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Overland is new? Hmm... I musta been dreamin' all this time. ?

Using my Montague for local group rides while getting it dialed in. Went back to slicks for this, but I'll be mounting knobbies either tonight or tomorrow for the next "phase". I've been a roadie since I started seriously cycling, and need to work on my singletrack skills, at a nearby state park...

I pulled the VO saddle off and clamped on a Charge with a familiar shape. The VO is fine, but not really suited for a bike you expect some agility from. It may go on the tandem. The bike and I did quite well on last night's Trample group ride. While the breakaway group I joined were mostly on...

I don't like buying and selling bikes, cars, or much of anything... so I considered just finding a disc trucker fork for my Surly and running it 'mullet', with the cantis in back. I also considered doing the same for Jake. That's how the Montague came when I bought mine, and it actually doesn't...

Ooooh, yeah, baybee! Road ride in NM, on the Tour de Taco route.

Once upon a time, I went everywhere on my bike, a 2000 Kona Jake the Snake. A cyclocross bike, I swapped in some skinnier road tires and a wider rear cogset/mech and ended up with a great all-around do-everything bike. A marriage, kid, and 170 lbs later (didn't hardly ride at all during that...

XDs .45, appendix IWB with a Sticky holster most of the time.

Depends on where I am and where I'm going. I generally don't want to leave an expensive rifle in my vehicle if I'm out of it for a while, so it's usually a bagged Rossi combo (.22/.410). If I'm around here in the Southeast, and gonna be in the woods a bit, I might take my Marlin .44 levergun...

Living in the South has its disadvantages, but I do love that my Burb isn't a rusted mess underneath. Originally from NM, so rust is even less an issue back home. :)

They are pretty strong :D I'm ok with that. Though I'll let my wife drive my Burb, I don't mind if she decides it's too much trouble. (Don't tell her I said that)

Got tired of holding up the hatch and rear window, and ordered some gas struts. Working great now.

Oy, sorry. I missed that there'd been another post on this thread. If you still need to know, here's a short video explaining the pump rub issue.

Wait... so it hasn't 'sploded yet... killing MILLIONS??? Wow... who'da'thunk! :p Nice rig, man. I have a 2004 Burb with 210,000 miles on the clock so far, and still solid.

Dogmann, I think some GM trucks came with a Z71 package in 2wd, with a G80 in the rear. I kinda liked the idea, for the improvement over open 2wd, and simplicity over 4wd. Mine is a Z71 4x4, which comes with the G80 (some like it, some don't) rear.

Your Trek can take a new fork with disc mounts, between that and a disc-capable wheel, you aren't out as much as a good new bike. Either suspension or solid fork, depending on your preference... Since most of your braking is up front anyway, it won't matter so much if you're running "Mullet"...

I had considered a hub motor for the front of my Montague Paratrooper, making it effectively a 2wd bike... even toyed with the idea of powering both ends. Between that and something stow-able, like a Mavic Pro or my XJ470 (properly built for compactness), I can see this being a very effective...

No tech like old tech, eh? :D

Just a note about the cool teardrop camper you photographed a few pages back: It's available as a kit from Chesapeake Light Craft. They're a popular outfit for boats, but came out with this fairly recently. http://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/recreational-vehicles/clc-teardrop-trailer.html

Sorry if I didn't search well enough, but haven't run across this here yet. I've heard some new higher-end trucks have fording sonar built in now, and wonder if anyone here has tried a more DIY approach, either using an off the shelf sonar (modified or otherwise) or some other means of testing...

Bob, in da woods. (oops... already posted this. I need to get more pics!)