GREAT BRITISH ESCAPADES - Specialized Epic Evo mtb bike check

[@colinjames9476]

Would love to have been there this year, so wanted a blue mug but have a few knee problems. I'd take your down jacket and pants, sleeping pad and bivvy bag, leave the rest at home. Your bike will be a big game changer this time round, body takes a battering on a gravel bike. Have a good one.

[@georgebadham7960]

Great video thanks Rich, I haven’t got my down jacket packed at the moment but I am taking a merino cycling top which I can layer up with. Keeping an eye on the forecast though… see you at the start!

[@BikepackingAdventures]

If we are looking high teens overnight then happy days but prefer to err on the side of caution. Fingers crossed this high pressure lasts. See ya there!

[@seanoreilly6774]

Lovely bike you will put big miles on that.

[@kevindean9613]

first aid kit & I hope you like hills ;)

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Love hills. Usually I go as far as a plaster and paper tissues. 😁

[@awi9826]

Nice setup! Although honestly I think a hardtail would have done the job as well and would save a little bit of weight

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Got back from the GBE on Sunday evening - it was super comfy, and time-wise about the same - in fact quicker until I got lost going around in circles after dark in woods right near the end. It was great to have a huge cassette on the back and the added suspension. Your probably right about the hardtail and indeed many riders just went with a HT setup.

[@RBean47]

What size rims are they

[@BikepackingAdventures]

They have a 29mm internal width according to Certini.

[@RBean47]

Are they 650b

[@BikepackingAdventures]

@@RBean47 they are 29ers, so 700C