Lachlan Morton not too long ago accomplished the Tour Divide/GDMBR route in an unbelievable time. Taking simply 12 days, 12 hours, and 21 minutes to journey 2,670 miles, unofficially, Lachlan has ridden the route sooner than anybody else in historical past. Formally although, the report nonetheless belongs to the late Mike Corridor since Lachlan’s movie crew violated the unsupported nature of the Tour Divide’s legacy.
Regardless, Lachlan claims it was by no means in regards to the report, as a substitute ready “to expertise the massive point-to-point in a mentally and bodily sustainable means, at the very least for him.”
To get to the end line, Lachlan wanted a full complement of specialised gear together with prototype baggage from Tailfin. That features a lot of spare together with spare spokes, which Lachlan ended up utilizing to repair his damaged derailleur(quick ahead to 19:59). Dig in to seek out out what was used, what wasn’t, and begin planning your subsequent massive journey!
From Tailfin:
Dig into the main points and the explanations behind the bike and equipment setup Lachlan Morton selected for his latest epic Canada to Mexico/Tour Divide FKT experience.
Setting a blistering time of 12 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes to get from Banff to Antelope Wells Lachlan proved panniers may be quick.
His setup additionally enabled him to pack loads of storage onto his Cannondale Scalpel hardtail to make sure full self-sufficiency on a few of the extra distant sections when he would have to be carrying 30 hours value of meals and water.
As a member of Tailfin’s R&D Division Lachlan was capable of make the most of a prototype body bag and a novel new AeroPack prime bag design, offering us with priceless suggestions for future product improvement. He additionally opted to make use of a set of ordinary manufacturing 10L Mini Panniers, 1.1L High Tube Pack (in prototype materials), 3L Downtube Pack and a 1.7L Downtube Pack underneath his aerobars.
Lachlan’s bike setup
- Body: Cannondale Scalpel Hello-Mod Final hardtail
- Fork: Cannondale Lefty Ocho, 100mm journey
- Drivetrain: SRAM XX1 AXS, 38T chainring, 10-52t cassette
- Brakes: SRAM Degree Final
- Wheels: FSA Gradient Off-road i29
- Tires: Vittoria Mezcal Graphene 2.0 29×2.35” with Airliner Mild XC inserts
- Handlebar: FSA KFX Carbon flat bar minimize 64cm with FSA TT extensions
- Stem: FSA adjustable
- Seatpost: FSA Flowtron XC dropper
- Saddle: Prologo Scratch M5 House
- GPS: Wahoo Elemnt Bolt
Tailfin tools:
- Underneath bar: 1.7L Downtube Pack
- High tube: 1.1L zipped High Tube Pack (prototype kind)
- Body: Prototype full body bag
- Downtube: 3L Downtube pack
- Rear: Prototype Carbon AeroPack with 2x manufacturing 10L Mini Panniers