Bikepacking gear upgrades for 2019
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Time for another guerilla-style bikepacking video! Awesome roads and a walkthrough of my 2019 bikepacking setup, what's new and whats old?
====== THE NEW BITS ======
Pro Discover Top Tube Bag
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Revelate Designs PRONGHORN Handlebar system:
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Revelate Designs EGRESS™ POCKET
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Fidlock Water bottle:
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====== THE OLD BITS ======
Apidura Expedition 9L
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Apidura Backcountry Frame Pack. 4.5L
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Fabric Cageless Tool Keg
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Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2 (Updated version)
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SeaToSummit Ultralight Sleeping pad
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====== THE FLAPPY KIT ======
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====== THE RIDE ON STRAVA ======
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This is a nice video. Very informative ,no loud annoying music and just a delight to watch , i can see why you love those roads .
i cant believe you do all that filming by yourself. That's simply the greatest gift to see you in your element. Looking forward to actually see the strava journey. Thanks for sharing.
I coudn't help notice the absence of cars on the road! Beautiful ride. Thank you for the video.
That beautiful lake road, so tranquil and well paved! 😍
I was trying to think of ways to mount my drone remote up there but now I have the answer, thanks!
Great video and greatly simplifies overnight trips for those who are clueless on where to start. Love what your doing, big fan.
Oh to be younger! My body is bit too achy to sleep on the ground now. But doesn’t stop me cycling or camping with a massive air bed. Another superb video.
Hey Tobias we love that you are a “bike gear nerd” not to mention increasingly skilled cinematographer. Oh and very creative on the top tube bag mod 😉
Your channel has been popping up for a while and I've avoided it because I knew as soon as I watched it I would need to quit my job, move back to Japan, and hit the road for some more touring. From Amami Oshima to Hokkaido and everything in between, it's such an amazing country to ride!
What a great production. Just ordered the final pieces of my first bikepacking setup 2020. So excited!
Thanks for the video!! Also, great sense of humor you've got there LOL!! Great setup ya got there!!
The fly on your camera was my favorite part haha.
Fern Hernandez he survived 🧐
Flash light and red lighting is important
Keep up the great work!
I do 2-day and 3-day tours 3 or 4 times per year. I just stay at B&B's. I don't need all this expensive gear, and this allows me to travel ultra-light. I also enjoy the hot shower and the dry room. I understand this would not be for the purist. I have done long-distance touring in the past with a 5-month trip being the longest and carried all the gear on the bike.
Awesome-looking ride, I'm jealous of the roads. And a good breakdown of the gear.
Bogdan Leonte cheers mate!
Last year my first serious bikepacking trip, I had my clothes in a very similar handlebar bag by Zefal (9 litres I think). Worked great. I will switch the top tube bag to a small frame bag and for that I will probably need a fidlock or something. There's always something new to learn from other people's experiences.
Didn't expect Japan to be so mountainous. Was shock when I visited. Majestic AF.
thanks a lot for explaining the drone controller mount
love the drone controller mount. Easy solution since I have extra GoPro mounts. Just have to decide whether or not to bring drone.
Overall yet another great video, but that open and closing sequence... OMG, brings back great memories and stirs the spirit! Definitely going to be getting back out there!! Thank you, mate!
Just say the word, and we ride! 👍
Soon! Getting there week by week.
I'm a simple person. When I see rides of Japan posts, I click and I like.
Amazing place to ride
I do a lot of stealthy camping in Kansai. I've woken up in some pretty precarious situations!
Yeah, when you set up camp at night, it can be difficult to know what's going to be going on when the sun comes up.
Good for a laugh later on in the day, though. Eh? After the shock/embarrassment wears off... lol
Brad Land yeah, I’ve yet to be told off by anyone... people are usually more curious than anything else :)
Always kick back, whack it on 1080p and chiiiiiiil when one of these appears. Class as usual. Love the bike packing micro adventures. Hikers out @ 4am, total weirdos! ✌️❤️
GoPro quality not quite up to snuff in 1080p but happy to hear you enjoyed it non the less, cheers 🙏
Thanks so much for this shows us what we are able to get and how it packs down
Fantastic quality video, they're getting better and better - a real pleasure to watch. Bravo.
Brilliant video! Love the bike packing set up. Comfort camping wins always!
Those shots at the end of the video: Unreal!
what a beautiful ride, and countryside!! so quiet and green !
The drone shots were great to watch.👍
Just commenting because it will help his channel. Bravo! Really nice vid.
Cheers!
A+ videos all around. Super informative and to the point. Really appreciate all the reviews and budget options. Very happy I found your channel. Keep the videos coming
Happy to hear that mate! Thanks for watching 🙏
I do live under a rock most of the time but I must applaud you on your drone controller solution. I thought someone else flew your drone as you ride along.
Hi, again! I’ve been binging Your videos recently! Love Your personality and the things You choose to share with us. I realzie this video is two uearts old, but wanted to note that MSR also makes the MSR Universal Canister Stand. It folds up small as well. Amazon has afew options made of plastic(?) that don’t fold, but probbaly weigh less.
it would be great if you show us everything you´ve packed and how is distributed . cheer
Nice video, thank you !
Especially I'm impressed with your sense of color combination (bike, gear, and bike wear).
自転車 | ハッピーバイク | happy bike |
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Ride and fly?!?!? Mind=Blown 🤯.... 👏👏👏
Love your channel. Come to Oregon and I'll show you some amazing bikepacking.
Greg H cheers mate 🙏
rip gas canister, I like the diy mods you do to make the gear work for your bikepacking setup
Sean Soon rip indeed! Cheers!
Wow - what an amazing ride. I want to put this place on my list. As a bit of a gear nerd myself I have some of the same camping gear..... I've switched to an enlightened equipment sleeping bag (actually more of a quilt) - love it. Keep on riding.
another top quality video, full of good information and beautiful roads, 10/10
Josh Greaves cheers mate 🙏🙏
I think Fidlock drink kit is the most cool accessory bought for my struggle machine. When you need a short trip I can just leave both flasks at home and enjoy almost clean frame (e.g. easy for shouldering w/o any interfering cages).
Hi there,
Loving your videos. Very informative and useful for me. Thanks and I look forward more, thanks again.
Excellent video and scenery.
#thesupplelife :) thanks for the shout! Also, super pro remote mount!
Thanks for the awesomeness video! Looking to start bike packing and this really helps and makes me want to start sooner 😁
your videos feel really calming, I really like them!
I was wondering why I found your text hard to read. I thought it was the colour or font, but it is because it is in all caps. I really struggle to take in info in all caps. Studies have proven that this is true for most viewers. Great channel.
Riding and flying at the same time!!!! 🤯🤔😃I need it
Love the video, thanks for all the effort you put into your vlogs. Very informative as well. Keep up the great work.
Kingaroy Kid cheers mate! 🙏
really love this kind of bikepacking video. you should do more!!!
Great vid, great drone ‘footy’ as well. Tack.
Greatest drone shots I've seen on your channel so far, and what a beautiful scenery and road! I'm a flatlander, not really good at climbing plus a fourteen kg heavy bike, but nevertheless I envy you for having such landscape near your hometown.
Me and my brother are hoping to do a 3 week tour around Japan next summer. We'll be staying at hostels and hotels rather than in tents though. That top tube bag looks very useful!
Sound like an awesome trip! Good luck!
Have you considered rivnuts for cleanly mounting frame bags (no straps)? Or making your own bags and other gear? Old sewing machines can be fine (see "vintage Japanese sewing machines" - beautiful). And it's amazing what you can do hand sewing with a simple needle, thread, and a few basic stitches (good YT tutorials on these).
Not considered that no. Don't have the time and I'm not doing enough bike packing to warrant doing something custom. Never know what the future brings though.
Always high quality content! Great footage ,deep jokes! Much respect , keep it up!
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Great vid as always! Thought I might never start bike packing, but you got me interested...
Tobias Tesching yeees!! 🤙
Thanks so much for sharing another great video. The area west of Chichibu looks like some of the most inaccessible and therefore some of the nicest and car free riding of anywhere, but it's so tough to get to from close to central Tokyo. I'll have to try bike packing as well or at least stay somewhere overnight but I'll definitely try the lake side road this year!
Very cool stuff, very beautiful video, good luck in new trips! Good luck from Russia!
Stanislav Kovalchyk cheers mate! 🙏
Nice view, nice gear , nice ride 👍
I have the same camping gear , great choice✌
I don't know what to say...... Maybe....I want your life! Bloody beauti mate. I have never thought about bike packing, but may be I might now.
Ravin Premji haha, never too late to start!
I use to camp a lot as a kid but had a 20year break, then I picked up a tent again 2-3 years ago... best way for mentally recharge 😌
Very good video. Good luck with future endeavours.
Nice gear and view. I'm jealous.
Love your channel bro and the drone controller mount is Dope ! 🤘🏻
Cheers mate!
Awesome view of the mountain. thanks for sharing.
shout out the Path Less Pedaled! If Open isn't giving you some sort of comp, they totally need to. Your videos have to have sold at least 1000 Open UPs
Very nice place for cycling and very informative video for bike riders! Thank you!
Good LORD, what a road! Holy cow!
thanks for the inspiration
Yeah, I heard that int'l shipping from Revelate was crazy ex! Instead, I purchased my Revelate bags from a dealer in Australia. Not sure if I am allowed to name him here but shipping from Oz to Singapore was very reasonable!
There’s a few stores here in japan selling very limited amount of revelate gear, usually only frame and seat packs. The premium they put on though it’s just as cheap to fork out for the international shipping depending on the product.
Nice video! That drone footage is getting 👌
Great gear and a well produced video! Japan is stunning. I use your bikepacking tips and a similar setup for commuting purposes. Just curiously, what do you use for a bicycle lock for overnight?
Robert de Wit cheers!
If anything a small cable lock, but honestly I’m not worried about anyone taking the bike when camping up in the mountains unless the deers starts riding 😜
@@ridesofjapan You never know :P Good stuff! Thank you and keep up the good work.
Wow! Awesome! Great video - thanks for sharing! 😍
HedgehogPlus1 thanks for watching! ✌️
Thank you for feeding my eyes. Beautiful video, informative content.
I gotta check out that route some day!
Thanks for sharing man I am totally jelly
Awesome video! Would you like to make a video about bike packing on a folding bike? Folding bikes are badass and amazing because they can be packed onto a bus train or playing to a location where they can be on folded and pedal on a bike packing adventure. Everybody has a video about Road, gravel and mountain bicycles but very few people are actually covering the advances in technology and popularity folding bicycles.
Ken Drew cheers mate!
Thanks for the suggestions, always appreciated!
But to be honest I don’t have any personal interest in folding bikes so the chance of me making videos about it is pretty slim.
(Nothing against folding bikes, just not on my radar)
@@ridesofjapan you're welcome and I totally understand that! Being from California, the birthplace of mountain biking, I had always been into mountain bikes. Specifically, hard tails. However, When I move to Thailand 7 years ago I noticed people riding these funny-looking clown bikes around called folding bikes. Due to Thailand's affordable and convenient train and bus system, I bit the bullet and bought a folding bike. I'm happy to say I have not gone back to full size since then! It's the bike that can literally go anywhere and do almost anything besides downhill. Here's a video of some Travelers going through Sri Lanka. th-cam.com/video/u42VjnEI9Ho/w-d-xo.html Hope it converts you ;) I really enjoy your videos.
Great video,,,,inspiring to a newbie ..thanks
Grand vid & nothing better than a 650B OPEN for bikepacking! #relentlesssimplicity
Krayberry can’t do anything but agree, although it was pretty overkill for this route :)
please tell me more about the mount of your drone controller. please! :)
nicola totaro here you go: th-cam.com/video/PtbefZyIzDw/w-d-xo.html
Nice hack with the controller for the Drone. Can i see it closer? Would like to have one made like that ;-)
Headed to Japan as soon the country opens. Riding the 3T Exploro with some bike packing kit for short hops. Great video and excellent road you were on. Can you tell me where and the name? I missed the link and would love to check it out. Thanks!
Dave Hoover check the strava links in the description.
Note that this road is closed now because of land slides.
Do you put transparent frame protectors on the bike to prevent the straps scratching and rubbing the paintwork?
Correct
Fantastic footage as always
Great video. Is your drone housed or carried in that controller module you mounted on your stem? And how many teeth in your front sprocket? Yes, seriously :) I am thinking of converting my MTB trainer to a bikepacker. Those tires you are running, I looked at them online last week and liked them, but am thinking that the nubby parts will wear down faster than a smoother tire, and that a smoother tire will offer a more efficient ride VS any tire with nubbies or other "traction" devices. Best traction (and least rolling resistance) on dry pavement requires smooth rubber. I do still want 1.75-2.00 tires, regardless.
The Drone I carry in the frambag.
Chainring is 42t
Cheers!
Will be cool if you have a drone docking station on a pannier behind. Then you launch it as you are riding from your drone control at your handlebars. Like a destroyer launching a helicopter to hunt submarines.
Haha, that would be something to behold 👍
Amazing setup. Well done
Radical video! Keep them comjng
I mean the roads are so nice in Japan
Crystal blue persuasion
Great video but I want to know what you do with your bike when you are sleeping? How do you keep it secure?
It's Japan.
Yes, like reginator said, it’s japan.
If I’m not camping at an official camping ground I’m usually in some remote spot in the mountains where nobody comes through especially at night. So the bike I lay down just behind the tent... if you’re really paranoid you can tie one tent line to the bike, that would wake you up if a dear try’s to steal the bike ;)
@@ridesofjapan Or if you're extra extra paranoid. You could get a slightly bigger tent and put your bike inside and sleep with it :O!
@@Scottx125Productions Peg the bike up and put the tent over the top.... LOL
I really like all your vids
swampymaan cheers mate! 🙏
Why people are wearing caps under the helmet in a hot weather? Isnt it redundant layer that stops fresh air?
As I’m very “mature” in the hair department, it fills two important functions, it soaks up sweat, keeping it out for my eyes and it protects my dome from the sun. As I’m missing the top fur I don’t overheat easily either.
Good question. Being older you get burned on your dome piece with less hair. They do indeed keep the sweat out of your eyes as well, win-win. Usually I just ride with the cap and no helmet unless someplace like NYC, but what Rides said is spot-on. I prefer merino wool caps, you can soak them and wring them out like a rag, and they don't start to stink like other caps lol
Excellent 👌
You might want to check out the Tailfin Aeropack- light weight and much more stable than the seat bags that tend to sway when you climb out of the saddle
Hello, thanks for the video. I have a question. The blue handlebar bag seems to be pressing the cables too much. Is it alright even for multi day trips or damaging to the cables?
Kamal Gola in my case I don’t use any cables (wires) only brake hoses. I have just enough slack so the bag don’t “pull” on the hoses. But it’s definitely I thing to watch out for, especially is you use wired shifting/brakes.
Cheers.
HI Rides of Japan, I know it is an old post but I have been looking at the way to attach the drone remote to the handlebar and I can't figure it out. what do you mean when you say you have hacked. How do you attach it together? they are both the same size fitting aren't they? thank you so much for your help.
th-cam.com/video/PtbefZyIzDw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dRa15YnCbns3ZRBn
Beautiful place to go bikepacking! Got me seriously curious about japan, any chance you might share the road you went on? Strava records or gpx? Just finished a 5 day tour myself in Denmark a couple of weeks ago, fantastic way to relieve yourself of the duties of everyday life, and get back in touch with the essentials. Thanks for inspiring thousands, would love to see more bikepacking videos :)
Viktor Nordahl Bäcklund cheers mate!
Check the description for strava links 👍
Hi there,
Great video - again - thank you so much! Could you share / create a video what kind of food you are taking for a 2-day trip? From energy gels to dry freeze food?
Quick answer is HARIBO and Ramen :)
Restock at convenience stores are never far away in Japan.
awesome stuff!