Two Year Kit Reviews - Bikepacking: Is It Worth It?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- Not so much a review of my knackered old mountain bike as a review of the whole concept of bikepacking itself. Includes a cycle to the Dartmoor Volcano and some intense biscuit opinions.
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Nice socks 😁. I love the idea of bikepacking but haven't been on a bike in years, would probably make very humourous viewing if videoed 🤣
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"Bloody good teamwork" indeed! 👏
A nice wee video, thanks. Now for newbies; any reasonably good mountain bike will do for a start. You will need a means of carrying gear, A seatpost rear carrier, a 20 liter drybag strapped on with a couple of straps will hold an amazing amount of gear. Add an 15/18 liter backpack and you are away laughing for the basics. Water can be a problem; 2 x 1 liter frame-mounted bottles would be just enough for an overnighter. More would be needed for the two days riding. Last, I really love my small tarp to sleep under, it measures 8 x 5.5 ft, weighs 275 g and can fit into small places and give just enough cover in wet weather to be comfortable.
Great advice! Thanks for watching :)
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Another great review! Thank you! The Northumberland national park is my closest wilderness. And anything worth seeing is a good 6 to 8 hour round trip but worth it. It would be a long journey home if my chain broke, as I wouldn't be so well prepared! Well done!
I'm totally not a bike person, but still found this such an enjoyable watch! Good biscuit talk too. 😉x
I’m one of those people who came to learn what the word meant, now I know more than I ever dreamed possible
Looks an amazing camp, top vid👍 don't use wd40 on your chain!!!
Buy chain lube🙂
Thanks for the advice... except I know full well that I will use neither and just eventually buy a new chain. Then let that rust into uselessness, too. I'm terrible. Ha!
If you have a nice bike it's worth buying some frame protection tape. Some of my bike packing bags have rubbed off some of the paintwork 😩. It was a fun trip. Thanks for having me! ☺
No, thank you! I would still be pushing my bike back now if you hadn't been there!
I've been holding off trying this, i have a mountain bike and i walk and camp on the moor regularly. So i thought about combining the two.......now you have. What are the thoughts about rear panniers vs strap a bag where it fits techniques? Im talking decent made for the job panniers not nipping to the shops types 🤔 Great advert for being prepared as well, i don't have a handy brother to take to fix my problems though, can you hire them ?
I reckon panniers would be okay on something like the track we did, but if you're going more adventurous and bumpy (e.g. Lustleigh Cleave), you'd definitely want a saddle bag thingy.
@@thedartmoorpodcast I hadn't considered the effects of bumpy terrain on the Panniers, that's a good point though 👍
I think I would like to pack the bike, arrange all my items in an efficient and ergonomic way, pack some tools, figure out a way to carry a machete, calculate how many peanut M&Ms I need to carry for extra energy and generally ensure I'm happy with my set up...
But there's no way in hell I'd actually ride the bike.... stupid contraptions!
Okay, I admit it, I'm seriously unfit, and a terrible cyclist 😬.
That's why I'm being cruel about bikes... because I'm a failure 🙄
Loved the video, as always.
Hello to younger, bigger brother 👋👍
Haha!
Looks like a lot of fun! Handy to cover so much ground so quickly!
Yeah, it was a good laugh! The ride home was very swift.
And buy a helmet
I know, I know!
Good advice. I've been an avid cyclist for over fifty years and recently fell off my bike on the way home from work, a route I've done a gazillion times. No helmet and banged my head quite badly. No permanent damage except a dent in the tarmac but now I wear a helmet literally everywhere I ride.