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Inbred Is Dead, Long Live Inbred!

[UPDATE] See gear status update at the bottom of this post… I was cycling home from work just before Christmas and things went a bit wiggly in the rear end. I was carrying a lot of weight at the time (nabbing up all the reduced items at the supermarket as …

A Broken Seat Post And The Hunt For A New One

We were riding the 50km dirt road section between San Jose Pinula and Mataquescuintla when I felt something give way beneath me. All of a sudden I was falling backwards and sitting on top of the Ortlieb RackPack. Where did my saddle go? This is what remained of my seatpost. …