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It's time to let the old girl go. She's been so much fun, but it's time.

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For Sale: 2012 Salsa Fargo, size large, custom built with a ton of extras.

If it helps, you can see the entire...

Flagster, I think I'll migrate this topic to the front page with a feature on bikepacking navigation devices. Shoot me a PM if you have any ideas.

I've only used my 705 a couple times for bikepacking. Since we both have experience with the New Trent charger, I did experiement with my 705 and the New Trent iCarrier charged it twice. But, that's...

I have a unique perspective in this discussion. Starting last fall I spent a ton of nights on my deck sleeping on one pad after another. No, I wasn't in the doghouse with the wife, I was compiling...

By the way, there are some areas of designated wilderness which are closed to all human travel. Regularly designated as wilderness research areas, those places are off limits without the appropriate...

Like many people on this forum, and in general, I'm not just an "overlander." In a given year I'll bikepack, backpack, mountain bike, trail run, hike with the dog, explore on a motorcycle, or plop my...

They do have good heal/toe action, but they mostly have a very low profile shape and there's not a ton of midsole and outsole stack. That was Salewa's attempt to put your foot low to the ground for...

Fit will drive you to the boot you should buy. Every brand will have a unique shape and fit, so it's always tough to make recommendations. There are a few models of boots in the outdoor industry that...

I was the general manager of one of the largest guide companies in AK. For our multi-day trips we'd have to effectively ban DEET from our tours. It eats through sunglass lenses, shirt collars, tent...

The three little innocuous letters, R.E.I. are enough to get hackles bristled for no sound reason.

Truly a fantastic pad. The vertical side walls are in my opinion the prime differentiator and make it feel like a mattress not a pad. The lateral coring of the foam also gives it a unique mattress...

By no means hoped for. Not at all. I'd love to see responsible use and protections for existing wild places and think this recent appointment of Jewell's may be a positive. I'd also like to see all...

Way ahead of ya. I swapped my built Discovery for a Jeep Patriot. :)

I do see a time when land mangers will be unable to meet our highly specific demands for off-road tracks. You have to admit, we...

You can count me amongst the overlanders happy with this confirmation. I don't see these things through a political lens. I assess these issues as someone who grew up with a highly developed...

By the way, don't forget to budget for riding gear. You can easily spend more on your riding gear than the bike itself. It's also good to adopt the ATGATT protocol. That's All The Gear All the Time....

It's funny what Martin said about dropping every bike he's owned. My first bike, a Honda 450 Nighthawk (25 years ago) got dropped on a regular basis. Granted I was 16, but that poor thing took a...

I cooked meals for 97 days strait on my solo 800 mile sea kayak trip of Baja on an MSR Dragonfly. It simmers well and can be used to cook rice, simmer soup, and if I'm up for it, I can bake with it....

The KLR is a great platform, no doubt. Same for the XR650L. One of my close friends just rode from Jackson Hole to Ushuaia on an XR650L he bought at a pawn shop. :) I had an XR650L about twelve...

The challenge with that first bike is getting the bike that matches the riding you think you might enjoy. You may get a dual sport bike and find you dislike the dirt. Hard to say until you get some...

Holy smokes. It's a wonder many of us haven't died in the backcountry trying to boil water with the wrong fuel. :)

Whoops, I meant to say steel. They can be recycled, with tin cans and other such metals. I also goofed and said butane/isobutane. As you corrected, it's propane/isobutane. Jet Boil makes a nifty...

The important element here is the fuel itself, which is a butane/isobutane blend. All of these stoves on the market using the new "standard" threaded valve use that fuel blend. Any fuel can from MSR,...

Proof again, there is a never ending supply of really bad ideas. :)

The Thule T2 is pretty much the gold standard for such racks. Pretty tough to beat a T2, but if anyone does, it's Kuat. They make some seriously nice stuff.

Hi. Did I ever tell you how much I love Tandori and motorcycles? :)