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You should totally make that video.

@@KamaTanha or you could've do it your fucking self.

It's a 54 cm with 26 inch wheels and 2 inch tires.

@@KamaTanha it looks great, enjoy

Right on

It's a 2003 XLC. No ABS. It didn't even come with safety switches to keep you from starting it in gear without the clutch, or driving off the the kickstand down. It's a basic motorcycle from the previous century. That's why I love it!

@@KamaTanha Yes! It’s a simple minimalist and unique bike! I have the oportunity to buy an 2013 sportster, but I become worried because it didn’t come with ABS brakes. But I think the old Technology is the characteristic that make sportsters unique ! Nice Harley, thanks

and many many more!

P.S. what is that center stand you have? Where can I get one?

Happy Days Between 🤘🏼 That'd be Awesome! Love to hear BMFS cover any Hunter That Train Don't Come Here Anymore would be great or Dry Dusty Road or Red Car....✌🏽☮️💜🦋

@@susiefairfield7218 yes!

I try to leave with enough water to drink 1 liter per hour, plus reserve. Extra is especially important if I'm not confident about availability at my destination. When I rode down the Badwater Basin from Furnace Creek, for example, I knew the gas station in Shoshone closed at 8pm and if I missed it, I'd need enough water til morning. I started that ride with 16 liters. Electrolytes are also essential when pedaling through the hot dessert. You can buy supplements at GNC or wherever, but i would also take salt packets from condiment counters and pop one especially if i started feeling a bit spacey. In certain parts of the dessert you can ride for days or weeks and not find any natural shade. Nothing grows taller than 3 feet. You learn to stop for adjustments in the shadow of road signs. The tour in this video was almost all remote, not a lot of food options. I just had to get calories as best i could. Mostly gas station food; pop tarts, trail mix and cans of dinty moore beef stew. Full sized grocery stores, or stores with produce, could be a week or more apart. And being 100+ degrees on the tarmac, you can't really carry cheese or eggs for very long. At grocery stores, i always would stock up on instant oatmeal packets, Cliff bars, natural peanut butter, honey (primarily because it's in plastic. I don't want to carry glass jars of jam), a loaf of bread, ground coffee, powdered hot cocoa which I used instead of dairy in my coffee. I've made a lot of peanut butter and honey sandwiches roadside. I always keep those items accessible. Good fuel. Riding through the desert when its over 100 degrees is dangerous. Having plenty of water is a basic essential IMO. It equals life out there, and there are no natural sources (I carried water filtration but never saw water to use it with). As I said in this video, the road and the kindness of strangers was my safety net. So one could carry less. RV'ers and off-roaders are usually a reliable source for water from strangers. But I prefer to be self-reliant, so i carry a lot of water. I'm not too weight conscious. I'm 200 pounds myself, so by the time the bike is loaded up, I'm at least 300 pounds total vehicle weight. Adding a few more pounds of extra water or food isn't going to make a perceptible difference; as least not to me.

@@KamaTanha Getting back to you a little late, but thank you very much for your water, food, and overall weight info. I really do appreciate it, soooooooo many bicycle tourist never really get into this specific information. Which I find is on the top of the list of important factors. Food: Is very hard to nail down in regards to keeping it simple, fresh and economical, but nutritional as well to the body. Oatmeal in the morning is good for long slow burn of calories, especially mixed with some peanut butter or raisins as a added calorie supplement. And both keep well in panniers in warm weather. A loaf of bread is also good for peanut butter and honey sandwiches and, I like white albacore tuna/in water with some packets of mayo and mustard from convenient stores by the hotdog area. Canned food is heavy, but if you can plan ahead and know that you will be just one night out in the middle of nowhere, and the next day arrive in a town with resupplies. Then hauling some chili or other canned food for dinner wouldn't be too bad. I too don't mind carrying extra weight IF I know that I can use it up fairly quickly and the terrain landscape isn't hilly. Every day is different, based on temps, terrain and distance to next grocery store/town. Thanks again for your info. I really appreciate it, you'd be surprised how difficult it is to find this basic information on bicycle touring videos. It's rarely talked about or simplified.

Hi Firefly. I've ridden a lot through the desert southwest. My basic guidelines are cover the skin with light, loose fitting clothing, try to drink a liter of water per hour, take it easy, and enjoy the time. I rode this piece of road in one day on Sept 27th 2019. It was a 93.7 mile day. I don't remember the temps that day, but it was typically over 100 on the tarmac this whole 5 week tour. (Las Vegas-Death Valley-south through the Mojave to Twentynine Palms/Joshua Tree, then east to Flagstaff AZ) Looking back at my notes, I see this day was 7h 58m in the saddle. I do not know how long overall, but it was probably a 16 hour day. I tend to average an overall pace of 5 mph. I stop often and for small reasons. (Part of the take it easy and enjoy the day guideline) So I think this was not only my longest day, it's also the only day I ran short on water, but not dangerously so. As for traffic, I'd say this stretch was moderate by desert standards. The thing about this part of the US is you can literally see for miles. So there are no surprises. You can see/hear cars long before they are near. And ideally, they see and respond to you with plenty of foresight. That said, I remember pulling onto the shoulder for most cars on this stretch, getting myself off the road completely. Not essential,, but easier on the nerves. Cars would come, oh, I don't know, minutes apart. Long enough to settle into the ride between them. The other thing you may have already noticed just from being out on a bike is that cars almost never come one at a time, it's always a line. One thing I found noticeable in CA especially is even in the middle of the desert, some cars will still pass way too close to you. After talking to some locals including a cop, I found out it's because drivers will not cross a double yellow line no matter the conditions. It's technically breaking the law. I'm from rural New England and I've never experienced this. Here, people will move around you when it's clear to do so, giving plenty of space regardless of the lines pained on the road. This tendency of drivers made my earlier trip down the OR and CA coast really nerve wracking. But that's another story. I rode through the desert a lot at night. Not so much out of choice, but because I'm never in a hurry to leave camp and I like to stay on the bike once it's in motion. Eventually I came to think of this as not a great idea for three reasons. 1. You don't get to see the scenery unless it's clear and the moon is full. 2. Rattlesnakes curl up on the warm pavement on the shoulders at night. 3. It's scary to be in the remote desert alone. If you had a mechanical or an injury, it might be a long time before someone came along (back to the emergency water concern). Also, You're very vulnerable. Anyone could do anything to you and it would be a long time before help would find you. It took me months of desert touring before this occurred to me. But in the SW everyone assumes everyone else is armed, so there's that... And it's still true, even at night, the people who pull over are doing it to offer support, encouragement and interest. I've had no sketchy interactions with strangers on the side of the highway. But I'm a middle aged white guy. I'm sure if I wasn't, I would experience more sketchiness unfortunately. I slept that night on the picnic tables at the Vidal Junction Chevron. Not maximally restful, but I was done. The next day was short, just 18 miles to a cheap motel in Parker AZ where I rested, cleaned up and resupplied. I'll write more on your comment on my other video when I have the time. Until then, stay well.

@@KamaTanha Hey thanks I appreciate your detailed reply. It really does help. Most bicycle tourist barely reply with any detailed information. I too take the take your time approach. You're really not going to make that much of a difference in mileage and time if you push it. Plus it's a guarantee that you will burn yourself out and also burn too many calories too fast, plus a increase in needed water intake. All 3 recipes for failure and danger. Instead have plenty of water and food to eat/drink along the way and ride at a relaxed pace. If need be pull off the side of the road and set up your tent and stealth camp. You can always finish the rest of the mileage of your destination the next morning. Plenty of water and food and one can ride anywhere. Little steps Instead of trying to ride huge miles in one day. Yeah I thought about riding at night in the desert. It would be kinda peaceful, but...there are rattlesnakes that do curle up on the road at night. I'd hate to ride over one, especially me being very low to the ground on my recumbent trike. There are sidewinders and Mojave rattlesnakes in that region. You definitely don't want to get hit by a Mojave rattlesnake. That could very well be the end of you. They have a neurotoxic venom, ten times more toxic than a western diamondback rattlesnake.

I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for mentioning it.

​@@KamaTanha Yes, plastic water bottles breakdown quickly in the sun. Therefore one has to continually toss the old ones out and replace them with new ones. This can get costly overtime. I instead use water bladders, 3L and 4L. My current setup is... #2 3L Camelbak bladders that are stuffed inside a insulated pouch for each one. I fill them up at gas stations/convenience stores. The insulated pouches that the Camelbaks fit inside of can be added with ice, to add to keeping the water cold for longer periods (I hate drinking warm/hot water). Those two bladders equal 1 1/2 gallons combined. I also carry (empty, unless I need A LOT of water between stretches of resupply) #2 1 gallon MSR dromedary bladders. These are rugged and tough material, and have a 3 way opening: fill cap/pour cap/ tiny spout flip tip. The 3IN1 cap allows you to fill/drink from/even use the tiny spout for hanging the bag upside down for washing your hands or yourself. Here's a link. images.app.goo.gl/PNAKtRxLnYJGbcrR8 These two 1 gallon MSR dromedary bladders plus my two 3L Camelbak bladders give me a total of 3 1/2 gallons combined. The Camelbaks have sucking tubes to drink from. So you can drink off them throughout your ride. In the case of needing the extra MSR dromedary bladders, for long distant milage between water resupply stops. I keep those filled up and inside my Ortlieb panniers. I just use those to refill my Camelbaks bladders. Never any need to buy continually new water bottles. Can fill them up with cold ice water at the convenience store soda area with ice. Can fill up the insulated pouches with more ice to keep the Camelbaks bladders even colder inside the pouches. It's the way to go. images.app.goo.gl/RzZ3AcTJEUwhbqyD8

It's a carbon FSA, 170 mm crank arms with a 22t granny and a square taper. There's a bit of a story to it. Since my first tour was over the Sierra Nevadas, I wanted the smallest granny possible which meant swapping cranks to something with a bolt pattern that would take a 22t granny gear. I also wanted a shorter 170mm crank arm (no need for the torque at those easy RPMs). I also wanted to keep the square taper bottom bracket. That combination is a very tall order, and one impossible to fill with a quality part looking at current offerings. I was lucky to find this carbon crank, new-old-stock, still in its original box on eBay for well under $100.

@@KamaTanha Thanks. I want a touring bike, but I'm torn on what to get. I am kind of wanting to pull the trigger on the Disc Trucker in 56 700c (I'm about 180cm). I have a Tarmac SL6 in 56cm as my current road bike, and a Midnight Special in 54cm for my gravel bike. I'm just not sure how much I like the 3x that the disc trucker comes with. I'm kind of eyeing the Fuji Touring Disc as well (bit cheaper)

Just learning. A pieta in action. Thank you.

The bike was 31.5 pounds stock, with pedals. The wheels are quite heavy alloy. I've looked at buying Carbon wheels. They would weigh half if what these weigh.

Also, just to be clear, the frame's nit carbon either. There's no carbon on thus bike.

Yeah, good storytelling.

For some reason, I only have the rear wheel in my notes. Just the rear wheel is 4.4 lbs/1,995 grams with SLX cassette, brake rotor and no tire. That makes it over 6.5 pounds with a Maxxis Aggressor on it. The SLX 10-51 cassette is listed as 534 grams on the Shimano website.

@@KamaTanha Alright thanks, I guess the front wheel would be about 200 grams lighter.