Cracking winter morning ride today, started off at 7°C but was up to the low 20s by the end.
It was my first proper fat ride in the Toteng area, and first time to get my 9:Zero:7 Tusken into proper sand.
Fat Bike – South of Nhabe
Category: Mountain Biking
Ghetto Tubeless – Fat Bike
Following some chat with @ispydafly following my short post on ghetto tubeless I promised to add some detail on going ghetto with my fatbike.
As usual the internet has plenty of links to people who have done it before, I ended up trying 2 methods. Continue reading “Ghetto Tubeless – Fat Bike”
Ghetto Tubeless
I’ve been running slime-filled tubes since renewing my acquaintance with a mountain bike in Botswana, but after a pleasant 20km ride and 4km walk decided enough was enough: time to go tubeless.
I tried it once before but on old non-tubeless specific tyres and there was too much leakage through the sidewalls. To be honest they were a bit old…
So, Ghetto Tubless, attempt #2. Continue reading “Ghetto Tubeless”
Two Mines and a Cement Factory
Took a Sunday morning ride around the industrial heart of Botswana’s North-East District: a long loop taking in Tati Nickel Mining Company’s Phoenix Mine, Galane Gold’s Mupane Mine and the recently resurrected Matsiloje Portland Cement factory. Continue reading “Two Mines and a Cement Factory”