Six weeks with the Moonlander and all systems are go…
I can’t remember the last time I spent any time on my pugs, since Moonlander came into my life. It’s been a six week honeymoon cruise of Snow, Ice, Mud & Sandy Beach, with some parts swapped and frame bag, saddle and pogie testing along the way for Thparkle and I. Yep…named this bike Thparkle on a beach ride on the south end of Milwaukee where the shore was all ice and big round rocks. Thparkle crab-walked all over that marble trap in a kind of controlable 2 beer swerve. All I had to do was keep pedaling and Thparkle just did some amazing shit…..but I digress…
The main crux of this installment of moonlander today is to ‘splaine what upgrades took the stock ML complete and made it into the fat-bike dream-boat………Thparkle (Sparkle with a lisp)
Upgrades(?)
- Ritchey WCS 10degree sweep 31.8 – 700mm wide
- Ritchey stem (matched the length and angle of the stock stem)
- Thomson Post
- WTB Laser Saddle
- Oury Lockon Grips
- Home Sewn Frame Bag with patches – by Cale and Bethany
Stuff that I’ve tested on Thparkle in the last 6 weeks
Selle Anitomica Titanico NS Saddle – Reviewed and Passed along to Adam for further evaluation.
Revelate Designs – Frame Pack – Review Pending – I like Cale’s Handi-Work better.
Bar Mitts – Passed along to Blatz for further observation.
Gauntlet Proto-Type Pogies – Currently Testing – and really loving them!
Terry Men’s Fly Saddle – Parts Bin Resurection
Things, for which I covet!
Brooks Swift Saddle
Cane Creek 110 Headset
Black Salsa Flip Offs
another Berner (I already have names picked out)
That 2 beer swerve proved mighty helpful that day along the beach. dont forget the dino poop for extra traction.
I built a fresh frame from the first lot and put a Rohloff hub on it because the frame geometry remiss me of a touring bike more than pure MTB. It rides soooo nice and the reliability is worth the weight penalty.