Dont overplan is my top one tip. It is suppose to be a pleasure to bikepacking. If you overplan, you will be frustrated because world dont care for what you've planned
Another awesome video, folks! Start out easy, and try a sub 24 hour ride (S24O); leave in the afternoon, ride a couple hours, then stop for the night. Come home the next morning. You can choose how much to carry, decide to cook or not cook, etc. 😁 If your'e a hiker or camper, use some of the kit you already have. The most important thing is to have fun! 🖖😄🇺🇸🇯🇵
Stay away from coffee / caffeine / sweeteners. These are "diuretics". Will dramatically increase hydration requirements and make you pee way more. Remember your bike is already heavy from bikepacking gear. The last you'll want is added weight from drinks if you will be facing big climbs. Keep this in mind when bikepacking in the remote corners of the world, particularly in the more exotic places.
Some excellent ideas there. I tried bikepacking in 2021 heatwave. Already had panniers on my hybrid got a compact self inflating matress, a supermarket tent from years back found in the loft. No sleeping bag, took a 'space blanket' and given the heat a change of lycra! Only went 50 miles to a cheap campsite although when I got set up I found I had another 10 miles to do to get food as the local hostelry was closed due to covid. Cycled back the next day. Stopped for coffee and a group of road cyclists were there, the looked at my load and asked how much it weighed. I didn't know but I weighed bike + load when I got home 43kg! It was worth it for the adventure!
That is an impressive weight Jon! Sounds like you had a real adventure, there is no need to push the distance too far, adventure is on your door step 🙌
This arrived just in time, am about to ride round the coast of the UK... Raising awareness of mental health and the advantages that cycling brings. Hopefully also raise some money for MIND.
Used a steel framed hybrid with a rack. On the front was dry bag with clothes and sleeping bag strapped to £8 accessory bar bolted to the handle bars to clear the cables. Rear was 25 litre sports bag strapped to the top of the rack with tent (minus poles), spares and cooking stuff in the bag. Foam mat on top of the bag. 2litre water bottle also attached. Tent poles strapped to top tube. Had great time going slowly around Devon camping on Dartmoor.
Most normal non-high end bikes have or can have a luggage carrier in the back, on which either two cheap large bags can be mounted on either side. Or if you want to go budget, you just put your hiking rucksack on the luggage carrier and put one of the shoulder straps over the saddle and around the seat post and tighten it as much as possible. A 65 liter rucksack is plenty of space for any convenience. If you're on a budget you might have more bulky gear so you might need it. You can also combine 2 sidebags + a rucksack. Or mount a front carrier for 2 extra bags at the front and it works great but of course that's more tinkering and bag costs. A large rucksack has the most flexibility and simplicity and is the cheapest way if you've already got one.
I've found the easiest way to go bikepacking on a budget is to just re-purpose the $5000 in premium bikepacking equipment I just happen to have kicking around 😁
Agreed on heavy stuff going on the bike, not on your back. I do, however, like to strap on a tiny, $15 sling bag with cash, munchies and sun screen. So much easier than having to open your luggage!
Doing Seattle to San Francisco this summer mostly through the Cascades and Sierra mountain ranges, super looking forward to it. Bikepacking and touring is what got me into cycling.
Another awesome video Manon and Conor and gcn! Great beginner tips. Stealth Camping is more of an option here in Ontario. Be sure to have a low profile tent and set upat the entrance to a farmer's field: (usually gravel, no poison ivy, tall grass at sides hies your tent. Break camp early to avoid detection. Super cheap. Use hand dryers at washrooms to dry personal belongings. Eat peanut butter and banana wraps/meat sticks/pepperettes that avoid refrigeration. Love this content and the practical advice! Keep it rolling gcn!
REI have some very affordable bikepaking bags. I recently bought REI brand saddle bag like you showed plus a handle bar roll, top tube bag (for phone, keys, energy bars etc.) and a ditty bag/bottle bag for handle bars. Got then on sale so total price was the same as one brand name handle bar roll or large saddle bag. Now to see if I can fit all my stuff in these. 😀 FYI using my used old ‘93 Trek Single Track!
one trick i saw at a wild-camping field .. make sure your bike has a decent side-stand , you can then set-up a micro-tent & string a tarp between tent & bike .. i immediately nicked the idea & have used it a few times
Great tips all round. Bikepacking is great fun - green and affordable adventures. Frame protector tape especially important for newer bikes - dust will scratch the paintwork within days. There _are_ cycling-specific backpacks - they have ventilating webbing between one's back and the pack. Handy for the things you want _closest_ to you - wallet, phone, etc.
Too much to unpack here (pun intended.) In short - Love hearing "expert" tips and advice about what I should take and how, on "a month long adventure" -- from a person who never camps outside or rides more than a few hours at a time. \s
Great video and ideas… but Bivvy without a mat = freezing cold. = never doing that again. Dry bag - yes great idea as a saddle pack provided it’s secured up the seat post and under the saddle. Tarp wrapped on seat tube - nope. Not for me: knees rub. Will be a terrible experience. Better to go with a rack, the type perhaps that bolts to the seat post, and a bar bag. Also Manons dry bag won’t be waterproof the way it’s shown.
Ever heard of a thing called a touring bike? Has these things called 'racks' you can attach things too, apparently makes bike packing and camping a doddle, just a thought
The last thing I'd want to do is load up a 7kg road bike with luggage, it's like putting a roof rack on a Ferrari and then using it to tow a caravan, horse's for courses!
Panniers and racks are very awkward for tents, bivies, and some mats. They also put all the weight on the back rather than dispersing and keeping it centralized, and they are extremely annoying on single track trails. Racks are fine or bike touring, but pretty shit for bikepacking.
@@gcn sorry for the delay. I was out of town. The four bags that I use on the bike to carry a tent and all the stuff for 20 days of travel all cost around 100 euros (Two bags on the frame, one on the steering wheel and one under the seat). The Rinowalk brand works well, it's not the most aesthetically pleasing material but it is waterproof and I would even say resistant to aggressive use (Attention the 13 liters Floating bag is not advisable) . On another trip of mine I took with me a Vector trailer and it cost me 140 euros, only the bag was not completely waterproof which was a shame, I had to invest in another waterproof bag for 20 euros more. I attached the trailer to my carbon road bike Van Rysel without disc brakes, which means I didn't pay for an adapter axle, a great saving. This year I want to take my Canyon inflite CF attached to the trailer and I had to buy a specific axle because of the disc brake, I bought the axle from the brand The Robert Axle Project and paid 80 euros. Very expensive. Conclusion it is possible to make a trip with a small budget. What is the most important is the will. I just want to point out in my first years of bike packing travels starting from 2018 me and my wife used 70s iron bikes, and we travelled over 1000km on bikes with the gear shifters still in the down tube and gear ratio in front with 52/36 and back 13/29, but it was possible. All the best and happy travels!!!
I bought a 1978 Falcon Super Tourist from a friend at Veteran Cycle Club for £100. Put on an old pair of drops and Weinmann levers. Cloth tape £3. I got a 11 litre Midland traditional saddlebag from a cycle jumble for £20. A bivvy bag for £5.99. A cotton liner for £12. A ground mat for £5. Lamps £12. Some releasable zip-clips. Sunday nights are best value at Travelodge. Don't wild camp in public parks, squirrels make a row in the waste bins, as well as foxes. Motorway services have a 'back entrance'. Sleep can be had on the grass bank out of the way. Strangely, one of the best night's sleep I've had 'wild camping' was in Avebury stone circle.
I think GCN missed the mark here. If you're on a budget, you don't bike pack with a dedicated road bike. You'd start with your commuter bike, which almost certainly has mount points for racks. That alone would be the most value to helping you pack stuff.
BTW there are also plenty of campgrounds in the states that are off PCH if you want to do more of an in between or touring and bikecamping. I really like it because you can do a lot of one way trips by taking the Amtrak train to the starting point and at the final destination.
As a US teen of the sixties I'd hear about persons touring Europe on bicycles and staying at a type of hotels called youth hostels. I think organized tour groups did these rides as well. It's nice to have a clean bathroom and bed after a ride. I'd like to learn if that's still popular.
you can also strap a small dry bag in your bottle cage near your bottom bracket for tools etc. and bikepacking specific bags are a blessing if you are a small rider or fighting with tight clearences for any other reason also if your bag start rubbing or you think it might add another velcro strap or something like that to it that will help securing it (trust me I crossed germany like that and I am 1.62m so not big at all
If you can get an alpkit exorail to fit with your bag then it is a game changer for little riders! I'm only 5foot (like 155cm ish) and was having a nightmare with my rear bag rubbing in my tyre, but adding the metal rail means it can take more weight now and doesn't swing about at all👍
Excellent tips! Wish I was as tall as Conor with his mega large frame bike but alas I am only 162cm so there's less room on my xxs bike frame to strap all the things. Like just looking at the way Conor put that drybag along his seat post 🤭
Budget bikepacking on a premium bike... worth noting if your bike is a more budget option then externally routed cables may limit the ability to secure equipment or wrap bivvy bags around the top tube.
love your show and been watching GCN since I started cycling. You guys are my motivation and inspiration. Ollie, come and cycle with me here in the Philippines, I bet you will find it challenging, I know you love climbing, I got something for you that will surely make you cry. I recently came back to Philippines and I must say that cycling here... outside Manila is definitely a beauty and challenging. Let me know if you are up for it and we can have something interesting. Looking forward to cycle with you mate.
and what ever you pack you have to carry up each hill, it can take pleasure into endurance,but in saying that you always airbrush all the bad parts and are so keen to start again
Thank you. I really like the idea of using a dry bag as a large saddle bag for a laptop and lunch for commuting to work. Much ligher option compared to the rack and bag and cheaper than the backloader. Must be worth a try
Rucksacks are a good add-on imho, if you only use them for light but voluminous stuff. Also a great place to put your valuable items. A handlebar bag can easily be stolen, rucksacks are not usually a burglars target. But you should definitely get one that was made specifically for biking, their strap types, setup and lengths are quite different from standard hiking (or school) rucksacks. And wear them correctly, not like Connor. That hip strap… atrocious…
I have never needed fancy packs just any drybag with rolltop and bungee cords will do, thats all the others are but with straps, the larger bag at the rear to seat post and saddle, there are some great solid 1980s steel frames out there for about a £100 Clude Butler ,Dawes, Raleigh hand built tanks with no internal cables the last thing you need when touring ,above all a tarp
Hard to pack tents and other camping gear in panniers, panniers are also too wide for off trail riding that you do in backpacking, and racks distribute the weight very suboptimally and are generally just heavier than needed
Cycling the Hebridean Way over a week this year and worried about how I will fit everything into panniers and I am staying in hostels not camping ! I can’t rely on the weather in Scotland so sure I will overpack.
You need a lot less stuff than you think, especially when staying in hotels, 1 change of clothes, maybe two set of cycling kit. I've done a week with just a 14ltr saddle pack and a small handle bar bag.
and the 5 grand bike locked with kit while you are in Weatherspoons, if it look like a bag persons they leave it, having to keep running out to see if yoyr pride and joy is still there is a pain
wrap your gorilla tape around something I like to wrap a bit of tape on a lighter cuz you will have that with you if you are cooking for your self and it is quite weight and space saving
Donr ever do what I did on my first solo trip in europe a few years ago. That was road bike and EVERYTHING carried inside a 30ml rucksack. 27 celsius and had to cycle 60 miles on the first day. Horrendous! I have since invested in a touring bike with panniers...so much easier.
Agree man. Just bought a touring bike, best investment Ive done in a long time. Tried the bikepacking bags, it sucked.` Much more comfortable camping to have better sleeping gear with me. No problem to bring more comfortable gear with you on a touring bike, without the fear of anything breaking, like it could on my lightweight roadbike. Bigger tires is also a huge plus.
Hack 0:00 s or bodges? A couple seemed a bit shoddy. Lol. Here is a hack. Pack your credit card and go. Leave the straps and dry bags at home. Jk. Sort of. 😉😬😬
@@gcn Well you can easily go without on short trips or when you have access to gridpower at night. I use the dynamo also for bike lights (for tunnels). A dynamo never runs out of power. It is a great upgrade.
I love GCN and bikepacking but this seemed like a poorly researched and mostly uninformative video that was only made to create quick content to fit current YT algorithms / cycling trends.
I can get rucksack, wearing it for a ruck. But I don’t get bivy bag. Look even auto correct wanted to change that to bicycle. Do you bivy in a bivy bag? I sleep in a sleeping bag.
I don't understand that everybody uses the expression "bikepacking" which was invented by the industry to make cyclists buy more stuff. It was limited what they could sell, if you only need two panniers, so they invented their 17 different little bags and called it bikepacking, as if it is a new thing to go on tour with your bicycle. It was always called bike touring as the essential is the touring part, not how you fasten your luggage on the bike.
So you’d have people go out and buy a touring bike? And panniers? They’re just saying you don’t need a specific bike, just get out and strap stuff to your frame, easy
Nah they are definitely different. The way you pack for camping vs. staying at accommodations is so different, and the type of bike suitable to trail vs. roads, means they are actually really different disciplines.
@@samt73 More people would have a bike suitable for touring than an exotic CF race bike. A rack and panniers would cost less than a lot of the 'bike packing' fancy gear. However the tips on this video are good and don't require a lot of money. The problem in England is that wild camping is not allowed and the weather is often a problem
What top tips do you have for bikepacking on a budget? 🚵
Dont overplan is my top one tip. It is suppose to be a pleasure to bikepacking. If you overplan, you will be frustrated because world dont care for what you've planned
Another awesome video, folks! Start out easy, and try a sub 24 hour ride (S24O); leave in the afternoon, ride a couple hours, then stop for the night. Come home the next morning. You can choose how much to carry, decide to cook or not cook, etc. 😁
If your'e a hiker or camper, use some of the kit you already have. The most important thing is to have fun!
🖖😄🇺🇸🇯🇵
Use an actual backpack, If the bag creates fatigue, maybe go fishing. 🙇
SOL brand bivys are light, cheap, waterproof & pack down to fit in a water bottle cage.
Stay away from coffee / caffeine / sweeteners. These are "diuretics". Will dramatically increase hydration requirements and make you pee way more. Remember your bike is already heavy from bikepacking gear. The last you'll want is added weight from drinks if you will be facing big climbs. Keep this in mind when bikepacking in the remote corners of the world, particularly in the more exotic places.
the best tip Ive heard is "just go on whatever bike you have, don't wait for that dream gravel bike etc.. Just get out there!"
THIS🙌
@@ucanskixc568the video isn't about there bike. It's about how to adapt YOUR BIKE for bikepacking.
@@ucanskixc568 you are trolling or didn't watch, listen and or comprehend the video.
@@ucanskixc568 so you are trolling or just very insecure about money... Probably both.
Idid. It was awful
Weird to talk about doing things on a budget with a Pinarello :)
Dry bags and straps for the win!
I remember a previous trick from Conor. Always ride with mates so you can nick their chocolate and not having to spend money on your own!
It's a good tip! 😂 One he used a little too often
Some excellent ideas there. I tried bikepacking in 2021 heatwave. Already had panniers on my hybrid got a compact self inflating matress, a supermarket tent from years back found in the loft. No sleeping bag, took a 'space blanket' and given the heat a change of lycra! Only went 50 miles to a cheap campsite although when I got set up I found I had another 10 miles to do to get food as the local hostelry was closed due to covid. Cycled back the next day. Stopped for coffee and a group of road cyclists were there, the looked at my load and asked how much it weighed. I didn't know but I weighed bike + load when I got home 43kg! It was worth it for the adventure!
That is an impressive weight Jon! Sounds like you had a real adventure, there is no need to push the distance too far, adventure is on your door step 🙌
This arrived just in time, am about to ride round the coast of the UK... Raising awareness of mental health and the advantages that cycling brings.
Hopefully also raise some money for MIND.
That's what we like it hear!!! Nice work 🙌
Used a steel framed hybrid with a rack. On the front was dry bag with clothes and sleeping bag strapped to £8 accessory bar bolted to the handle bars to clear the cables. Rear was 25 litre sports bag strapped to the top of the rack with tent (minus poles), spares and cooking stuff in the bag. Foam mat on top of the bag. 2litre water bottle also attached. Tent poles strapped to top tube. Had great time going slowly around Devon camping on Dartmoor.
Most normal non-high end bikes have or can have a luggage carrier in the back, on which either two cheap large bags can be mounted on either side. Or if you want to go budget, you just put your hiking rucksack on the luggage carrier and put one of the shoulder straps over the saddle and around the seat post and tighten it as much as possible. A 65 liter rucksack is plenty of space for any convenience. If you're on a budget you might have more bulky gear so you might need it. You can also combine 2 sidebags + a rucksack. Or mount a front carrier for 2 extra bags at the front and it works great but of course that's more tinkering and bag costs. A large rucksack has the most flexibility and simplicity and is the cheapest way if you've already got one.
I've found the easiest way to go bikepacking on a budget is to just re-purpose the $5000 in premium bikepacking equipment I just happen to have kicking around 😁
Agreed on heavy stuff going on the bike, not on your back. I do, however, like to strap on a tiny, $15 sling bag with cash, munchies and sun screen. So much easier than having to open your luggage!
Doing Seattle to San Francisco this summer mostly through the Cascades and Sierra mountain ranges, super looking forward to it. Bikepacking and touring is what got me into cycling.
Dream Bikepacking trip 🗺️
Another awesome video Manon and Conor and gcn! Great beginner tips. Stealth Camping is more of an option here in Ontario. Be sure to have a low profile tent and set upat the entrance to a farmer's field: (usually gravel, no poison ivy, tall grass at sides hies your tent. Break camp early to avoid detection. Super cheap. Use hand dryers at washrooms to dry personal belongings. Eat peanut butter and banana wraps/meat sticks/pepperettes that avoid refrigeration. Love this content and the practical advice! Keep it rolling gcn!
Sounds like a great area to explore! We hope you stick to the leave to trace rules 🙌
@@gcn ALWAYS! Take only photographs, leave only footprints (in not ecosensitive places!
Connors seatpost is so tall you could just about fit a suitcase behind it!
I’m bike packing the great divide, struggling to get it all on my mtb atm, thanks for the tips
That is going to be an awesome trip 🙌 Have you done any practice rides?
@@gcn thank you, I am cycling the Camino de Santiago on the 1st June fully loaded as a practice.
Good luck with the tour have fun!
REI have some very affordable bikepaking bags. I recently bought REI brand saddle bag like you showed plus a handle bar roll, top tube bag (for phone, keys, energy bars etc.) and a ditty bag/bottle bag for handle bars. Got then on sale so total price was the same as one brand name handle bar roll or large saddle bag. Now to see if I can fit all my stuff in these. 😀 FYI using my used old ‘93 Trek Single Track!
one trick i saw at a wild-camping field .. make sure your bike has a decent side-stand , you can then set-up a micro-tent & string a tarp between tent & bike .. i immediately nicked the idea & have used it a few times
Great idea! Maybe we need kick stands on our bikes 🤔
Also bring zipties they are universal you can fix your bags and your bike in a hury and you can strap additional stuff to your bike if you need to
GBN (Global Bikepacking Network) incomming 🎉🎉
Doing my first bike packing trip in July Gonna ride all the way across Iowa for Ragbrai
Wow that sounds like an epic trip 🙌
Great tips all round. Bikepacking is great fun - green and affordable adventures. Frame protector tape especially important for newer bikes - dust will scratch the paintwork within days. There _are_ cycling-specific backpacks - they have ventilating webbing between one's back and the pack. Handy for the things you want _closest_ to you - wallet, phone, etc.
Too much to unpack here (pun intended.) In short - Love hearing "expert" tips and advice about what I should take and how, on "a month long adventure" -- from a person who never camps outside or rides more than a few hours at a time. \s
What?
Great video and ideas… but
Bivvy without a mat = freezing cold. = never doing that again.
Dry bag - yes great idea as a saddle pack provided it’s secured up the seat post and under the saddle.
Tarp wrapped on seat tube - nope. Not for me: knees rub. Will be a terrible experience.
Better to go with a rack, the type perhaps that bolts to the seat post, and a bar bag.
Also Manons dry bag won’t be waterproof the way it’s shown.
Ever heard of a thing called a touring bike? Has these things called 'racks' you can attach things too, apparently makes bike packing and camping a doddle, just a thought
Seriously. Who bike packs with a dedicated road bike "on a budget?"
The last thing I'd want to do is load up a 7kg road bike with luggage, it's like putting a roof rack on a Ferrari and then using it to tow a caravan, horse's for courses!
These sort of cyclists don't even use saddle bag to keep spare bits there and you talk about rack and panniers!
Panniers and racks are very awkward for tents, bivies, and some mats. They also put all the weight on the back rather than dispersing and keeping it centralized, and they are extremely annoying on single track trails. Racks are fine or bike touring, but pretty shit for bikepacking.
We love touring bikes! Did you ever catch Si's slow cycling doc 👉gcn.eu/wyev
If you need advice I'm pro on it! on road or gravel bikes with or without disc brakes. with cheap trailers and bags and all the pros and cons.
What are your budget bike-packing top tips? 👀
@@gcn sorry for the delay. I was out of town. The four bags that I use on the bike to carry a tent and all the stuff for 20 days of travel all cost around 100 euros (Two bags on the frame, one on the steering wheel and one under the seat). The Rinowalk brand works well, it's not the most aesthetically pleasing material but it is waterproof and I would even say resistant to aggressive use (Attention the 13 liters Floating bag is not advisable) .
On another trip of mine I took with me a Vector trailer and it cost me 140 euros, only the bag was not completely waterproof which was a shame, I had to invest in another waterproof bag for 20 euros more. I attached the trailer to my carbon road bike Van Rysel without disc brakes, which means I didn't pay for an adapter axle, a great saving. This year I want to take my Canyon inflite CF attached to the trailer and I had to buy a specific axle because of the disc brake, I bought the axle from the brand The Robert Axle Project and paid 80 euros. Very expensive.
Conclusion it is possible to make a trip with a small budget. What is the most important is the will. I just want to point out in my first years of bike packing travels starting from 2018 me and my wife used 70s iron bikes, and we travelled over 1000km on bikes with the gear shifters still in the down tube and gear ratio in front with 52/36 and back 13/29, but it was possible.
All the best and happy travels!!!
Tape around the pump is a really cool idea.
I bought a 1978 Falcon Super Tourist from a friend at Veteran Cycle Club for £100. Put on an old pair of drops and Weinmann levers. Cloth tape £3. I got a 11 litre Midland traditional saddlebag from a cycle jumble for £20.
A bivvy bag for £5.99. A cotton liner for £12. A ground mat for £5.
Lamps £12. Some releasable zip-clips.
Sunday nights are best value at Travelodge. Don't wild camp in public parks, squirrels make a row in the waste bins, as well as foxes. Motorway services have a 'back entrance'. Sleep can be had on the grass bank out of the way.
Strangely, one of the best night's sleep I've had 'wild camping' was in Avebury stone circle.
I think GCN missed the mark here. If you're on a budget, you don't bike pack with a dedicated road bike. You'd start with your commuter bike, which almost certainly has mount points for racks. That alone would be the most value to helping you pack stuff.
If you’re on a budget maybe you don’t have 2 bikes?
Great tips and practical too. If only we could wild camp in England without being sneaky
BTW there are also plenty of campgrounds in the states that are off PCH if you want to do more of an in between or touring and bikecamping. I really like it because you can do a lot of one way trips by taking the Amtrak train to the starting point and at the final destination.
Trains and bikes are a great combo, not to mention railtrails...
A few Tesco ‘bag for life’ and a few bungees! Fully waterproof, affordable and the look great!
As a US teen of the sixties I'd hear about persons touring Europe on bicycles and staying at a type of hotels called youth hostels. I think organized tour groups did these rides as well.
It's nice to have a clean bathroom and bed after a ride.
I'd like to learn if that's still popular.
This sort of touring is still super popular! Hank did his own ride that was done in a similar style? 👉 ua-cam.com/video/lJOtCFegc-4/v-deo.html
Very much so! France is a well favourited spot!
Great video as always. Good tips for budget and also for newbies. Nice work 🤙
Glad you found it so helpful! Bike-packing doesn't need to be the allusive sport it is, just get out there and start an adventure 🙌
Pinarello is the perfect bike for a video on budget bikepacking.
Bikepacking on a budget on a Pinarello ☺️
Thanks for the tips!
you can also strap a small dry bag in your bottle cage near your bottom bracket for tools etc. and bikepacking specific bags are a blessing if you are a small rider or fighting with tight clearences for any other reason also if your bag start rubbing or you think it might add another velcro strap or something like that to it that will help securing it (trust me I crossed germany like that and I am 1.62m so not big at all
If you can get an alpkit exorail to fit with your bag then it is a game changer for little riders! I'm only 5foot (like 155cm ish) and was having a nightmare with my rear bag rubbing in my tyre, but adding the metal rail means it can take more weight now and doesn't swing about at all👍
@@StephHall95 Okay thanks for the Tip I just used an extra velcro strap on my saddlebag till now but I´ll have a look at the exorail looks pretty good
2:26 Looks like a Pterodactyl flying in the background on the right of screen as Manon talks about Bivi Bags. 😳
I saw that too. Wondered if it was a Heron
i went bike packing without a bike to save money it was great
I packed my bike into cardboard box and that was super budget!
Excellent tips! Wish I was as tall as Conor with his mega large frame bike but alas I am only 162cm so there's less room on my xxs bike frame to strap all the things. Like just looking at the way Conor put that drybag along his seat post 🤭
Budget bikepacking on a premium bike... worth noting if your bike is a more budget option then externally routed cables may limit the ability to secure equipment or wrap bivvy bags around the top tube.
love your show and been watching GCN since I started cycling. You guys are my motivation and inspiration. Ollie, come and cycle with me here in the Philippines, I bet you will find it challenging, I know you love climbing, I got something for you that will surely make you cry. I recently came back to Philippines and I must say that cycling here... outside Manila is definitely a beauty and challenging. Let me know if you are up for it and we can have something interesting. Looking forward to cycle with you mate.
Loved this well done!
and what ever you pack you have to carry up each hill, it can take pleasure into endurance,but in saying that you always airbrush all the bad parts and are so keen to start again
Hahaha this is a great point! 😂 Pack light and travel fast! or pack heavy and take it easy 🙌
Touring bikes is the best for this type of activity.
I've tried both.
Great tips!
I could hear the Pinarello design team cry out when the saw the bivvy bag tied to the top tube like that #aerocrime
Don't tell the aero police 👀
Thank you. I really like the idea of using a dry bag as a large saddle bag for a laptop and lunch for commuting to work. Much ligher option compared to the rack and bag and cheaper than the backloader. Must be worth a try
Are you a cycle commuter? It's a great way to build that base fitness.
What size dry bag was that in the video ???
Cooler backpacks are a life saver if you want to bring more perishable foods on shorter trips. Treat yourself to cooking a nice meal at a campsite.
Connor's seatpost is longer than my leg
Roll gorilla tape tightly in a small spiral and you have a lightweight chain pin
Nice
Noodle pot? Whos bringing their noodle pot on a bike ride? lol
How do you cook your Nitto Noodle bars without pot?
Buy a used kid trailer and put all your camping gear in it. For less technical trails, it’s cheap and effective.
Rucksacks are a good add-on imho, if you only use them for light but voluminous stuff. Also a great place to put your valuable items. A handlebar bag can easily be stolen, rucksacks are not usually a burglars target.
But you should definitely get one that was made specifically for biking, their strap types, setup and lengths are quite different from standard hiking (or school) rucksacks.
And wear them correctly, not like Connor. That hip strap… atrocious…
I have never needed fancy packs just any drybag with rolltop and bungee cords will do, thats all the others are but with straps, the larger bag at the rear to seat post and saddle, there are some great solid 1980s steel frames out there for about a £100 Clude Butler ,Dawes, Raleigh hand built tanks with no internal cables the last thing you need when touring ,above all a tarp
Can we talk about the big bird flapping behind Manon?
Rack and panniers off da bay. Why complicate things?
Hard to pack tents and other camping gear in panniers, panniers are also too wide for off trail riding that you do in backpacking, and racks distribute the weight very suboptimally and are generally just heavier than needed
Hmmm, I think you should put some of these ideas to Simon on Hack/Bodge.
Nothing with Zip ties 😬
Cycling the Hebridean Way over a week this year and worried about how I will fit everything into panniers and I am staying in hostels not camping ! I can’t rely on the weather in Scotland so sure I will overpack.
You need a lot less stuff than you think, especially when staying in hotels, 1 change of clothes, maybe two set of cycling kit. I've done a week with just a 14ltr saddle pack and a small handle bar bag.
You'll be surprised Mark do some practice packs and give it a go 🙌 Sounds like it's going to be a amazing adventure!
you also don't need to use Apidura, Ortlieb, etc, as the sponsored pros do
and the 5 grand bike locked with kit while you are in Weatherspoons, if it look like a bag persons they leave it, having to keep running out to see if yoyr pride and joy is still there is a pain
wrap your gorilla tape around something I like to wrap a bit of tape on a lighter cuz you will have that with you if you are cooking for your self and it is quite weight and space saving
Manon, can the gorilla tape fix a broken heart?
Pterodactyl top right! 2:17
Cries in aerodynamics.
Don't show Ollie 🫢
BODGE ! 100% Bodge !
Fixed punctures with gorilla tape and glue
Gorilla tape = patch kit replacement 😁
It's very hot & humid in Chennai 45°C/113°F.. Waiting for rainy/winter season to try this out...😅
Bikepacking in the rain... wow!!!
@@gcn Not actually in Rain😅 but in rainy season on a perfect cold weather ie less than 28°C/82°F
Donr ever do what I did on my first solo trip in europe a few years ago. That was road bike and EVERYTHING carried inside a 30ml rucksack. 27 celsius and had to cycle 60 miles on the first day. Horrendous! I have since invested in a touring bike with panniers...so much easier.
Agree man.
Just bought a touring bike, best investment Ive done in a long time.
Tried the bikepacking bags, it sucked.`
Much more comfortable camping to have better sleeping gear with me.
No problem to bring more comfortable gear with you on a touring bike, without the fear of anything breaking, like it could on my lightweight roadbike.
Bigger tires is also a huge plus.
Hack 0:00 s or bodges? A couple seemed a bit shoddy. Lol. Here is a hack. Pack your credit card and go. Leave the straps and dry bags at home. Jk. Sort of. 😉😬😬
Nice piece...but folks riding Orbea bikes and talking about doing anything on a budget is somewhat comical.
Next: The Royal Ballet go breakdancing...or is it 'brakedancing'? Matching outfits and all...
Is it OK with you Conor if I take out an insurance policy on that sandwich bag phone?
At 7:21 look at that height🤔😅
Riding #BikeVirgina
warmshowers has a $30 subscribtion fee 😅
Hubdynamo to charge your phone or bike computer
Dynamo can be a great option! Do you thin they are a must have for beginners though? On smaller trips a battery pack may be better?
@@gcn Well you can easily go without on short trips or when you have access to gridpower at night. I use the dynamo also for bike lights (for tunnels). A dynamo never runs out of power. It is a great upgrade.
Bike packing on a 10k pinnerello...😅
Have never been bike packing. Do you all thunk that a rocket stove is nessasary?
I love GCN and bikepacking but this seemed like a poorly researched and mostly uninformative video that was only made to create quick content to fit current YT algorithms / cycling trends.
Yeah they are a business, thats how they make money
It was a bit of a pot boiler but practical all the same
Ride to a distant relatives place. Stay there the night. Come home the next day.
It's always great having a bed for the night 😴
I can get rucksack, wearing it for a ruck. But I don’t get bivy bag. Look even auto correct wanted to change that to bicycle. Do you bivy in a bivy bag? I sleep in a sleeping bag.
This is nonsense - use a TOURING bike, not a racing bike !
They're showing that you CAN go with what you've got... maybe N+1 bikes doesn't extend as far as we think!
Use any bike you have, who cares
build your own trailer, problem solved
budget: should start with clothes worth less than 1000 euro
Who honestly goes BIKE-packing? They’re just $elling a trend and products.
Soooo... you're saying nobody goes bike packing but for some reason people buy the products? Like they feel it's cool to own a bivvy bag?
@@davidf2281 I’m more so saying it’s a floundering trend that’ll soon wane. Just like overlanding with rooftop tents.
Think you're a little out of touch buddy, I would say the bikepacking population is at least as big as the bike touring population
That's what GCN is all about, selling products. To be fair to them in this video they didn't crap on about any specific items which was a surprise.
Giving tips on 'budget' Bikepacking while wearing head to toe Castelli on a £5000 Pinarello.🤦♂️
Bikepacking on a budget, on a Pinarello 🙄
Ridiculous
I don't understand that everybody uses the expression "bikepacking" which was invented by the industry to make cyclists buy more stuff.
It was limited what they could sell, if you only need two panniers, so they invented their 17 different little bags and called it bikepacking, as if it is a new thing to go on tour with your bicycle.
It was always called bike touring as the essential is the touring part, not how you fasten your luggage on the bike.
So you’d have people go out and buy a touring bike? And panniers? They’re just saying you don’t need a specific bike, just get out and strap stuff to your frame, easy
Nah they are definitely different. The way you pack for camping vs. staying at accommodations is so different, and the type of bike suitable to trail vs. roads, means they are actually really different disciplines.
@@samt73 More people would have a bike suitable for touring than an exotic CF race bike. A rack and panniers would cost less than a lot of the 'bike packing' fancy gear. However the tips on this video are good and don't require a lot of money. The problem in England is that wild camping is not allowed and the weather is often a problem
these are the worst tips ive ever heard
the more you bikepack, the less you'll need to carry. So great for 2 people who've bikepacked twice each to be giving advice on bikepacking. 🙄