Vik's Nomad S&S

[vik]

Got the 60mm Berthoud stainless steel fenders installed.



I put this off because I thought I had a lot of DIY to do for the install, but ended up going very smoothly except for the rear fender stays.





safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[julk]

Vik,
Very smart, nothing like a nice bit of stainless.
I see the cat is impressed as well.
Julian.

[vik]

thank's vik for the link fantastic photos you and your buddy looked like you had a blast,my god what a country to ride a bike beautiful.
what satnav was that you had ,the bike especally the wheels and tyres are something else are they heavy  /expensive.how long did  you spend off road on that tour man it looked really hard going don't think i would be strong enough to tackle something like that.
anyway thanks again vik .
cheers
jags

I am using a Garmin Vista Cx GPS at the moment.  It's a few years old so has been superseded by a newer model.  It works well enough for me so I won't be replacing it.

The wheels on my Surly Pugsley are 60mm wide rims with 94mm tires on them.  They are made specially by the folks [Surly Bikes] that make the frame.  They are heavier than a typical touring wheel/tire, but not by as much as you'd expect.  On that ride in particular we found we were keeping pace with guys on hardtail and full suspension MTBs.  I think the big tires act like 1" of suspension without the energy loss you get from a suspension system pogoing when pedaling hard.  It's only a theory, but our performance compared to theirs was easy to measure.

You can read more about these bikes here:

http://www.surlybikes.com/

The frame is called the Pugsley, the rims are called Large Marge and the tires are called Endomorphs.

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[vik]

Went on a bike date with my GF last night and she actually noticed the fenders and thought they looked sharp.  Considering she's never noticed anything bike related before that was pretty cool...

I'm headed out on an overnight tour with my Nomad tonight forecast is for rain tomorrow so I'm glad I got these installed.

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[jags]

vik you done it again brilliant job the nomad really look's the part with the new mudguard's

[vik]

vik you done it again brilliant job the nomad really look's the part with the new mudguard's

Thanks...it's a bit odd, but I don't think a bike looks "right" without fenders...I've been riding the Nomad without fenders all summer and something was bugging me about the bike...now that I put fenders on it I know what it was.  The bike just looked incomplete!

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[jags]

vik is there two version's of that tyre ,those extreams look like nobble tyres i thought the extream's was more like a slick.
wow that nomad sure looks good,i have just this minute finished polishing my sherpa getting it ready for a good ride in the morning.i usually load up my carradice camper s/bag with spare wet gear some food  well anything i think i might need and head off for 50 /60 miles.
this past few months i've gotten very lazy on the bike even started to put some weight on ,i go through spells like this every now and again, last time this hapened to me i sold all my bikes and gear for practally nothing ,i do mad things like that. anyway the reason im saying this ,what's  keeping me from selling this time round is guys like yourself and john july28 true bikers no bullshit guys who just love cycling and don't mind sharing in there passion if that's the wright word .
sorry if this all sounds a bit sloppy just thinking  out loud.

[john28july]

Nice one! Guess thats a good reason for the Forum.
John.

[kwkirby01]

I put this off because I thought I had a lot of DIY to do for the install, but ended up going very smoothly except for the rear fender stays.

Vik, take a look at Peter White's installation of the Berthoud fenders on a Tout Terrain. He's used the rack-mounted eyelets (which are in a similar position to those on your Thorn rack) and simply bent the fender stays to fit. I think it looks quite neat and would do away with the unsightly zip ties you are currently using. Kevin

[Fred A-M]

john july28....no bullshit.

Sorry Jags to spoil the love-in, but those words simply do not sit comfortably next to each other in the same sentence!

Leftpoole is, I assume is John28July's new moniker?

Vik, interesting pics btw of your most recent cycle tour I saw in another link somewhere!

[jags]

ah fred come on john is one of the good guy's ,well he is in my book .
you have to admit when it comes to putting bike's together there ain't much better than vik or john.
i enjoy reading there posts as i do yours especally when you post photos of places i'll never see .
cheers fred
jags

[Fred A-M]

Thanks Jags, appreciated.  I'm not judging whether John is a good guy or not and don't wish to disrepect your opinion.....other than to say I nearly fell off my chair 

[vik]

vik is there two version's of that tyre ,those extreams look like nobble tyres i thought the extream's was more like a slick.
wow that nomad sure looks good,i have just this minute finished polishing my sherpa getting it ready for a good ride in the morning.i usually load up my carradice camper s/bag with spare wet gear some food  well anything i think i might need and head off for 50 /60 miles.
this past few months i've gotten very lazy on the bike even started to put some weight on ,i go through spells like this every now and again, last time this hapened to me i sold all my bikes and gear for practally nothing ,i do mad things like that. anyway the reason im saying this ,what's  keeping me from selling this time round is guys like yourself and john july28 true bikers no bullshit guys who just love cycling and don't mind sharing in there passion if that's the wright word .
sorry if this all sounds a bit sloppy just thinking  out loud.

Thanks for the kind words...

The only version of the Marathon Extreme I know of is mounted on my Nomad.

http://www.schwalbetires.com/marathon_extreme

Schwalbe makes a slick-ish Marathon called the Supreme:

http://www.schwalbetires.com/marathon_supreme

I hear you about interest in biking coming and going.  I've had that happen to me to some extent. Now what mostly happens is my interest cycles [pun intended] through the different types of bikes I have...so for a while I'll be mad about my FS MTB, then my cargo bike, then my folding bike, then bike touring....round and round it goes! I don't fight it....as long as I'm out there riding something...even if it's a snowboard or kiteboard that's cool....I just don't want to become a couch potatoe...at 40 it gets harder and harder to come back from that sort of thing!

[jags]

no problem fred hope you had a soft landing

[vik]

My Nomad S&S in the wild this weekend...well actually the Bow Valley between Canmore and Lake Louise Alberta...











safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com