Our Wild Camping Setup for Bikepacking & Bike Touring // Cycling Around the World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- Whether we are wild camping, stealth camping, village camping or paying for a camp spot, we use our trusted setup to make sure we always get a good night's sleep!
Having now spent hundreds of nights in our tent over the past years, we have gathered a lot of experience and are constantly perfecting our gear-list where necessary. Our current setup is very versatile, allowing us to comfortably camp in temperatures of up to -10°C.
Overview:
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Our Tent
05:50 - Our Sleeping Bags, Liners & Sleeping Mats
10:28 - Camping Accessories & Sleeping Clothes
13:30 - How it's Stored on our Bikes
16:27 - Outro
Please remember, this is our camping setup and reflects our personal experiences and opinion!
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I use use a light weight nylon tarp to cover my bike (s) in camp and when shopping. It also makes a nice sun shade a porch roof for the tent. Split the tent and fly is a good idea. Keep the fly with quick and easy reach incase you get caught in a storm and put you and your bike under the fly. A wet tent can be difficult in the stuff sack that came with it. I use slightly larger stuff bag for fast packing and pull it out at lunch to dry. I'm not a fan of super light tents. or tarps they just tend to fail when you need them the most.
Si solo hablaríamos un solo idioma, gracias, que les vaya bien.
Us bikers can learn a lot from long distance cyclists! Great video!
Well done
Thanks for this verry interisting video!
Delamination of sleeping mats is a common problem, for this reason I personally use only Therm a Rest mats for there lifetime warranty. For ground protection I prefere a sheed of Tyvek hard structure what is way lighter and stronger, and it is relatively cheap. After years with down filled sleeping bags, I am done with down and changed from sleeping bags to quilts with a filling from Apex Clima Shield. I find this a lot easyer and the warmth to weight ratio is probably the best of all synthetic filling materials. Plus, this Quilts are instantly warm and don t need time to loft, it is washable and still warm even when wet or damp. With a Quilt I tend to sleep more comfortable and I save some weight.
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I'm a solo rider but like having a 2 person tent. I put all my pannier inside at night along with my electronics, cpap, water etc. I use my panniers as a back elevator so I'm not laying flat. I put them under my air mattress near my head and back. I like lots of room. My tent is large but lightweight at about 1 kg. When I pack up, I don't fold anything. I stuff. It's faster and works real well for me. I do fold up the air mattress though. Thanks for sharing your sleeping method. Love your videos.
1 kg is really good for a 2 person tent! Which exact model do you use?
@@louisaandtobi The Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL 2. It weighs about 2 lbs, 5 oz or about 1.05 kg. That's the packaged weight. The actual pitch weight is only 1 lb, 7 oz. I've been very happy with the tent and used it for 1100 km of a PCT hike and on a 12000 km tour. It's still holding up well. It's the lightest double wall tent I could find.
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Very useful information. Thank you.
thanks for the tips
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Thank you for sharing your tips.
Hey you 2. Super enjoying this and your other videos! Super helpful and love your low price utilitarian style! Comfort and practicality is where its at! (With a little whimsy thrown in. You it's guitar, me my knitting! ) I have a Kona Sutra Touring Bike. Because I tend to overload it, I have broken rear spokes. Double Arkel panniers tent on back and nothing on front. I am thinking I will switch to 36 spoke 700C wheels and carry some on the front with racks. Thanks for sharing and stimulating my revisions! Love your energy between the two of you and attitude attitude towards the adventures of life! Long, safe and happy may you roll!!
Definetly do carry more on the front. Back heavy is more popular because it’s, well… cheaper. You need a proper fork to carry decent weight in the front in panniers, but there are rear racks for all bikes. It’s also more common and traditional so there’s more ‘pressure’ per se, to carry on the back. But really any bike Can handle handlebar bags, randonneur front racks and bags, and even small fork bags. I got these newboler fork bags from china for 40€ both (3L), and they lasted well and I use them on all my bikes (touring, cyclocross and mtb).
It’s cheaper per liter to get a rear setup, but the front loaded handling is sooo much better most of the time.
I also strongly recommend bikepacking bags like the decathlon saddle harness and any frame bag. Cheers :)
Nice tend and a good video with fantastic advices. Thank you.
Really helpful. 👍
Expert reviews.
Great Advice for Us! Bicycle Touring is an interesting way to see a lot of new things. I'm also making Videos on Cycling Switzerland every *week in 4K QUALITY.*
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Nice!
Wow! The tent fits inside the panniers! I have to try that. Love your videos! 😁
Thanks 😊
Good job I am also traveler by push bicycle continue
Very good set up what I’ve noticed is that many couples and families that cycle tour all kind of pack the similar way i.e. Each person carries their own personal gear their own clothes and sleep system, maybe share the food and even split the tent. Even though they’re traveling together and going to the same place I found doing that way There was a lot of unpacking, especially setting up camp and then packing in the morning. The way I found that works is there’s three main categories food sleep system and clothes, so the way I’ve done it is I carry all the clothes for the three of us my partner, she carries all the sleep system, and our son carries the kitchen and food. Then each core system of our my bikes and my partners bike we carry everything we need personally throughout the ride that day ie camera gear, water, maintenance drones change of clothes for the climate change while riding so basically our core setup up is what we personally need during the ride..
Interesting idea re splitting the types of gear BUT how does that stop packing and unpacking? I split my rear panniers with one having clothes and things I need in the evening. The other has my sleeping bag, mat, chair, gas. Front panniers hold things I need on the go - first aid kit, tool kit, charging stuff. I leave room for food in these. Handlebar bag has valuables, logbook, maps etc. Tent tends to go on the back rack but can go in the pannier if need be. As the tent is nearly always the first thing to do at a site, having it on top is useful. My other half carries our kitchen - stove, pan sets, cutlery and glasses (yes, glasses -wine tastes better out of a glass).
@@thehairs1970 when it comes to packing solo i pack in section each bag a subject matter ie one bag cook system and food one bag clothe one bag sleep system .. regular ding family setup when we arrive my girlfriend bike is only one really unpacked … ie the sleep system which includes base camp clothes .. my bike bags is all clothes rarely get touched depending on season
Thanks for the feedback and insight. There are definitely a couple of good ways to sort camping, etc. gear on a bike. To us our way makes most sense, as we only need to open one pannier to setup the tent and can unpack the rest of our camping gear from inside the tent.
@@louisaandtobi we dont use any panniers at all . We use bikeacking setup the advantages suits us better than traditional setup ie easier on the trails easier on the hills and best of all a lot cheaper due to the weight getting on planes each bike and all gear is under 23kg
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Such an informative video! I am very satisfied with the quality of Decathlon in general, if you ever decide that you dó want a head pillow I would advise their memory foam pillow, it is almost as good as my tempur pillow at home, I even take it with me when I am staying in a hotel because usually its better than the hotel pillows. (But ofcourse it does take up space.)
Thanks for the feedback and the info about the pillow! 😊
I have an alarm on the side of the bike, which is especially good at night. Greetings from Estonia.
Thank you for the info nice video, I am 76 yrs old and just started bike touring and I am always looking for good advice on camping & bike touring, thank you for your info.
Glad you enjoyed it! All the best on your tours 😊
Nice video! I agree with your choice of tent ... and I also don't see the point of those expensive tents, that will last just as long as a cheap tent. I have a Naturehike tent, and I am super happy with it. Your tip to use a sleeping bag liner is great, I have to get one of those, that would really help me stay warmer at night. So thanks, and ... Buen viaje !
Thanks, and great that you could take something from the video! 😊
الدراجة الهوائية رياضة رائعة وجميلة جدا فيها تعب قليلا وهي جميلة جدا
Hi thanks for the videos, sorry that there is the moisture problem, perhaps the bag is too warm however definitely don't have water or wind resistant fabric on sleeping bags if always using a good tent, perhaps a foot only. And that is a big if! And that is the problem deciding to sacrifice the versatility. Also perhaps try hydrating more in the morning? Or perhaps all could be solved with a larger tapering tunnel tent that urltilizes chimney characteristics to cycle air through the tent the warmer it is inside the tent.
It’s probably a combination of several factors. The sleeping bag is very warm, the waterproof outer fabric doesn’t help and for sure a larger tent with more air circulation would help. But larger tents again have other drawbacks.
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Have you ever tried to connect your paniers to the rackback? I´m also using the ones from Ortlieb and you can easisly use the clips to fix the rackpack on the 2 paniers. I´m using the space between the paniers for placing my water.
Yea, Louisa clips her Rackpack to her panniers.
Good evening Louisa & Tobi. Thank you so much for your valuable insights as regards packing and equipment. To assist me in documenting my upcoming but not quite so ambitious tour, could you be so kind as to advise what Gopro mount you are both using on your bikes?
Hey, thanks! 😊 We use a GoPro “handlebar mount” paired with a “SP Gadgets Swivel mount”.
Hey loving the videos .how's the decathlon forclaz tent holding up a few months later. Thinking about getting the 3 man . Is it still waterproof and has it faded much .keep cycle dudes
It’s still holding up pretty well, waterproof, etc. Only thing is the zippers on the inner tent stopped working properly recently so we had them replaced here in Bolivia for $8, now it works great again. 😅 But zippers failing on tents seems to be a common problem, as we’ve seen it on tents from different brands as well.
Thanks for the reply 😊
I thought I was weird taking a ukelele with me but you seem to have a guitar on the back there! I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with that much bulk on the back. Is there a special mount that it sits on?
We built a special “guitar rack” for it. 😊
Hi guys. Thx 4ur postings. I'm looking for a bike. What type do u use? Trekking or mtbs? Thx
Hey, we use pretty classical touring bikes. Steel Frames, no suspension. We chose very simple bikes so that they’re easier to fix on the road. We also have bike review videos where we talk more about them.
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Thank you for this useful video. My question is what is the total weight of the bike with the cyclist, and thanks again
Our bikes weigh about 50-55 kg, depending on the amount of food and water we carry.
How do you deal with bugs, mosquitoes..?
We try to cover ourselves as best as possible with clothing / nets and use insect repellent.
What is your total cargo weight of all the items you are bringing with you to travel the world?
Our bikes weigh about 50-60 kg each, depending on how much food and water we’re carrying.
Ah ah, yes i do every thing differently! I use a folding bicycle because it can go easy on planes, boat, canoe, lancha, bus, taxi and ....waguin pull by bulls or horses ....if needed.
And it has been on all those modes of transportation !
I enjoy only tropical countries so i don t have that much sleeping gears. I don t also camp as much as you do. Rooms are cheap where i travel, between $5 and $10 on average. And i have gears to make cheap room very comfortable.
The front wheel is where all my luggages are.
The back wheel support my motor, gas tank, tools and everything needed to ride on flat roads as well on mountain ones and the electric cooler i like to have.
The center of the frame has the battery packs for the lights, the stainless juice bottle, the rain kit and feet holder because i like having my foot in high position. I also have a suspension spring for the seat. Makes a big difference.
I recently added the watercell x 4 liters to have a hot shower in the wild.
I will get a similar burning stove as yours because you made a good review about it and i already use gas and also the x folding pot to heat up the water for the shower.
I don t know when i m gonna travel again. Not vaccinated, i m a prisoner of my own country ! And i will never get vaccinated.........
I never get vac ether .. dont worry the world opening up again and there dropping their dumb rules .. i wont put any poison in to my body .. i had convid and my body took care of it
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Just noticed that your ground tarp is wrongly laid out.
Ground tarps are only really used for protection for your tent from the debris on the ground.
If...It rains, your ground tarp the way you have it laid out will just be a good rain water collector underneath your tent.
Thus you will wake up in a big puddle of water.
Instead...fold your ground tarp so that none of it sticks out past the tent, yet it still protects your tent from debris on the ground.
Don't feel bad, a lot of people make this common mistake when setting up the tarp in relation to the tent.
I hope you will see this obvious mistake and make the adjustment next time.
Or...continue to lay your tarp in the way you have, and experience the rain puddle underneath your tent next time it rains on you.
We don't mention it in the video, but as you can see at 0:58, for example, we do actually fold in the tarp at night. The front section of the tarp we fold out again in the morning though so we can stand on it / place things on it without it getting dirty from the ground. 😉
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👍 good stuff
For getting in and out of the tent a tarp makes a nice entry floor to keep from tracking dirt and leaves into the tent. If it looks like rain, you can tuck it under the tent. I have used my large heavy duty dry bag that travels on top of my rear rack, for an entry mat. I don't worry about puncturing it. The dry bag is also my washing machine on layover days.
Hi Guys, You seem to have lots of gear....50-60kgs fully loaded must be a handful? Spent half of my last trip around the Alps throwing non essential clothes and gadgets away...got rid of about 12kgs from my rig. Only pack what you need...not what might come in useful one time. How many spokes do you carry?
Our setups work really well for us and for the type of tour / work we are doing. 😉
We usually carry 2-4 of each spoke length we need, and the necessary tools to change them.
Music too loud; compare to voice narration.
Thanks for the feedback 😉
@@louisaandtobi Hey. The music is awesome and PERFECTLY balanced in all your videos!