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Peru: The stats

On September 5, 2016July 6, 2017 By eileenIn Biking, Peru, Peru to PatagoniaLeave a comment

98 days in Peru (on our 100 day visa) by the numbers, for people who like that kind of thing.

Bikes, bags, bits, bobs. Our South American gear list. (Version 1)

On May 20, 2016July 5, 2017 By AndyIn Biking, Gear, Hiking, Peru to Patagonia1 Comment

Get ready for an intensely nerdy list. Hopefully it might be useful for others thinking about walking / cycling for long distances.

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A late and long afternoon navigating this bumpy, braided river bed, in search of the legendary Macaulay Hut. The faint trail was difficult to keep track of, frequently lost after the many river crossings. Once lost it was only by chance that we would stumble across it again.

Route planning in NZ is a little trickier than we were used to. I don’t think trespassing flies quite so free and easy around these parts, so we had to ring around to track down some local farmers. It got us off the road and onto some sweet trails in the end though👌

My bike’s bottom bracket developed a terminal sounding grinding noise the previous afternoon. After making camp, we realised the nearest bike shop was 75km away and closing up for the weekend at midday the next day. That was the hardest I’ve ever tried to pedal for an extended period of time (I don’t usually try very hard to go fast). There were few photos taken that day, and I faltered when racing past a laden plum tree at the side of the road, but still didn’t stop. We made it to the bike shop at 11.50 😅 They decided to stay open until 2pm.

Andy on Instagram

Hello, I’ve got a few Louise dropper post harnesses for sale up on the new website: waywardriders.com link in my bio. • I’ve also got an Instagram account: @wayward_riders where I will post about the Louise harness. • The harness is called Louise after the most incredible and inspirational Louise Sutherland.

A bunch of people have asked about how stable the harness is, how the waggle goes when pedalling hard, different dry bags, tyre buzzing, tyre clearance etc. • I put together a video yesterday showing how the bag performs. It covers most of these questions, and shows the bag being used in different situations. I was using a full 8L Alpkit dry bag that weighs 1.7kg. • Drop me a line with any thoughts, questions or comments! You can see a higher quality video on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/351838840 • (Thanks to @eileenschwabnz , @asher_h and @mbluett whos Red Rocks ride I slowed down by asking them to film!)

How to install the dropper post harness. • The harness is designed to also work with the elegant @wolf_tooth_comp Valais. • The Wolftooth Valais lets you limit the drop on your dropper, which prevents you accidentally buzzing your rear tyre. • There are different slots in the harness to allow you to place the Wolftooth Valais at different heights, depending on how much clearance you have between seat and tyre.

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