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build 16Jun2025:
Bike: Co-Motion Pangea
Geometry:
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56 cm frame 45.0 cm chainstay 10 cm stem length 64 cm handlebar reach 17 cm crank arm 66 cm handlebar width |
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Pinion P1.18 gearbox.
A constant average 11.5% step between 18 gears means a (1 + 0.115)^17 = 636% range. Gates CDX 32 tooth front sprocket for Pinion Gates CDX 39 tooth rear sprocket Gates CenterTrack 118 tooth belt Gear Inches = gear ratio × tire diameter Meters of Development = 2 π r = π d = π × Gear Inches × 0.0254 m/in ≃ 0.1 × Gear Inches An independent check of my calculations. Have to admire that low end - a gear ratio of 0.450, or 11.7 gear inches, or 0.93 meters of development. Walking is equivalent to a gear ratio of ~0.4. |
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Wheels:
Velocity CliffHanger 26", 32 hole rims Industry 9 hub, 6 bolt, 32 hole, 12x142 thru axle rear Industry 9 hub, 6 bolt, 32 hole, 15x110 thru axle front Schwalbe Marathon Mondial, 26"x2.0" (50-599 ) tires RhinoDillos tire liners Slime 26" x 1.75-2.125" Presta valve tubes Brakes: TRP Spyke, 6 bolt, 160mm Disc Tektro Eclipse 520 brake levers Stem and Headset: FSA Gossamer Stem 100mm ± 6° Cane Creek Headset 110 ZS44 and interlock spacers |
Free Standing (oh, yes!):
Integrated 40mm mount kickstand SteerStopper Post/Seat: Cane Creek Thudbuster ST 31.6 mm Selle Italio S3 Flow Color: Tropical Green body Ivy Green Mica logos in a Fiora font Custom label - "cococubed.com" Polished S+S couplers Stainless steel dropouts Co-Motion metal head tube badge |
Essentials:
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Water:
Performance (22 oz) 0.65 liter bottle × 2 Nalgene 1.5 liter wide mouth bottle × 4 MSR Dromedary 4-liter bag Velo Orange Mojave bottle cage × 2 Katadyn BeFree 1 liter filtration Katadyn Steripen UV purifier Cockpit: Jones SG Loop H-Bar 4 cm above saddle Ergon GP1, nexus/rohloff handlebar grips Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt V2 GPS Quad Lock Out Front Pro + iPhone Xs Ride with GPS App Adventure Cycling maps and case Oveja Negra Chuckbucket × 4 Helmet: Bontrager XXX WaveCel helmet Da Brim Sporty visor EVT Safe Zone mirror Shoes & Pedals: Shimano SH-SD501 SPD sandal Shimano PD-EH500 double sided bike pedal Racks & Panniers & Dry Bags: Blackburn Fat Rack rear, World Tour Rack front Ortlieb Sport-Roller High Vis 14.5L panniers Ortlieb Back-Roller High Vis 20L panniers Ortleib Up-Town basket Lone Peak Shorty Rack Bag Sea to Summit 13 & 20 liter Dry Bags |
Kitchen:
MSR PocketRocket 2 stove MSR IsoPro Fuel canister Flat Cat Gear windscreen SOTO butane torch lighter OXO can opener Duracon cutlery Buck 112 Ranger knife Dishwash soap and scrubber Pantry: Bearikade Scout canister, with insulation Good To-Go dehydrated meals, fish/meat based meal provisions, Mount Hagen coffee, tortillas, almond butter, Bob's Red Mill bars, dried milk, salt, skratch hydration powder. GoToob+ 3.4 oz bottles, oil, honey, nocciolata. Nalgene 16 oz containers for daily. 2-gallon trash bags. Tools: Slime 26" x 1.75-2.125" Presta valve tube ×2 Gates CenterTrack 118 tooth belt Fumpa Bike Pump (love it!) Topeak Turbo Morph G pump (backup) Leatherman Skeletool CX Topeak Ratchet Rocket Lite DX Ortlieb QL2.1 mounting hooks Nuts, bolts, spacers, Loctite Blue Zip-Ties, Voile and Titan straps |
Clothes:
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Riding:
See Me Wear short + long sleeve jerseys LUXA Fluo cycling socks ZOIC Ether shorts + Carbon liners Aero Tech Cycling gloves Warm: Showers Pass short + long merino shirts Adventure Cycling Neck Wrap Patagonia Jacket, Gloves, Liner Beanie, Beanie Minus33 expedition Balaclava Merino.Tech 165/250/360 Pants and Socks Snow Deer Electric Heated Socks |
Dry:
See Me Wear water-repellent Windbreaker Gorewear windstopper Socks Showers Pass Jacket, Hood, Pants, Socks, Gloves Gorewear Hi-Vis Cap Civilian: shorts, merino t-shirt, white ankle socks, Tevas Insect: Bug Baffler headnet, shirt, pants Sawyer 20% Picaridin Repellent 4 oz |
Home on the Range:
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House:
big agnes Blacktail 2 Hotel Helinox Chair Zero RANVOO travel fan |
Bedding:
Zenbivy 25°F Quilt, Mattress, Pillow Bundle Helinox Lite Cot Zero |
Electronics:
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Energy Generation: Schmidt SON 28 15 110, 6 V, 3 W dynamo hub Sinewave Cycles Reactor USB top cap charger BigBlue 28 Watt solar charger Energy Storage: imuto 99 Watt-hr, 100 Watt battery ×2 |
Lights: Schmidt Edelux II, green anodized, headlight Hypershot 350 tail light× 4 Hotshot Pro 200 flag lights × 6 Petzl 600 lumen headlamp Communication: iPhone Xs + M4 Macbook Air 13" laptop |
Hygene:
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Personal:
Wahl cordless Peanut hair clippers, Manscaped weed wacker clipper, Dollar Shave Club razor & blades, nail clipper, safety scissors, safety pin, washcloth, shampoo 1 oz, toothbrush, toothpaste 2 oz, tooth floss, q-tips, deodorandt 0.5 oz, eye-drops 1 oz, toilet paper roll ×2, Wet Ones wipes ×4, trowel |
Medical:
Bandages, sterile non-woven sponges, antibiotic ointment, antiseptic towelettes, alcohol prep pads, insect bite relief wipes, skin Tac wipes, gauze roll, tape, large safety pins, tweezers, aspirin (500 mg + 32mg cafffeine) |
Safety & Security
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Safety Pagentry - Passive
(but effective!): 30" long, 0.5" diameter, Aluminum tube × 2 Premier Designs universal flag mount × 2 TerraCycle rubber mount × 2 Annin NYL-Glo 12"x18" Sewn U.S Flag × 2 Hose Clamps × 6 Adventure Cycling Safety Triangle |
Safety Pagentry - Active:
Hypershot 350 tail light × 4 Hotshot Pro 200 flag lights × 8 Security: ABUS Bordo Lite 6055 Mini (85 cm) Lock Gerber US-Assist 420HC plain edge knife Kimber PepperBlaster II PepperBall launcher |
Bicycle Mechanic
Daryl at Gears to You is fantastic. He's very patient with mechanical klutzes like me.
Play Time:
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Mass≃41 kg. rear 22 kg, mid 7 kg, front 12.4 kg Weight≃91 lb. rear 48 lb, mid 16 lb, front 27 lb Weekly Distance: ≃80 km; 50 mile Weekly Vertical: ≃450 m; 1500 ft Speed: Party Pace Odometer: ≃4900 mile my ride with gps log |
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18Apr2025:
the bearikade is useful. it consolidates food storage and is critter proof. it fits perfectly in the rear basket. when it is outfitted with insulation and a coldpack, one can enjoy ice cold milk and a proper sandwich on day rides, even after several hours in the phoenix desert and foothills.
04Apr2025:
usery II. this is a ≃40 mile home-to-campsite ride with ≃1100 ft vertical difference. much better this time around, in many regards. a few thing to improve upon, such as bigger bags for the ground cover and the rain fly - they must be easier to get in and out. onwards to usery III in the late fall. then i'll think about a longer trip to catalina state park near tucson.
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26Mar2025:
loaded for usery II. 8 liter water carry. 3 days of food in a bearikade.
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08Feb2025:
adding a thudbuster seat post initiated a significant mass rearrangment. tools and spares to the front top bag. tent moves forward to near the seat post. i actually like the rear basket for the food cannister, water, battery, and safety triangle placement. i wonder about its durability though.
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07dec2024:
once or twice a year i ride lighter for a few days to see how i do:
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16nov2024:
i will retire from asu on 15dec2025. semi-retired overall as i still plan to do some work for the aas journals. still, with planning, i will be free to ride, locally in arizona anyway.
09oct2024 :
year 3 begins. new pinion oil. more expansive and open cockpit arrangement. angled jones hbar slightly more downwards as an experiment - still think i should raise the stem ~5-10 mm.
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03oct2024 :
back in the swing of things. packing experiment - moving bedding system to the right rear pannier. tent and cot still on outside. rear 2.5 liter water bottles move closer to the center of the bike. this experiment does lower the overall height of the rear baggage.
01sep2024 :
drats, experienced a fall in my bathroom. 5 stitches over the right eye, which was swollen shut for several days. fortunately, no longer term eye or head issues. this took me out of commission for two weeks, but rolling back into it. beautiful that its cooler in the mornings these days.
03jul2024 :
a steady pattern of rising around 3:30am, on the 18 mile vitamin ride around 5:00am, and home by 8:00am - lest it get too hot to ride comfortably in the phoenix summer. afternoon swimming on days off the bike.
23may2024 :
first flat after 21 months and ~3500 miles, which i think speaks to the robustness of the tire system. i also did missoula to anchorage without a flat on a similiar system. this ~2" long, ~1/3" diameter, screw was caught, naturally, near a construction site. the screw went in ~1.5", almost touching the rim. apparently the screw did not puncture the rhinodillo tire liner or the slime tube, but it did raised the pressure enough that the seam of the tube blew out. much too big for the slime to work. i prefer to replace pre-slimed tubes rather than patch them, so i carry two spare.
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11may2024 :
full size rear pannier experiment. active safety components (taillights) now have multiple backups. the pinion/gates drive combo gives silent running - beautiful.
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29apr2024 :
Tour de Usery :)
many lessons learned on what worked and what needs improvement. for example, the tailight batteries have a burn time of 2 hours and a charge time of 3 hours. with solar, the burn time to zero charge extends to ~4 hours. riding for 4-8 hours means a second, fully charged, set of tailights to swap out is mandatory. as another example, as one who was born riding the santa cruz mountains, i have no mountain legs.
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19apr2024 :
30" aluminum poles - flags above bags for maximum visibility. two 1.5 liter nalgenes at mid-frame with suitable cages, plus two 1.5 liter nalgenes front and rear, for nominal water capacity of 9 liters. removed fenders for now - too fiddly. currently ~45 min to go from end-of-ride to everything in the tent, and about the same to go from everything in tent to ready to ride. booked a campsite for Usery Mountain Regional Park for 22apr - 23apr, about 40 miles from home.
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15mar2024 :
intersection of the kyrene and western canal paths. practice setting camp (needs work). getting closer to doing an overnighter at usery mountain regional park. 28 watt solar panel.
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build 24feb2024 :
32 tooth front and 39 tooth rear; thank you darryl! solar panels now power hungry iphone. quad chuckbucket cockpit. weight redistribution: clothes in front, pantry and kitchen in rear, lower front panniers.
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build 01dec2023 :
headlight goes on front rack. secure those water bottles!
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build 12oct2023 :
year 2 begins. new pinion oil, new brake pads, more robust dry bags, stronger water bottle cages, new lock location, and better mass/volume arrangement.
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15sep2023 :
Home on the Range. The Pangea fits free-standing inside - oh yes!
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build 01sep2023 :
Space in waterproof bags is a premium. Water bottles go outside. On the rear, another step towards Home on the Range. Safety flags at good height.
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build 28jul2023 :
Safety flags raised 6" due to starting a Home on the Range ...
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build 08jun2023:
front panniers, rear view mirror, hose clamps for flags.
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build 23apr2023
full front racks now ...
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build 08apr2023:
rear light (bright!), 25 watt solar panels, chair, da brim on helmet.
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build 02apr2023:
larger fork bags and underseat tool bag.
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build 19feb2023:
36 oz water bottles, flag caps, security.
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build 19jan2023:
rear panniers, flags, 15 watt solar panel.
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build 29dec2022 :
fenders, rear rack, underseat tool bag, chuckbuckets on cockpit, fork bags, wahoo gps, adventure cycling map case.
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17sep2022 - so it begins again.
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22aug2022 has arrived - so excited!
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I will take delivery on August 22, 2022!
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Tempe to the South Rim Loop 2024? |
The future is beginning to happen. I ordered a custom Co-Motion Pangea, Pinion gearbox, light green with dark green labeling. It may arrive in June 2022!
My previous touring rig was a 1998 Bruce Gordon Rock & Road. I have my eyes open for my next touring rig. A lovely resource for bicycle touring is the Adventure Cycling Organization - member since 1988.
Its now been awhile since I've toured - raising a family. I like to claim that bicycling touring is part of my past and part of my future. I can hardly wait for my next tour - I miss it.
I entertain myself with long distance bicycle adventures. I rode solo between 1986 and 1996. Nearly all the images (and lessons) from those adventures reside only in my synapses. When Jeannine and Frank started to duet in 1997, some images from those trips were recorded:
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Barranca Loop 2004 🚲 North Star Expedition 2001 🚲 Chicago to Toronto Loop 2000 🚲 Tour of Wisconsin's Thumb 1999 🚲 Southwest tour: San Diego to Silver City 1998 🚲 Santa Cruz to San Diego 1997 🚲 Tour of Georgia 1996 🚲 Chicago to Aspen 1995 🚲 Santa Cruz to Aspen 1993 🚲 Santa Cruz to Cabo San Lucas 1991 🚲 Seattle to Santa Cruz 1990 |