90 degree gear cables...
120 tpi Chronicle tyres needed 2 wraps of underlay foam to air up `Ghetto` split tubeless, the 60 tpi Chronicles did not need any foam, will stick with them for future purchases....
Really liking the bikes set up now, a lot different to the higher BB height 29+ Pugsley `KramPug`...
The bike is going to get the gears swapped out to a Shimano Alfine 8 speed internal gear hub (IGH) soon to make it more versatile, making riding through long grass like in the pic below not a problem for the drive chain, apart from this the ECR is a great bike...
Rear Rack added (Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op rack) this evening to take panniers for shopping or an extra `communal` tarp for camping...
Bike is ready to pack tomorrow evening for the weekend,
More soon...
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