Sofiane! Heard about you from lael wilcox's documentary. I'm so thankful that you have your own channel. Thank you for uploading, you're a huge inspiration to a beginner biker and aspirational bikepacker like myself and I'm learning more about bikes through you!
Merci pour ce partage Sofiane, Perso je fais tout avec un fs ( santa Cruz Blur) : bikepacking, VTT, bikepark, sorties Gravel, et même les voyages en famille en tirant la remorque avec la petite dedans.. C’est en effet plus de maintenance et un peu de mécanique pour le préparer à chaque type de sorties, mais ça a plus de sens pour moi que de posséder plusieurs vélos 😊.. . Et apparement on est pas PLUS LENT en full, même sur du roulant. Bravo pour cette victoire 👍 ton commentaire me confirme dans mon choix ! Merci pour tes témoignages inspirants 👍👍
I did it on a full sus trail bike and wow, it was so much more fun on the descents and washboard than in 2021 when I rode a semi-rigid. Full sus all the way. (Of course, I haven’t paid to service it post-race yet 😂)
The people the title is "Bikepack racing", i know you are mostly cycling enthusiasts like me remember to don't screw your minds with equipment questions, the old sofiane already made awesome rides with crappy bikes "ken les stat". Unless you are ultra racers (in this case i hope you got sponsors) fancy gear it's just there to gives you more confidence, peace of mind and the illusion you can do your ride, it should not be an obstacle to ride or gives you doubt about having not the right gear. Even Sofiane don't make the best gear choices but he doesn't know it yet but it doesn't stops him to ride.
Sofiane, congrats on your win. These videos are awesome and I'm really looking forward to the GoPro video. I just re-watched your set-up from 2022 last night and was intrigued by your suspension seat post. How much better for your derrière is that set up vs. the standard carbon post vs. the full suspension? I also appreciate your honesty with respect to gear - you don't see that a lot on RU-vid!
I think the suspension seat post is a pretty good option. Josh Ibbett was using one this year as well. The weight penalty is negligible and it does help with some of the bumps you encounter on the way.
Congratulations on your victory Sofiane! You’re incredible and I love the way you do your video. I just subbed and looking forward to more as I learned a lot 😊
Thank you Sofiane for another informative video! Always hyped you bring out a new one and I was just talking about your videos to a couple of bikers I met yesterday on the trail as you have been inspiring me to get into bike touring. I just completed the King Alfreds way today (did you ever go around this trail?) and yesterday my Garmin edge 830 died from getting rain on it which was a shocker as I thought they were water proof?! I wanted to ask if this one you are using the Solar 1040 is waterproof and if the warranty covers water damage? Or what to do about that do they require protection and I didn't realise with a cover or something?!. Now I have to replace mine and this one looks really good but its £630 pounds and I need to be confident its not going to drown like my present one did as here in the Uk it rains regularly.
I was running rather low pressure on the rear tire and I got a pinch flat going down a rough descent. The rear shock doesn't really allow for a much lower pressure.
Hi Sofiane, thanks for your videos, very informative. I am doing badlands this year, moving on to Atlas and Silk. I have a gravel bike that allows 53mm tyres and has Rockshock 40mm suspension at the front. Do you think this would be fine for Atlas and Silk from your experience ?
@@sofianeshl and the fron t susp did u use tht a lot of time or not much i have fox 32 on scott scale and lock it out most of the time even in krgysthan
How do you mount aerobars with the miss grape support and garmin support, on the ritchey handlebar? I have the ritchey wcs trail carbon bar, but the wide space is very limited!! Thanks
Hello sofiane, Thanks for this video! What dou you think from the rockshox sid fork? Is 100 mm travel enough? I am building a bike up for bikepacking. Greetings
Yes, it showed 40mm at the shock but that's not where it's measured. It should be measured at the rear wheel so this is likely to be 80-120mm depending on chain stay length.
Good question. Dunno, maybe ? Is common sense purist ? You wouldn’t put Ferrari wheels on a Prius, would you ? (It’ll be glued to the road and you’ll be lucky if it reaches 100km/h). Likewise, on a MX-SX dirt motorbike, you install narrower tires on a 125cc than on a 250cc (usually lighter junior rider +fewer HPs), OK ? Ditto between a 250cc vs a 500cc (difference in power output is considerable), right ? Then, why 50kg bicycle riders, with a power output of a few hundreds Watts, insist on fitting these 50mm+ wide tires on their 🚲 ?
