Road Report: Alpine-Campo-Jamul loop - 91 miles

Canaan · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:18 pm

Dustin wrote:

That's a really sweet looking monstercross rig. Seems like an excellent choice.

Here's my monstercross, which will fit up to a 29x2.1 tire:

And here it us dressed up as a touring bike for my bike camping weekend a while back:

Is that a bar-end shifter on the right side? If it is, I've never seen one of that design.

EMFC · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:22 pm

NICE!

Dustin · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:33 pm

Canaan wrote:

Is that a bar-end shifter on the right side? If it is, I've never seen one of that design.

The Rohloff hub in the back uses a grip-shift type shifter to move through its 14 gears. Those don't play well with drop bars, but Hubub makes an adapter that allows you to mount it where you'd put a Barcon. Once you get used to it, it's no easier or harder to use than a barcon. In fact, it's pretty nice having access to all 14 gears in one place.

Road Report: Alpine-Campo-Jamul loop - 91 miles

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