Gear

My current bike is a 

Medium 2021 Salsa Fargo

Colombia, November 2023.

Rear wheel

Velocity Cliffhanger rim 27.5"
DT Swiss 350 hub
36h
Alpine III Spokes

Front wheel

Velocity Blunt 35 rim 27.5"

SON28 hub

36h

2.0/1.8/2.0 spokes

Drivetrain

2×10
11-42 Cassette Steel
22-32 Chainrings Steel

Bar end shifters

Cargo

Rear rack

Big water bottles on fork

Recently got a small but overbuild front rack in Bogotá, Colombia

This local frame builder, left, modified a front rack to accommodate the unusual mounting points on my fork.

I use a stove for cooking

MSR WhisperLite International

Sleeping gear

Very sad, old thermarest Z fold foam pad. I don't like air mattress because they pop. If I got an air mattress I would keep the foam pad to protect it.

0°F down sleeping bag

Colombia, October 2023

Very beat up MSR Hubba Hubba two person tent. New zippers installed in May 2023 in Mexico City. Some of the rain fly zippers broke after salt expose on my kayak trip to Colombia. But it still works. Biggest problem is saltwater corrosion on the aluminum tent poles. I like it but wish it was more waterproof.