YIKES!! That's a lot of stuff!😀It's good to get a perspective though as I scale up my trips. Generally I'm out for about a week at a time. I pack my panniers, one side with stuff I'm likely to use, the other side is stuff I'm not likely to use. The stuff I'm likely to use are clothes, toiletries, walking shoes. I have a top duffle bag for the tent, sleeping bag, swimming stuff, swimming trunks, towel, flip-flops, whatever else. Although I take camping gear, I usually motel it and so I usually only take the pannier with stuff I'm likely tp use into the room with me, the rest stays on the bike. I'd like to point out how much room walking shoes can take up...I pack 'barefoot' trail running shoes like the Merrell Trail Glove which is super thin and packs very compactly.
Haha, after the comment telling me I packed so light, I was wondering how long until someone said I took way too much lol. I think I overpacked on clothes, and could have left the camping stuff as I didn’t use it in South America (although it was great insurance/comfort). Other than that, I think for 2 years on the road I’m kinda in between the super minimalists and the maximalists who I see riding with extra tires and all lol. And yeah, extra shoes are needed for off the bike, as well as one of everything as backup in case the main one gets wet. I experienced the misery of not being able to get properly dry for over a week and it’s wasn’t fun lol
Would love to hear your story- How you can afford and what led you to travel the world like this! Thanks so much for the documentation, look forward to it every week and also love my 14 CB500x!!
Cheers man! Ah same old story, saved for years, realized life is too short, sold what I owned and hit the road 😬. Yeah the CB500X is a great little machine 😁
Cautionary tale on the dehydrated meals. I hiked with a few of them in my backpack, and then ate one with chicken in it about 6 months later. Got sick for a couple days. The shaking around with other things can make tiny holes in the bag over time and it will go bad like any other meat. I’d advise eating any meals you take shortly after the trip, just to be safe.
Interesting! I never thought of that, but it makes sense. I wonder if keeping them in a ziplock bag, and the inspecting the ziplock bag for holes prior to consuming would work 🤔. I only really carried them as back-ups, and could be months and months old banging around in my cases. Good to know!
This was interesting and helpful! I returned a week or so ago from a trip from California to the Arctic and have been evaluating my gear choices with an eye toward what to change next time. One suggestion I would add is to sacrifice a bit of money and space and upgrade the air compressor to a Cycle Pump. The no-name pumps can and do fail (ANY pump will fail if you let it draw in dusty air), and Cycle Pumps have a stellar reputation. They also include an affixed Velcro strap useful for suspending the pump body from the bike while in use. Also, I found the model-specific Eastbound wheel removal (axle nut) kit very useful, along with a small metric ruler, in fact necessary, for chain adjustments. I’m more of a one t-shirt (for off the bike)/two or three pair of socks guy, but that’s just me 😊 Safe travels!
Congratulations, that is some accomplishment! Yeah I could definitely see having a good reliable name brand one being a better option. Mine has always (slowly) worked, but it does feel cheap and I could see it failing; not what you want when it’s your only option! Cheers
Thanks Ken. I watched your Inuvik-area videos a few times (as cautionary tales 😊) and got a kick out of them. My riding partner made a partial trip last year and, after his and his friend’s bike getting four flats on the Dempster, both of their pumps failed (due to not keeping them elevated), resulting in their turning around. Lesson learned! We took two Cycle Pumps on this year’s ride (and of course had no flats on the Dempster). A rock took out my side stand switch, though, which was fun.
That’s 100% correct in theory, but in practice wool socks are too thick/warm for warm weather, and if I could find thin enough ones they would just get chewed up like all my socks. I actually do have a couple sets of thin merino wool boxers for emergencies (lol), but the reality is socks and underwear need to be fresh for me; I HATE putting on used socks or underwear and will avoid at all costs lol 😬
YIKES!! That's a lot of stuff!😀It's good to get a perspective though as I scale up my trips. Generally I'm out for about a week at a time. I pack my panniers, one side with stuff I'm likely to use, the other side is stuff I'm not likely to use. The stuff I'm likely to use are clothes, toiletries, walking shoes. I have a top duffle bag for the tent, sleeping bag, swimming stuff, swimming trunks, towel, flip-flops, whatever else. Although I take camping gear, I usually motel it and so I usually only take the pannier with stuff I'm likely tp use into the room with me, the rest stays on the bike. I'd like to point out how much room walking shoes can take up...I pack 'barefoot' trail running shoes like the Merrell Trail Glove which is super thin and packs very compactly.
Haha, after the comment telling me I packed so light, I was wondering how long until someone said I took way too much lol. I think I overpacked on clothes, and could have left the camping stuff as I didn’t use it in South America (although it was great insurance/comfort). Other than that, I think for 2 years on the road I’m kinda in between the super minimalists and the maximalists who I see riding with extra tires and all lol. And yeah, extra shoes are needed for off the bike, as well as one of everything as backup in case the main one gets wet. I experienced the misery of not being able to get properly dry for over a week and it’s wasn’t fun lol
Would love to hear your story- How you can afford and what led you to travel the world like this! Thanks so much for the documentation, look forward to it every week and also love my 14 CB500x!!
Cheers man! Ah same old story, saved for years, realized life is too short, sold what I owned and hit the road 😬. Yeah the CB500X is a great little machine 😁
Cautionary tale on the dehydrated meals. I hiked with a few of them in my backpack, and then ate one with chicken in it about 6 months later. Got sick for a couple days. The shaking around with other things can make tiny holes in the bag over time and it will go bad like any other meat. I’d advise eating any meals you take shortly after the trip, just to be safe.
Interesting! I never thought of that, but it makes sense. I wonder if keeping them in a ziplock bag, and the inspecting the ziplock bag for holes prior to consuming would work 🤔. I only really carried them as back-ups, and could be months and months old banging around in my cases. Good to know!
@@kenshapperttravelstheworld8845 that’s what happened to me. They were there “just in case” all summer. A ziploc bag would probably help out.
This was interesting and helpful! I returned a week or so ago from a trip from California to the Arctic and have been evaluating my gear choices with an eye toward what to change next time. One suggestion I would add is to sacrifice a bit of money and space and upgrade the air compressor to a Cycle Pump. The no-name pumps can and do fail (ANY pump will fail if you let it draw in dusty air), and Cycle Pumps have a stellar reputation. They also include an affixed Velcro strap useful for suspending the pump body from the bike while in use. Also, I found the model-specific Eastbound wheel removal (axle nut) kit very useful, along with a small metric ruler, in fact necessary, for chain adjustments.
I’m more of a one t-shirt (for off the bike)/two or three pair of socks guy, but that’s just me 😊
Safe travels!
Congratulations, that is some accomplishment! Yeah I could definitely see having a good reliable name brand one being a better option. Mine has always (slowly) worked, but it does feel cheap and I could see it failing; not what you want when it’s your only option! Cheers
Thanks Ken. I watched your Inuvik-area videos a few times (as cautionary tales 😊) and got a kick out of them. My riding partner made a partial trip last year and, after his and his friend’s bike getting four flats on the Dempster, both of their pumps failed (due to not keeping them elevated), resulting in their turning around.
Lesson learned! We took two Cycle Pumps on this year’s ride (and of course had no flats on the Dempster). A rock took out my side stand switch, though, which was fun.
For you, seems like heated grips would be a must, got them on my 500x, had them installed when I bought the bike in 2018!
Ah the heated grips are a lifesaver! And the heated vest ☺️. I covered all the bike mods in a different video if your interested. Cheers!
Nice video, thanks. Very useful. Wow, you take few clothes! Kudos for travelling very light!
I think some other people would disagree and think I took way too many clothes hahaha
you made useful tirp!
I’m glad!
Hmm.. if you switch to woolen socks, you should be able to reduce the number of socks, as with your t-shirts/ shirts.. easier to wash & dry aswell..🤔
That’s 100% correct in theory, but in practice wool socks are too thick/warm for warm weather, and if I could find thin enough ones they would just get chewed up like all my socks. I actually do have a couple sets of thin merino wool boxers for emergencies (lol), but the reality is socks and underwear need to be fresh for me; I HATE putting on used socks or underwear and will avoid at all costs lol 😬
I haf an cb500x to and i wonder wisch boxxes du you yus so hou mutsch liters did they haf
Hey, they are “SW Motech Trax ADV” cases, 37 litres each (they also make a 45 litre option)