Ultralight Bikepacking: How to make your bike feel like you're out for a day ride

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Kurt Refsnider

Күн бұрын

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@jasonjohnson3738 2 ай бұрын

Great motivation for keeping it light and moving quickly.

@kurt.refsnider 2 ай бұрын

Keeping it light helps keep it so fun!

@Ridewithneto Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this!

@CycleXplorer 2 ай бұрын

Travelling light is the ultimate luxury! The more you do it the less you realise you need.

@kurt.refsnider 2 ай бұрын

That's a great way to put it!

@sidebar6822 2 ай бұрын

Where'd you keep the chair?!

@kurt.refsnider 2 ай бұрын

It folds up to fit in the frame bag's map pocket

@marxrydz5326 2 ай бұрын

What was your route and how many nights/where did you camp?

@kurt.refsnider 2 ай бұрын

This was a couple big days and one day out - Packer Saddle, Spencer Creek, back to Big Boulder to D'ville, up to Chimney Rock, back to D'ville, and back up to Packer Saddle.

@samjenkins9567 2 ай бұрын

Where did ya put your blow up pad? Or did you bring one?

@kurt.refsnider 2 ай бұрын

It's in my handlebar bag with my sleeping bag and pillow. See the video description for more on all that

@tobimoon7849 2 ай бұрын

I experienced heavy condensation with the bivy bag set up both inside the bivvy and outside. I was breathing out of the bivy bag, so the condensation wasn't due to the breathing moisture. I stopped on a grassy field and the weather was clear. I was waking up around 6:00 in the sunlight. I'm trying to find a strategy to avoid this. Maybe avoid grassy fields?

@kurt.refsnider 2 ай бұрын

Sleeping beneath trees and avoiding topographic lows can definitely help reduce how much dew accumulates on the outside of a bivy or tent (cool air settles in topographic lows, and dew can thus be heavier). Bivies are quite prone to condensation on the inside. Truly waterproof bivies are the worst for that; more breathable ones can be a bit better, but they're not as reliable if you're out all night in the rain, so it's definitely a compromise. That's why I prefer a mid-style shelter or a tarp over a bivy for most trips.

@tobimoon7849 2 ай бұрын

@@kurt.refsnider thank you!

@i8fish 2 ай бұрын

Is there any way to run a seat bag with a dropper post?

@dkone1746 2 ай бұрын

Check out the Wolftooth Valais 25. You lose a little of your drop, but it works great.

@kurt.refsnider 2 ай бұрын

Yes, some work fairly well if you have enough clearance between the bag and your rear tire when you have the seat dropped. You can limit the drop with the WolfTooth Valais clamp, too. I use the Revelate Designs Shrew, Stoat, and Terrepin 8L all on my dropper posts.