Tips with Rebecca: Preparing your Bike for a Winter Bikepacking Expedition | Rebecca Rusch

[@zanebrooklyn3716]

Very nice breakdown of your setup! Thanks

[@RebeccaRusch]

Thank you!

[@brentbutikofer9055]

Thank you for sharing all the tips and suggestions. Very helpful!!

[@RebeccaRusch]

You are so welcome!

[@bosanderspublictheology]

great rundown

[@tubesockets120v]

I subscribed. Rebecca is a wealth of knowledge. Missed her not having a column in my MTB magazine anymore.

[@RebeccaRusch]

Thank You!!

[@RoadyPacking-CyclingAdventures]

Cheers Rebecca.... totally with you on keeping gear in its place, a tidy bikepacker is a happy bikepacker!!

[@jenben96]

Best from Ontario Rebecca!!! I am SO EXCITED for you! Can't wait to watch the follow up vids to this expedition. Cheers girl!

[@RebeccaRusch]

Thank you! three weeks and counting! I'll be sure to capture gear videos and trail videos as best I can! Send me warm thoughts.

[@primetimeodyssey9823]

really just looks like to much fun still trying to get my setup all figured out i went bike backing with my 29er a few months ago and it was a blast! I got a fat bike and now its winter lol so im ready to take on the cold and be prepared lol

[@RebeccaRusch]

Congratulations and welcome to bike packing! It's such fun to plan adventures on your bike. I tweak and change my gear almost every single ride....always learning

[@danwebb6766]

Cool stuff, Rebecca! Rusch Tactical :) I'm leaving in a couple of weeks for my Aussie autumn/winter tour, but we don't have much snow. Still, tips for any winter ride, here. Cheers.

[@Adventuredad207]

Best of luck Rebecca!

[@RebeccaRusch]

Getting prepped for more winter expeditions this year now too!!! Hopefully heading to AK at the end of February

[@vsp2801]

Goodluck and have fun !

[@geraldprost9254]

With a conventional touring bike, it is important to weight the front wheel, but as I have never loaded my fat bike, I’ll take your advice. Normally when I’m ski touring I use back country huts or a snow cave. Either way, I don’t need a sleeping bag of that caliber. I also use an bivy sack. I’m guessing you are not riding in the mountains, which is the reason you are not using snow caves. I have used snow caves with temps as extreme as -37, but of course it is quite a bit warmer in the cave. I strongly suggest you try a goretex bivy sack. It will greatly increase the warmth of your bag and snow will not get between your bag and your mattress. I use the bivy sack in the fall and spring as it will keep the moisture off your bag.

[@ElViejoPull]

Thanks for sharing this video. It is very useful for those of us who are starting in this type of career🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@RebeccaRusch]

My pleasure 😊

[@diegoalconchel1792]

Enjoy the trip!. Greetings from Argentina.

[@RebeccaRusch]

Thanks! 😃

[@RomanWeisman]

Thanks, didn't know/think about the mechanical vs hydraulic fluid freeze.

[@RebeccaRusch]

I didn't know that before either!!

[@geraldprost9254]

Modern hydraulic brakes use DOT fluid which does not freeze.

[@danmitchell3758]

Congrats on the race! I’d like to hear a post ITI breakdown. What are ur war stories?

[@RebeccaRusch]

You got it! Working on some stories from ITI now!

[@mikaelljungberg1019]

Nice fewue. Good luck on you be safe. How much water do you use in a days riding

[@dede13295]

Bonne chance Rebecca sure your going to have lots of fun....:)

[@RebeccaRusch]

Oh yes! Merci Beaucoup!

[@nourichamlal3538]

Greetings to you from Morocco, from the city of Berkane

[@RebeccaRusch]

Hello! I LOVE MOROCCO! I got to travel there many years ago for Eco Challenge and also for the Titan Desert Race. Such beautiful country.

[@frankenstein3163]

Great shear TY. What's a good water prof coat and pants for extreme activity and rain ? I hear some of them can breath and keep you dry.

[@RebeccaRusch]

Lots of companies make great water proof pants for aerobic activity: Patagonia, The North Face and others. Just be sure the foot opening is big enough to pull on and off over your boots because you don't want to take your boots off in the winter! Many also have zips to vent on the side, so if you get sweaty you can let the heat out. Goretex is still the best fabric for waterproof, lightweight and breathable.

[@frankenstein3163]

@@RebeccaRusch Ty :)

[@Brad-99]

Impressive woman ! 👍✌️

[@RebeccaRusch]

thank you!!!!

[@AllanDelosReyes]

Lots of good stuff who makes the thermo and your goggles?

[@RebeccaRusch]

Miir for the Thermos and Smith Optics for the Glasses! They're the "Wildcat"

[@AllanDelosReyes]

@@RebeccaRusch Thank you Rebecca.

[@WanderABit]

All the best! I hope wheelbuilder (you?) didn't forget to go easy with tension on the spokes :-).

[@Mikedenton541]

How did it go?

[@rabydanc]

Great video, any way to find that paper list at the very end?

[@garypostell5268]

So how did the bike preformed? Would you change it to a lighter one?

[@polunga]

What bivy do you use here?

[@RebeccaRusch]

MSR E Bivy

[@robertpage9004]

Do you have a packing list?

[@RebeccaRusch]

I do use a packing list for all expeditions. Essential for organizing. However the list changes based on the expedition. You gotta make your own because it’s pretty personal. I break the list up by clothing, bike gear, cook stuff, personal items , food

[@robertpage9004]

Makes sense. I am prepping and have a few tweaks that I am working on. A lot of the kit spills over from my last Denali Expedition.

[@RebeccaRusch]

@@robertpage9004 100%! I keep a basic template for expeditions and then add and take away based on the details of the trip. Your Denali expedition is the perfect starting point for a fat biking expedition. Have fun planning!

[@port3973]

Is it allowed to pull a sled or something like that?

[@RebeccaRusch]

yes you can pull a sled, but it' be impossible on the snow with the bike. The skiers and hikers pull sleds for this event.

[@BotanyDegreePilkerton]

red boooool gave my friend diabetes, he was on 5 a day over about 2 years

[@tubesockets120v]

What bike 🚲 are we viewing?

[@RebeccaRusch]

This is the Fatback Corvus

[@ashleycalloway9729]

Is you sleeping bag down or synthetic?

[@RebeccaRusch]

Down sleeping bag. Lighter weight and warmer.