Essential: Baby Wipes, because if you know, you know. You just feel so much better if you're "clean" before bedding down. Luxury: A pair of packable slip-on shoes for the campsite.
Packing for bikepacking, is a difficult and intricate problem. It consist of trying, testing, tweeking and tuning your load. Some things may not be needed for one adventure but maybe the next one. Other things may always be needed. While there's other other things that you'll never need but they're always "you'll never know when could need it or not." It's an individual adventure in an adventure.
I'm so glad I do "bikepacking" on a cargo bike (Omnium). So much easier to have a duffle with backpack straps, and having the duffle compress or expand, depending on how you felt that morning, or even if you want to not compress the sleeping bag or tent much. I do try to keep the heaviest towards the rear of the duffle (at the handlebars), and the lightest for volume at the front. That's about it for my needs for packing. Colour coding drybags helps, but are not really necessary.
I agree with the battery pack. I decided to forgo the dynamo hubs & instead got the Bigeblue 28 watt solar panel. Went on a 2 month rough camping bike trip & never needed a wall plug. I strapped the solar panel across my rear panniers during the day while riding or laid outside the tent on non-riding days and charged my phone & lights during the evening from my 10,000 mah battery pack. I like entering my tent from the side so I got the Big Agnes Copper Spur 1 man with the shorter poles instead. I got tired of many pinhole leaks in several big name brand air pads so I got the old army surplus rubber bitch we used in the 80s. That air mattress ain't gonna leak & it's not that much bigger but a tad heavier than the crappy commercial ones .
@@NicFilming It looks like Bigblue makes a 36 watt now. The 28 watt is what I have. It took about 15-20 hours of sunlight to fully charge a 10,000 mah battery pack that was fully depleted. It worked fine for charging my phone & lights daily. Some days I wouldn't use it & other days it was used all day. Don't have anything less than about 10,000 mah for the battery.
I haven't bikepacked yet, but i hammock when i backpack. Seems to me to be the way to go. Lighter. Don't need sleeping pad (depending on temp) and hammock and tarp when it rains is the only way to go.
I did my first bikepacking trip with a hammock in the uk, it was great fun, I love my hammock and the trip went well, the only issue for me would be if it rained, and a tent does give a bit more shelter privacy🤷♂️👍
Lighter? Compared to a Walmart tent, maybe. Depends on a lot of factors. Material, are there tent poles? Maybe someone only uses a tarp and a bivy. I'm used to backpacking, but recently bought an ebike. I'm still not sure which activity I'm enjoying more!
I'm a grounder here in Colorado . dont use a bike packing tent , just rei passage 2. i keep my poles tucked with my frame bag straps. rei Helix pad is worth the weight. befree water filter and Appalachian gear buff is my favorite.
Hi Dustin, HAMMOCK !! I have a Hennessy camping hammock expedition zip … a recent biking trip saw 4 out of the 5 guys use them …. Come over to the dark side you’ll love it
2 person Nemo Hornet tent for one person. 2 ibs. Luxery: REI Flexlite air backpacking chair. 1 lb. $50 cheaper than the Helionox chair. Don't always have a picnic table around
@hanskloss1331 yep. I have used my share of rocks and logs. The chair is a luxury. Way more comfortable. Plus, it really came in handy hiking in Ireland backcountry. There wasn't one square centimeter that didn't have sheep poo. That included the rocks.😳. My hiking companions were quite envious 🤣
I have the same tent as John. The trick with the front pole is to angle/offset it after getting the tent tensioned. It's in the instructions but is the last step, so it's an often missed detail. A hiking pole is usually how it's set, but tarptent sells an adjustable carbon pole which fits on a bike very well.
Think you want the Big Agnes Copper Spur bikepacking tent instead, has more room with a tiny bit more weight, I have one and my friends thought they were so money that they all have one now too.
@tarptent Moment is the bomb, interior bug net and fly pitch at the same time. Katadyne filter is sooo much easier to fill than Sawyer, and packs down to nothing. I’m by no means an expert though 🤷♂️
Give your frame the day off, suspend quick release wheels from a tree for a rotary dryer. You can also guy out your wheels with a tarp for a bivvy with good headroom.
Water filter is questionable for me - especially in Europe. For all my bikepacking adventures not even once I was in a situation when there was natural water supply and there was no shop or camping with drinkable tap water.
Until today, I'd have included my Shokz Open Run Pro bone phones as essential items, cos they're "waterproof". But I was out in torrential rain today and they died. It's sad when they go so young. 18 months and out of warranty. I'm going back to wired phones cos they're cheap to replace. Live long and keep pedalling!
This looks more like Bikecamping that bikepacking to me! For regular hiking, not bikepacking since I haven't done any. My essential luxury item would have to be a Katadyn pump filter. I've seen other lightweight pumps fail on trips and everyone else swears by their Sawyers or other gravity/pushing fed nonsense that takes forever to pump. The Katadyn pump weighs more but the rate at which it pumps is really effective and can continue at a steady pace where other pumps would slow down filling containers that are greater than a liter. As for regular luxury item, hard to say. Can I say other people? It can be essential to a trip on those rare occasions but most of the time it is great to just have that additional conversational buddy or someone there that has that singular item that can elevate a trip such as a pair of binoculars or piece of kit you forgot.
If you're in Bear country don't actually put your food in your sleeping bag. This is a terrible and dangerous idea. If you did that in the Yosemite Backcountry or certain parts of the Northeast with large black bear populations your tent will get ripped to shreds. Hopefully it's just your tent.
You've been sold an idea that us just not great. A bob trailer was and still is a simple efficient and way more comfortable way to go, Instead of overloading your ride.
@@EverythingsBeenDone I don't see the issue? For one now everyone is on a gravel bike, no suspension at all...I rode 3000 +miles on the Great Divide route over every type of terrain. A mountain bike and bob trailer easily tackled it all
What's One Essential and One Luxury Item for for YOU when Bikepacking?
Essential- Medication
Luxury- a foldable silicon coffee filter
Essential and luxury merino socks. Warm dry feet in the evening is all I need
Essential: Baby Wipes, because if you know, you know. You just feel so much better if you're "clean" before bedding down.
Luxury: A pair of packable slip-on shoes for the campsite.
pocket bidet and recovery cookies
Kindle. Most bikepacking trips I am usually pooped and watching a video or two is how I relax. Don’t think I could read much.
Packing for bikepacking, is a difficult and intricate problem. It consist of trying, testing, tweeking and tuning your load. Some things may not be needed for one adventure but maybe the next one. Other things may always be needed. While there's other other things that you'll never need but they're always "you'll never know when could need it or not." It's an individual adventure in an adventure.
I'm so glad I do "bikepacking" on a cargo bike (Omnium). So much easier to have a duffle with backpack straps, and having the duffle compress or expand, depending on how you felt that morning, or even if you want to not compress the sleeping bag or tent much.
I do try to keep the heaviest towards the rear of the duffle (at the handlebars), and the lightest for volume at the front.
That's about it for my needs for packing. Colour coding drybags helps, but are not really necessary.
I agree with the battery pack. I decided to forgo the dynamo hubs & instead got the Bigeblue 28 watt solar panel. Went on a 2 month rough camping bike trip & never needed a wall plug. I strapped the solar panel across my rear panniers during the day while riding or laid outside the tent on non-riding days and charged my phone & lights during the evening from my 10,000 mah battery pack. I like entering my tent from the side so I got the Big Agnes Copper Spur 1 man with the shorter poles instead. I got tired of many pinhole leaks in several big name brand air pads so I got the old army surplus rubber bitch we used in the 80s. That air mattress ain't gonna leak & it's not that much bigger but a tad heavier than the crappy commercial ones .
I’ve been looking for a solar panel so I might just try this one! I haven’t been able to find one that works at all
@@NicFilming It looks like Bigblue makes a 36 watt now. The 28 watt is what I have. It took about 15-20 hours of sunlight to fully charge a 10,000 mah battery pack that was fully depleted. It worked fine for charging my phone & lights daily. Some days I wouldn't use it & other days it was used all day. Don't have anything less than about 10,000 mah for the battery.
I haven't bikepacked yet, but i hammock when i backpack. Seems to me to be the way to go. Lighter. Don't need sleeping pad (depending on temp) and hammock and tarp when it rains is the only way to go.
I did my first bikepacking trip with a hammock in the uk, it was great fun, I love my hammock and the trip went well, the only issue for me would be if it rained, and a tent does give a bit more shelter privacy🤷♂️👍
Lighter? Compared to a Walmart tent, maybe. Depends on a lot of factors. Material, are there tent poles? Maybe someone only uses a tarp and a bivy. I'm used to backpacking, but recently bought an ebike. I'm still not sure which activity I'm enjoying more!
@MattHadder cuban fiber tarp and a hammock with super light suspension. No poles. No straps.
My essential is the Pocket Rocket and my luxury item is camp shoes.
I'm a grounder here in Colorado . dont use a bike packing tent , just rei passage 2. i keep my poles tucked with my frame bag straps. rei Helix pad is worth the weight. befree water filter and Appalachian gear buff is my favorite.
Just say no to tents with access at the ends. Side door for the win.
Hi Dustin, HAMMOCK !! I have a Hennessy camping hammock expedition zip … a recent biking trip saw 4 out of the 5 guys use them …. Come over to the dark side you’ll love it
2 person Nemo Hornet tent for one person. 2 ibs.
Luxery: REI Flexlite air backpacking chair. 1 lb. $50 cheaper than the Helionox chair. Don't always have a picnic table around
a rock or log : FREE 😜
@hanskloss1331 yep. I have used my share of rocks and logs. The chair is a luxury. Way more comfortable. Plus, it really came in handy hiking in Ireland backcountry. There wasn't one square centimeter that didn't have sheep poo. That included the rocks.😳. My hiking companions were quite envious 🤣
I have the same tent as John. The trick with the front pole is to angle/offset it after getting the tent tensioned. It's in the instructions but is the last step, so it's an often missed detail.
A hiking pole is usually how it's set, but tarptent sells an adjustable carbon pole which fits on a bike very well.
You da man!! Thanks for bringing us along. 🤜🤛
Your REI dividend is going to be stellar!
The Nemo Elite pillow changed my life. For backpacking at least. Great vid!!!
Think you want the Big Agnes Copper Spur bikepacking tent instead, has more room with a tiny bit more weight, I have one and my friends thought they were so money that they all have one now too.
...Googles Cooper Spur Big Agens....
Bivvy sack saves space. My luxury item is a book and headlamp. My essential item is wool socks just in case.
Gerat call on the wool socks!
Essential item-flashlight. Luxury-daughter crocheted me a potholder...never leave it behind.
@tarptent Moment is the bomb, interior bug net and fly pitch at the same time. Katadyne filter is sooo much easier to fill than Sawyer, and packs down to nothing. I’m by no means an expert though 🤷♂️
Sounds to me like you know what your talking about!
That's a really slick compact looking tent!
Sooo cool to watch, nice edit! Congrats!
Have used both the Saywer Squeeze and Katadyne BeFree. Recently got a Platypus QuickDraw and it is better in every way.
Good looking out Im going to check this out now. Cheers
Genuinely useful info yet entertaining as always.
I bring the butt butter in the small packets instead of the home base BIG tube.
can you mount 1.6 foot height 40pounds bag on rear seat?
My GSI insulated coffee mug. Cheap, light-ish and keeps your coffee hot while you do other stuff.
Excellent content - keep up the good work! I'm all in.
Give your frame the day off, suspend quick release wheels from a tree for a rotary dryer.
You can also guy out your wheels with a tarp for a bivvy with good headroom.
I've always thought a small bikepack tent that uses your wheels as poles would be rad 🤪
I really love your backpacking videos. Greetings from Spain
Awesome! Thank you!
6:12 I spy a 'Food for the Sole' bag there. So bummed they shut down their operation.
Ahh bummer I didnt realize they shut down.
the tyvek under the tent? does it help?
It keeps your tent clean, and protected from puncture and abrasion. It's also great for taking breaks.
Big Agnes Copper Spur is a great solution to your Fly Creek woes.
Thank you once again really look forward to your videos every week
is Shawn Ron's stand in???
Water filter is questionable for me - especially in Europe. For all my bikepacking adventures not even once I was in a situation when there was natural water supply and there was no shop or camping with drinkable tap water.
Any time I think I won't watch one of your videos "because I don't need no advice man" is a mistake. What a good trip, reminds me of Oregon :)
whoa channel name change 🙏
I'm a big fan of gossamer gear the one tent
Until today, I'd have included my Shokz Open Run Pro bone phones as essential items, cos they're "waterproof". But I was out in torrential rain today and they died.
It's sad when they go so young. 18 months and out of warranty.
I'm going back to wired phones cos they're cheap to replace.
Live long and keep pedalling!
F yeah a hacky sack! new essential item!
3:53 What is the name of this bike? Anyone knows?
“I’d marry this table” lol
Favorite quote of the trip! 🤣
Necessary luxury is definitely my katadyn pocket filter
Have you ever seen that great tent Topic Made it usually your bike as the poles
what are those yellow glasses?
Nemo dragonfly one person tent. Best bike packing tent. Has all what the big agnes misses.
Hacky sack is essential bro!!!
New channel name? 😳😳😳
Nobody brought a trowel or do you just use your tent pegs?
They use his eyeglass frames
Thanks
3 Cheers for Neil POOK!
This looks more like Bikecamping that bikepacking to me!
For regular hiking, not bikepacking since I haven't done any. My essential luxury item would have to be a Katadyn pump filter. I've seen other lightweight pumps fail on trips and everyone else swears by their Sawyers or other gravity/pushing fed nonsense that takes forever to pump. The Katadyn pump weighs more but the rate at which it pumps is really effective and can continue at a steady pace where other pumps would slow down filling containers that are greater than a liter.
As for regular luxury item, hard to say. Can I say other people? It can be essential to a trip on those rare occasions but most of the time it is great to just have that additional conversational buddy or someone there that has that singular item that can elevate a trip such as a pair of binoculars or piece of kit you forgot.
Bro I ain’t even bike packing 😂someday I hope 🤞
nice one
I bought a tell me about your bike shirt ,nice shirt.
Legend!
@@EverythingsBeenDone player
Had no clue Pauley Shore had a bikepacking channel
He's been doing it since Encino man
That lake is a gem. ❤ can't wait to go again.
If you're in Bear country don't actually put your food in your sleeping bag. This is a terrible and dangerous idea. If you did that in the Yosemite Backcountry or certain parts of the Northeast with large black bear populations your tent will get ripped to shreds. Hopefully it's just your tent.
whos putting their food in their sleeping bag...yikes.
Agree on bear country, hang that food!
Most likely
LOL
i.e Blackburn products
Bluetooth speakers-Boo!
You guys are sooo needy.
Why thank you
You guys are so skinny that you could get Ron in that tent with you.
You've been sold an idea that us just not great. A bob trailer was and still is a simple efficient and way more comfortable way to go, Instead of overloading your ride.
How do you deal with terrain like this with a Trailer? ua-cam.com/video/-I7Poe71wns/v-deo.html
@teachingbeats lol no
@@EverythingsBeenDone I don't see the issue? For one now everyone is on a gravel bike, no suspension at all...I rode 3000 +miles on the Great Divide route over every type of terrain. A mountain bike and bob trailer easily tackled it all
uh yeah - that did not look fun. Cold and damp.
Sure, make sure you brink your cigarettes in wilderness. Brilliant.