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I use a MOLLE II Waist pack for a handlebar bag. Carry a One Wind Tent Footprint (for a tarp), an inexpensive hammock, some titanium cook kit and alcohol stove, or a Stanley stainless steel cook kit w/ a brass alcohol stove (with a nesting cup, or a collapsable/folding cup), a fuel bottle, lighter, and a Ramen or 2, instant coffees sticks, etc. Great use for the sustainment pouches. Had never thought of that. Thank you !!! Keep up the great work !!!

I remember these having a great feel in the hand and nice sights. I would like to find a 10mm

Heyy are those waterproof?

Which 10mm mag did you go with?

Good work

If you have an IZH-35M... I wager you have an HK P7...

"Fanny packs" from thrift stores also strap all over a bike.

I'm pausing at 3:07 to guess "military surplus"

I own a IZH-35M myself. Baikal/Walther cooperation, but before the Walther KSP200. I have magazines for it (It is possible to source them in Europe, but not easy). 🙂 (I'm from Denmark) But I am curious: What have you done, to adapt the S&W22A magazines to the pistol? These are a lot easier to come by, and also have more than 5 round capacity.

Thank you for this video. I don't know why I hadn't thought of this before. Military surplus is not as big in Aus but they are around. For those in Aus who don't know. Start at Aussie Disposals Thanks again.

I would mention that unless one needs a specific type of bag, with a specific function, you can literally pack everything inside 4-6 medium sized roll top drybags and strap them to your bike. Yes it's nice to have a custom frame bag or front/rear rack (which can be inexpensive), but shorter non-touring-around-the-world outings are very doable with minimal expense.

Neat project! Are you planning to make any changes to the frame/grip?

And what about the bushing at the tip of the slide, which I think could break or come off. I've seen one like that. Is it a fault? Is it the Achilles heel of this gun?

10mm gang

Looks pretty rad. makes a guy want a long slide .45. thank god for the turkish currency being super inflated, the tisas 1911s are higher quality than most people care to admit. I think when people say 1911s aren't lego guns that's coming from the mentality of when colt and USGI were the standard and by comparison today, those have super loose tolerances. I'm not surprised everything dropped in on your Tisas, their tolerances are better than a LOT of companies out there and definitely better than colt, at least in the half a dozen or so I've owned.

I saw your groupings with the 1911 you tried out, glad to see you have finally given in to your inner Boomer.

Good morning, can I get the handles for this gun, as I have the same gun, but the handles have become old? Please reply

Nice review! I really like the 30M. So much so, that I now own three of them, as well as two Star BM's. Great guns. You enlightened me as to two things. One, that little button at the bottom on the rear strap, for removing the hammer assembly for cleaning. And two, that I can use a S&W 59 magazine as a replacement (much less expensive, and more ubiquitous). Thanks for that. Again, nice review!

Glad it's back up!

Nice , I just had a race at my local trail yesterday it was a blast to see everyone enjoying nature on a bike.

Here to boost the algo after this vid got put back up 💪💪💪 in case anyone didn't know, some soyboy from bikepacking tried abusing the copyright system to take this vid down over a product image shown for a few seconds in the video

I have a 3rd Gen S&W 4566. Great pistol chambered in 45acp. I replaced the Novak sights with a set of Trijicon Tough & Bright night sights. Along with the 4566 I also have a 1st Gen S&W model 59 chambered in 9mm. Another great pistol with screw adjustable rear sights.

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Thank you so much. While I fall in the middle of the Venn diagram I never thought to connect the dots. Now I know what to look for with the examples you provided. Thank you again

In the beginning there was biketouring then someone needed to carry his bike on his back, maybe crossing a river or up a steep trail or on a race so he started using smaller bags that did not pertrude or interfered with his carrying his bike and he called this bikepacking, copied from backpacking. Then for some reason this got to be hip and everyone started using the same type of bags, no matter how inconvenient to carry stuff, even though they toured mainly on pavement and never had the intention of carrying their bicycles on their backs. In short, everyone now is a bikepacker when in reality they're just tourists/adventurers travelling by bicycle with smaller bags. Having said this I do agree there are many ways to acquire panniers, not just the flashy brands. Army surplus seems to be one cheap way, thanks for the tip, but it is not the only one. There are hundreds of companies, in China, US or Europe that make cheaper, good quality panniers. I have one such pair, made in England and they've lasted me many years, €100/pair. One last thing, just about every product we consume, good or bad quality, is made in China. One should not associate only bad quality with China.

My pannier 'racks' are old oven grill racks on swivelling clamps set off a seatpost rack. I also use Plce pouches as pannier bags and mounted a gas stove onto the main rack for fast brewups but in camp the rack comes off and becomes a kitchenette kinda thing with either or all fire/twin gas stove/gasifier/actual fire/suspended actual fire/gasifier options, Ey am how you say? Nyot nyormall. 😂

Thank you so much for this video!

I use a mix of stuff, all 4 panniers i bought were good quality and under £40/£50. I got the drinks pouches up front £6 each. I have 4. A day back of 30 litres cost £7 on eBay and I took off the straps to make a bag on top on the rear rack and up front on the bars, another bargain that was a utility belt pack with mollie and zip pockets each end held to the bars with a bungy cord. 2 Bar bags to finish off that hold bike tools and bathroom gear in one and navigation and gps phone on the other. I'm 220 miles in so far not counting local jaunts.

Love the part of the clip where all the dogs enter the picture 😂

They aren't waterproof, are they? How do you deal with that, if at all?

Thanx for this, super helpful indeed! Your best line: "salty crap that's got blood on it".

I think people may be going for the lightweight and waterproof stuff. How does Army surplus do in those areas? I'd gladly go in that direction! Thanks

I always look in the military surplus places for gear and such, yet in my area, the surplus stores are expensive, too. Several years ago I got a swiss army doctor's coat in perfect condition for 35 bucks, US. A similar coat now is over 200. bucks CA. 2nd hand goods flippers are getting in the midst and screwing us over, here. Maybe trying online surplus would be better.

Lmao, I did the same shit when my buddy invited me out on some Walmart mountain bikes. I had no idea how to ride and wiped out so many times. Props to your buddy for finishing, he took some wicked hits. Hope he sticks with it.