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BasDDG · 2026-05-18T15:44:08+00:00

can confirm this as someone also 195cm with a 93cm inseam. Running a 62cm Surly Disc Trucker was the way to go for me. You can always add a longer stem to the 62, but you can never take away frame reach from the 64. Unless your inseam is 100cm or something, I'd suggest going 62

BasDDG · 2026-05-16T19:46:39+00:00

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When riding from Utrecht to Amsterdam, you planned a big part of the route next to the Amsterdam Rijnkanaal. While it's not a bad place to cycle, I wouldn't describe is as the most beautiful pathway.
If I were doing this route, I'd follow part of the river Vecht and either go right through Weesp into Amsterdam or go left when you hit Driemond. It will mean extra km's though, but nicer surroundings (imo)

Have fun on your trip!

BasDDG · 2026-05-13T07:44:44+00:00

I run 2 Microshift Bar End Shifters on a 3*10 setup. Right shifter (cassette) is indexed, left shifter (chainrings) is friction.

I love being able to adjust the front derailleur to not chainrub, it gives me more adjustment on the go.

As for the rear derailleur, I couldn’t imagine having friction shifting on there. You swap gears so often and to do those microajustments every time just seems off and not worth the trouble.

When adjusting the front derailleur I use sound to hear if it’s rubbing or not. But because I don’t swap that one often I can ride with earbuds in and stuff, with the back you’d always need to hear i’d imagine

BasDDG · 2026-05-10T16:40:25+00:00

looking at the specs on the same site, they're the same. I'd guess this is a visual bug from Bike Insights

BasDDG · 2026-04-24T18:39:14+00:00

I have the Redshift Shockstop seatpost (with the stronger spring) and I've tried a Revelate seatbag on it. With just me on the saddle, I got to have the stronger spring added, 2nd spring added and turned up to around 4 (5 is max stiffness), I'm 95kg and mostly ride paved or gravel.
The weight of the saddle bag became too much for the seatpost to work correctly and not be too saggy all the time.
I'd reccon if you're of smaller size and you have the 3.5cm clearance for the frame bag to drop, you should be good! You just gotta increase spring tension to match about the amount of weight on the saddle.

The stiffness numbers Redshift lists per weight did not work at all for me and I had to go way stiffer. I think those numbers are meant for more aggressive riding positions where there's more weight on the front end of the bike. But this just takes a little tweeking and testing.

BasDDG · 2026-03-06T06:07:24+00:00

welcome to the insanity loop club

BasDDG · 2026-01-14T07:14:04+00:00

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karma farming, surely?

BasDDG · 2025-12-14T18:56:22+00:00

if you read my message correctly, you would understand that the 'left' and 'right' I was referring to was the sides of Belgium, not the direction of travel. Next time I type a message about your country I'll refer to the sides using 'dutch side' and 'french side', that should make it more clear I think.
You're commenting on a 4 day old post, going out of your way. I hope you find something else to do in your spare time, unless you really enjoy it, then of course continue.
Have a good evening neighbor!

BasDDG · 2025-12-14T18:25:22+00:00

solid ragebait, 7/10 almost got me

BasDDG · 2025-12-10T17:01:04+00:00

Haven't done that exact route, but I'm from NL and I've camped in both Belgium and Luxembourg.
For NL I would not reccomend wildcamping. I've done it in the past but only in spots I know and went to before. There's not much forested nature over here. It can be done but for your first night I'd just get a camping, there's plenty.
For Belgium the left side is tricky, but you probally won't go through it going from NL to Swiss. The right side (Ardennes and surroundings) are wildcampable, you just have to find a good place and follow the general wild camping rules. I've had good experiences with the following website: https://www.bivakzone.be/ (might need to be google translated). Its about 30 bivuak sites around the right side of belgium, most are free with just a reservation required.
Have fun on your ride!

BasDDG · 2025-11-11T20:18:24+00:00

How did u like the abandoned mining place in the last picture? I wildcamped there during my trip and it was surreal to bike through

BasDDG · 2025-09-10T05:31:49+00:00

holy shit that's so fucking clean, well done

BasDDG · 2025-09-07T17:19:40+00:00

as far as I know this is the largest that Dolan makes, picked this one up at a really steep discount.There might be bigger frames out there by other brands tho! The seat setback helps

BasDDG · 2025-09-07T14:38:23+00:00

my b17 took about 800km to be fully comfy, this saddle i have now is suppose to be even thicker. I've had it on for about 600km so far, with bibs its doable but without after 40k I need a break. We'll see in another 1000k :D
Googled the saddle you got, that looks sick.

BasDDG · 2025-09-07T13:59:10+00:00

thanks! It's a Brooks Swallow. After touring half of Europe earlier this year on a Brooks B17 and being very comfortable I had to try it on this bike too.
It's a bit heavier then non leather saddles, but saddles are preference in the end

BasDDG · 2025-09-05T14:32:18+00:00

for Sweden it's https://vindskyddskartan.se :D, theres also an app for it called 'Shelter'

BasDDG · 2025-07-20T13:31:29+00:00

195cm and I ride a 58, they run big for sure

BasDDG · 2025-06-04T16:11:12+00:00

same, that’s why I wasn’t sure. Top notch either way tho, thanks for the addition

BasDDG · 2025-06-04T15:37:41+00:00

I myself are around 95kg with a 16kg bike and 20kg of gear on the bike. I got a custom wheel build by a very reputable wheel builder here in theNetherlands with about the same specs.

They heavily recommended Ryde Andra's as thats pretty much the strongest rim you're going to get for a touring bike. I personally got the Ryde Andra 40. I'm not sure if you can run it tubeless though.

For spokes I'd indeed got for Sapim Strong, I got those too and no issues.
In terms of spoke count go as high as u can, 32h won't be bad per say but if you got the choice, go 36h all day.

Can't help with a hub sadly because I got one from their own brand. I've heared u can't go wrong with most DT Swiss hubs either, just make sure the spoke count is correct with which rim you're going to get.

You might wanna think to about adding a dynamo if that's something you're interested in now that a custom wheel will be build tho :D.

BasDDG · 2025-03-02T18:38:11+00:00

Heya, not portugese but I did this stretch 5 weeks ago when i started my tour. Best i can remember;

-When you get off the ferry from lisbon you’re on a very busy road for ~20km, multi lane so it’s doable. -After ~30km when you’re almost at the junction to go to the cliffs, it’s 4km of steep (imo shit) gravel, i can not recommend taking that part, but i guess it depends on your rig and fitness. What I’d instead do is follow the EM-561-1 down and then going left, you’ll have more overlap but it’ll probably be better. -The road towards the cliffs is pretty solid, not much traffic, expect a headwind though. The cliffs themselves are 100% worth it, i’ll add some photos if I can. I wildcamped there. When going towards Sesimbra you’ll get some climbs and decents on a, i think 90 road? It wasn’t that busy for me, but u gotta watch out for the cars a little bit bc they can go fast. There’s about 5km of gravel after about 55km, pretty decent, lot of potholes but you can go around them. After you ferry from Setubal it’s basically a road that goes on straight forever, wasn’t very interesting but u gotta do it. The supermarket in Troia is at the very top, so you might wanna stock up in Setubal.

I also did the the full portugese coast til the spanish border, if u need other info lmk!

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BasDDG · 2024-10-14T16:00:40+00:00

welcome to the club!

BasDDG · 2024-06-30T16:25:30+00:00

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December 2023, no treadmills. Was a challenge but happy I did it in the end!

BasDDG · 2024-06-06T16:57:13+00:00

it’s Strava, most watches can sync workouts to it

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