I heard he broke his derailleur and had to walk/ride single gear to a shop and then wait on a part?  I think he spent many hours there and has been catching up ever since.  I read that someplace

  I heard he broke his derailleur and had to walk/ride single gear to a shop and then wait on a part?  I think he spent many hours there and has been catching up ever since.  I read that someplace

It was reported via the Facebook group. Peanut butter mud ate his rear mech.

I was thinking that people here will be interested in a new project that Lee Craigie and the Adventure Syndicate are looking to crowd fund. It's called joining the dots and tells the story of this years Highland Trail 550.

Lee has edited several people's accounts together into one narrative to look at not only how the event unfolded, but also peoples varied approaches to it and how different  experiences impacted riders as we challenged ourselves and each other to dig deeper than ever before. It's illustrated with James Robertsons photos of the event, these haven't been seen much but are stunning.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/joining-the-dots-the-highland-trail-550-journal?tk=82fa3cbdcc9ffd92364eb11691c7449f6650d685


There seems to be an increasing level of interest from riders all around the world, Scotland is an incredible place to ride a bike. Plus the Pound is really cheap right now making this, and coming over to ride it next year, a bargain!

Can I just say - yes! Greg May. Bouncing dot at antelope wells.

So pleased for him.

Ianfitz,
Sorry to keep asking questions about the 172N, but is the case sealed/potted shut or can it be opened [screws?]...? I've checked out the Kemo web site and can't tell from the photos. I'd like to modify the 172N and need to be able to access the circuitry without damaging it...

Not a problem. I've had much advice from forums over the years and am happy to be able to give a little of that back.

It's screwed shut but is designed to be unscrewed by the user. In fact it's necessary to unscrew it in order to wire it up in the first place. I can take a photo of the internals if that would be helpful?

Sorry it's the 172n. Not noticed any high speed cutout yet. Although maybe haven't been faster than 30kph yet. It says in the booklet that its max output is 800ma so I'd hope not.

The iPhone can get confused and briefly not recognise the charger if you hover round 6-10kph.

I'll be subjecting it to a good deal of abuse prior to the HT550 this year so will be happy to report back and answer any questions in the mean time

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The Kemo 172? If so, how did you deal with the ground wire [schematic shows a ground wire going to the frame]? I didn't think the SP-8 was grounded...

Yes the 172.  bigger than i'd hoped but it works. There's two different wiring methods shown on the instructions.

I just joined the the earth/ground cables together. One from the light, one from the hub and the other to the frame connector on the unit.

I'm running an SP 8x hub with a revo and a kemo USB device. It powers an iPhone 4 at above 10kph.