Bike Check | Lachlan Morton | Tour Divide | Cannondale Scalpel HT

Dig into the details and the reasons behind the bike and kit setup Lachlan Morton chose for his recent epic Canada to Mexico/Tour Divide FKT* ride. Setting a blistering time of 12 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes to get from Banff to Antelope Wells Lachlan proved panniers can be fast.

His setup also enabled him to pack plenty of storage onto his Cannondale Scalpel hardtail to ensure complete self-sufficiency on some of the more remote sections when he would need to be carrying 30 hours' worth of food and water.

As a member of Tailfin’s R&D Division Lachlan was able to utilise a prototype frame bag and a unique new AeroPack top bag design, providing us with valuable feedback for future product development. He also opted to use a set of standard production 10L Mini Panniers, a 1.1L Top Tube Pack (in prototype material), a 3L Downtube Pack and a 3L Downtube Pack under his aerobars.

Lachlan’s bike setup
Frame: Cannondale Scalpel Hi-Mod Ultimate hardtail
Fork: Cannondale Lefty Ocho, 100mm travel
Drivetrain: SRAM XX1 AXS, 38T chainring, 10-52t cassette
Brakes: SRAM Level Ultimate
Wheels: FSA Gradient Off-road i29
Tyres: Vittoria Mezcal Graphene 2.0 29x2.35” with Airliner Light XC inserts
Handlebar: FSA KFX Carbon flat bar cut 64cm with FSA TT extensions
Stem: FSA adjustable
Seatpost: FSA Flowtron XC dropper
Saddle: Prologo Scratch M5 Space
GPS Unit: Wahoo Elemnt Bolt

Tailfin equipment:
Under bar: 1.7L Cage Pack + Cargo Straps
Top tube: 1.1L zipped Top Tube Pack (prototype form)
Frame: Prototype full frame bag
Downtube: 1.7L Downtube pack
Rear: Prototype Carbon AeroPack with 2x production 10L Mini Panniers

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[hair]

He filmed that the day after his epic ride 😮. Flabbergasted 🤯

[hamishgrant]

Watched the movie, and now this bonus episode. So good. Inspirational. Thanks.

[neilburrows]

So great to see such a down to earth detailed breakdown. Fantastic stuff!

[rothermelyer]

The cowbell! I can't believe he took it on the long ride.

[chrisellison-uk]

Cheers Lachlan. Really interesting to see. Cool to see that wise pros don't do it by going crazy light on clothing but they know that being warm is more importnat thna being lightweight. Good to know too that I'm not the only rider who thinks spare earphones are a must!

[mikebillington]

Would listen to anything lachlan has to share...awesome..👍

[polmontemayor]

Hopefully there is a full video documentary about his adventure experience during this ride, Go Lachy!!!

[hoser]

Just when you think you have seen it all a guy sticks a roll of tape on his seatpost and voila, a tape dispenser!!Brill!

[EdgarDauvillier]

Bike built in the Netherlands, Almelo. Proud to be part of the @cannondale team.

[zkimozk]

Such impressive attention to detail. Lachlan's accumulated experience is incredibly valuable. Even for a slow novice this setup is very helpful.

[firsthippy]

Note to self: Before riding TD, win Tour de Gila to obtain cowbell necessary for 'bear' territory. Got it.

[cb]

Thank you Lachlan and Be well Happy New Year!

[landonthings]

Love Lachlans adventurous spirit. You don’t see all of the Pros doing these kinds of rides. As an ultralight backpacker (did PCT 2023 highest snow on record) I would love to go through this gear list and help him drop like 5lbs off his bike haha!

[janpedersen]

Lachlan, you are such an inspiration even though some of your tours (Alt-Tour two years ago and this one) are also nuts in a fun and good way. Wish you all the best on future adventures. Cheers.

[dodginglions]

Congratulations!…Awesome job!..Thanks for sharing your setup with us!…😎

[MattKremer]

Really great breakdown and neat to see what gear was used! As someone who has never ridden anything multi-day (certainly not out in the wilderness), and who has also never used an electronic drivetrain, I am really struggling to understand why riders doing these types of rides are using them. Are they simply that much better? The risk of being unable to shift from a dead battery and the charging maintenance seems like a hassle. The only time I had a shift cable fail it gave me plenty of warning. That would be an easy spare to tuck away for insurance. Really curious on the reason for using electronic!

[FullSpeedAheadTV]

Yeah Lacky!! such an amazing ride mate!

[fraji]

Great job Lachy! You inspire bro. Met you at Unbound still have the stem cap you gave me. Which REI tent is that ?

[demoner]

Good breakdown of the setup. Lachlan sounds tired in this video though too....understandably so.

[SuperAti]

So where again did that 5L of water go? 2L in a camel - back jacket, 0, 75L in a single bottle on a cockpit, and? 2+ liters just in some plastic bottles somewhere there in your panniers? Nice setup and congratulations on the result.