Touring...or 'bikepacking'?

[iandg]

Me too


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Although it appears to have been a 'laundry' day

Uig, Skye?

 

[Chap sur le velo]

Being a complete tart I have to take everything including the kitchen sink.

Ooooh now that I want to see!

 

[Oldhippy]

I have collapsible bowl, solar shower, two man tent for one and love army surplus. I probably make the lightweight lovers cringe. Do like to be comfy and the extra weight is worth it.

 

[Moodyman]

I always thought bikepacking was more geared towards off road.

 

[mudsticks]

Uig, Skye?

Uhuh.. Off to catch the ferry to my favouritist Scottish Island Harris..

No offence to erstwhile residents of Lewis you understand..

 

[matticus]

I'm a cross-dresser

Please stick to the topic.

I haven't done a gravel overnighter (such as the badger divide) yet but when I do (not if ) I'll use a traditional saddlebag.

ooh - wassat then? (name rings a bell ... )

 

[oldwheels]

Nobody seems to have mentioned trailers yet. I started off with just a large saddlebag and we toured for up to a couple of weeks at a time with minimal gear and sometimes used hostels but often just stopped wherever we could find shelter and firewood. After I got married we went to panniers which were ex army haversacks and went for weekends away and also some two week tours.
Latterly I used a large Columbus trailer but then went to a BoB which took too much stuff but was easier for packing and used it in the Outer Isles and Orkney as well as mainland Scotland.
Bikepacking is to my mind just an expensive way to carry whatever you need.

 

[mudsticks]

I always thought bikepacking was more geared towards off road.

Yes I think it is a bit more..

Although we have to go on roads now and then to get to the off-road bits.

 

[oldwheels]

Uhuh.. Off to catch the ferry to my favouritist Scottish Island Harris..

No offence to erstwhile residents of Lewis you understand..

To be pedantic Harris is not really an island being firmly attached to Lewis by a steep hill to discourage you from heading north.

 

[raleighnut]

Nobody seems to have mentioned trailers yet. I started off with just a large saddlebag and we toured for up to a couple of weeks at a time with minimal gear and sometimes used hostels but often just stopped wherever we could find shelter and firewood. After I got married we went to panniers which were ex army haversacks and went for weekends away and also some two week tours.
Latterly I used a large Columbus trailer but then went to a BoB which took too much stuff but was easier for packing and used it in the Outer Isles and Orkney as well as mainland Scotland.
Bikepacking is to my mind just an expensive way to carry whatever you need.

Err I refer you to post #70

3 'touring' bikes here, a light one (Raleigh Equipe) a medium one (Ridgeback Adventure) and a heavy one also used to pull a trailer (Raleigh Outlander rigid MTB)

 

[mudsticks]

To be pedantic Harris is not really an island being firmly attached to Lewis by a steep hill to discourage you from heading north.

.. Everytime..

I know cos my absolute favouritist part is to be found on the bit that probs should be called Lewis, if there was any sense in arbitrary lines drawn on a map..

 

[Blue Hills]

Must say, my default touring kit now is a Brompton M12R and 1.5 kg of T-Bag. Gives me 30l of luggage, which is more than I need for ten days, plus stuff on the rear rack if I need it, and allows me to travel on Eurostar, busses and anything else that takes my fancy.
That 15l Topeak bag looks good though.

what bag do you put on the brommie's rear rack?
(I have a 5 speed brommie and also an old front touring bag - they may have changed then design - but never used it.

 

[Blue Hills]

I have collapsible bowl, solar shower, two man tent for one and love army surplus. I probably make the lightweight lovers cringe. Do like to be comfy and the extra weight is worth it.

pic please of your spurning of minimalism.

 

[mudsticks]

Nobody seems to have mentioned trailers yet. I started off with just a large saddlebag and we toured for up to a couple of weeks at a time with minimal gear and sometimes used hostels but often just stopped wherever we could find shelter and firewood. After I got married we went to panniers which were ex army haversacks and went for weekends away and also some two week tours.
Latterly I used a large Columbus trailer but then went to a BoB which took too much stuff but was easier for packing and used it in the Outer Isles and Orkney as well as mainland Scotland.
Bikepacking is to my mind just an expensive way to carry whatever you need.

I used to transport children, and work stuff in trailers.

So not having one feels more like 'holidays'


but I think it might be time to get an ebike and trailer for utility use..

Seen a few folks holidaying with dogs in bike trailers.. I guess the hounds enjoy it.

 

[iandg]

.. Everytime..

I know cos my absolute favouritist part is to be found on the bit that probs should be called Lewis, if there was any sense in arbitrary lines drawn on a map..

Which is your favouritist bit? - I lived/worked in Stornoway for 21 years (now in D&G)