Regular visitors to the Gravel Cyclist website will have followed along already, Jonas Deichmann crushed the former record in just 72 days, across all manner of road surfaces.
For those who missed it, you can see Jonas’ chronicles linked below:
- Cape North to Cape Town Day 1 to 25
- Cape North to Cape Town Day 26 to 37
- Cape North to Cape Town Day 38 to 49
- Cape North to Cape Town Day 50 to 57
- Cape North to Cape Town Day 58 to 65
- Cape North to Cape Town Day 66 to 73
The Bike
- Frame/Fork: Curve Belgie Spirit Titanium with Carbon fork (see this link for our insider tour with Curve Cycling)
- Groupset: Shimano Ultegra 2×11 Mechanical
- Handlebars/Seatpost: Pro Vibe/Koryak
- Saddle Brooks Cambrium
- Wheels: Tune Kong/KingKong hub with Stan´s No Tubes Grail rim
- Tyres: Schwalbe Pro One 30mm (tubeless)
The Gear
- Ortlieb Bikepacking set (seatpost, frame and handlebar bags)
- Tarptent Protrail tent
- Sea to Summit Spark 2 sleeping bag
- Sea to Summit Ultralight Airmat
- 2 x Set jersey/bib short
- Armwarmers, wind jacket, rain jacket, undershirt
- Knee warmers and warm jacket until Russia
- Powerbank, 2x GoPro´s, cell phone
- Supernova Airstream Light and Sigma Nuggets taillight
- Sigma Rox 12.0 cycling computer
- 1 spare tyre, 2 inner tubes, bottom bracket, spare spokes, seatpost clamp, repair kit
- Airpump and Multitool
- Cereal bowl and spoon
- Hygiene articles
The complete weight of bike and gear, approximately 15kg / 33lbs
I am curious as to what happened with the carbon bike that he started out with?
I’d be curious what was sponsored in terms of the bikepacking equipment and what was specifically a preferred choice. And what he would change next time, if he could. For example, I haven’t seen many of the sleeping bag and pad ranking up with the top ones in online reviews. Were they awesome? Mediocre?
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