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This was very helpful - Thank you!

Bikepacking is like backpacking.. Worth the effort.. 🙃👍 ❤

how are these taiwan racks so expensive. its welded bent metal poles. each cost more than my bike.

What's not to love? 1- The rack mounts to the seat post right where my Garmin tail light is mounted. 2- The rack don't have a mounting plate on the back to mount a tail light. WTF?? These are the reasons why I haven't purchased one🤙🏼

Hope this doesn't turn into Mt Everest.

I could be miss understanding this, but shouldn't axel mounting drop the rack by about an inch? Not raise it by an inch like mentioned in the video?

I ditched my Garmin 530 for a Karoo 2. Although battery life is really short compared to the Garmin (anyway never too short to run out before the end of any of my rides), the overall experience is next level ! Garmin feels really old compared to what you get from Karoo.

Get a Orbea Alma to test in either Alu or Carbon from you can order with Rigid fork

It looks way to long compared to a normal xc hardtail that would not work on thight xc trails Here in the Netherlands

My husband does regular bikepacking. I would never wan t to endure the hell he endures lol. But I would absolutely join him on an ebike and ride 100 km a day if it was possible.

To anyone reading this: I hope all your life desires always come true ❤

What are the average speeds on the ultra stuff? what’s the average amount of hours the leaders are pedaling per day.

Definitely going to clip in for a single speed full rigid. I have a 90 or 91 Schwinn Woodlands MTB . 26” wheel set. Shimano 200gs 3x7 I would love to make that a single speed. Can I harvest any of the parts from that group set? can I install a through axle?

What about a lock? I just got my bike and am setting it up now. I think I'm going to do the Erie Trail first, its like 385 miles.

This sort of reminds me of what Specialized has done on their Roubaix bikes with the handlebar stem, with their Future Shock technology.

Not built around a 29" standard but I just picked up an All-City Gorilla Monsoon and it's one of the most fun bikes I've ever ridden. I'm 100% sold on the monstercross category.

'if you can't 'Duck' it, phk it.' -GranGran

Cool. But what is a "twenty-niner" when it's at home...?? 🤷🏽‍♂️👍🏻

I'm curious to know what helmet lamp mount Uba is using on his Kask. Can anyone help?

I love my Kona Sutra ULTD, probably have around 8k miles on it since 2019. Its my one bike quiver (commuter, bikepacker, trail rig). I did the ratio tech upgrade and threw a eagle groupset on it, also bought some carbon wheels a while back. I do have a full-sus that I pull out when I want to send some chunkier trail, and am building up a Esker Hayduke because I miss my hardtail days, but the Kona is still my main rig.

I think this FKT thing needs to be put to bed. With reroutes and route changes there is never going to be a standard course and the weather and road conditions are different every year. I did it in 2012 and it was a great experience. Tailwinds to all riders, even the northbound ones!

You overcomplicate it. E-bike range is 25-30 miles driving fast, 50 miles if slow. Charging time is 5 hours. E-bike categories are nonsense, every e-bike nowadays has 28 mph WITH throttle. E-bikes are allowed on paved road, not allowed on gravel/dirt. This is the theory. In practice, there is no policing the trails and no one gives a damn. If you somehow get stopped by a cop, he will be clueless about e-bikes in general. In response, let him try driving your e-bike. It is fun! I consider it impossible to get any kind of ticket for e-bike driving. For e-bikepacking, second battery is a must. Unfortunately, it is 10 lbs. extra weight. Realistically, e-bikepacking could work like this: 1) Buy second battery 2) Drive 50 miles at morning (3 hours) 3) Charge both batteries (5 hours) 4) Drive 50 miles at evening (3 hours) 5) Charge both batteries at night However, this requires some basic infrastructure (power source every 50 miles). A question to experienced bikepackers - is the existing infrastructure capable of supporting this kind of adventure?

What if you wanted to reverse the handlebars so it rose up instead of dropping down?

As a Dutch will be routing for Laurens Ten Dam

Don‘t forget the Singular Gryphon 👌 MK1 it’s from around 2006…

GPS vs Phone.. literally not a single phone mentioned.. how about Samsung XCover?

Interesting. I use a front rack on a thru axel and have tied down 2 bags on top to that height. I felt like it was hard to manuever through wind with a bag that high and wide. I think there might be better shaped objects that would better suit an areo bar mount but its interesting surface area to consider for sure.

Really good video; thanks for all the insights.

Love. One time one of my friends rode that race. Was crazy to watch!

OK whats the deal with these people running setups with 1 water bottle? Dehydrated bikepacking setup, guessing they have hydration bladders, but it just seems odd.

Bike racers tipping? Hilarious. My experience in over 40 years of racing is that racers are cheap, self-entitled narcissists.

You're boring and I don't like you

Humans...gotta make a contest out of just about anything.

I like to see my front wheel when riding. Not sold on it yet. But great review Neil

just adding this here for my fellow peasants: I went on facebook marketplace and paid around 60 euros for a steel roadbike with one gear and what looked like quality parts, but no frills. when you have no money, one reliable gear is better than 18 which don't work. I struggled up the hills and pushed when I had to, and when I know exactly how I feel about the need for gears and how to get that most reliably I'll get a deralleur or some kind of hub gear, but at the start my money was tight and just getting started was the most important thing. you can absolutely ride across a whole continent with one gear. you'll probably choose to add some, but don't feel like you need an expensive bike or a complicated gearing setup to start. the tyres on my bike were junk so I bought the widest schwalbe marathon plus's that would fit the road rims and it has been great so far (for roads only, so far).

deffinately no to cotton shirts. They will become wet and cold in no time and take ages to dry.

With the massive numbers on route, the days of slopping your muddy self into a rural post office to sleep and stacking 10 people into a hotel room are over.

Staggering achievement, well done. You managed to make great content too! 🤷‍♂️🤘

Ryan Van Duzer is my boy to root for this year. The leaders will always be fast but people like Ryan give their all and enjoy every minute without torturing themselves. Go Ryan GO!!!!!!!!

In every population there's a percentage of duchbags and Aholes. Be a nice human that's all ❣️

Sad that we have to actually tell people not to be a terrible human being

This just sounds like one long advertisement

Alexandra made the point of being a respectful, kind good person as a racer. That needs to be emphasized for all bikepackers and backcountry cyclists. Cause yeah it only takes one asshole to make a landowner or local pissed off at all cyclists and want to run them off the road. Cycling is a community and we all need to be kind.

From colorado springs!!! Rooting for Ryan van duzer!! Ole! Ole! Ole!! Ole!! ..no whammy..no crashy!!

Wisdom from Alexandra. It takes a presence of mind to be friendly to people when you get into a town after hundreds of miles of death mud and headwinds, but it is important.

So great!

Just curious how tall you are and what the size medium felt like!

I’m CHEERING on my bro, Jay “Bike King” Hefner! New rider, but about to burst on the scene in a HUGE way! Good luck to all riders!

Loved you had two women and them recommending good women competitors!