Bikepacking the Hunt 1000 | Australian Alps
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2025
- We followed the 11 day plan from Bikepacking.com The Hunt 1000 up until Dargo where we then rode to Bairnsdale and caught the train to Melbourne.
This video shows a lot of the amazing scenery, tells the story of our ride and lists the gear that I brought.
Our stops:
Day 1: Canberra to Cooinbill Hut (119km)
Day 2: Cooinbill Hut to Derschko’s Hut (82km)
Day 3: Derschko’s Hut to Dogman Hut (93km)
Day 4: Dogman Hut to Omeo (99km)
Day 5: Omeo to JB Plain Hut (46km)
Day 6: JB Plain Hut to Dargo (98km)
Day 7: Dargo to Bairnsdale (86km)
Total distance: 623 km
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Some more pictures here:
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My bike: BMC Unrestricted AL 2 Gravel Bike
Tires: WTB 45x700.
Well done, boys. Nice adventure.
Great ride. Killer hills with 25kgs on the bike. Did you post your ride map somewhere?
EPIC!
Looks like a great trip. I flew out to attempt the Hunt last year but had to pull out due to an inflamed knee. The weather here looks much more ideal lol
@@chrisschuehle8138 Ah that’s devastating. My friend Simon was lucky that his knee didn’t flare up on the ride like it did in some of our practise rides.
Yeh, we really lucked out with the weather. The rain the guys experienced during the actual Hunt this year looked insane.
Nice video.
Get it done lads!
Nice vid gents, Munda Biddi next?
@@MDSTFT For sure, or would love to bikepack through Tas.
Nice video, tell me, if you were to do it again, would you change anything on your setup ?
Was actually very happy with the setup. We tried to be as minimal as possible which helped reduce the weight.
Next time I would just buy metal bottle holders because my plastic ones snapped. I would make sure we each carry a pump and have one that mounts to the side of a bottle holder.
Only other thing i’m considering changing would be to get a custom frame bag that takes up the whole section between the top tube and the down tube, one that has storage and a water bladder with a hose to drink from.
@masonfrench6189 sounds sensible. It looks like it was pretty hot and water resupply was sparse. Nice work 👍
So sick cheers for vlogging it. What was it like on your mental state? would've been pretty full on doing that many ks for 7 days straight
@@hypehoops Spirits stayed quite high overall. I think the good weather and abundance of food definitely helped with that. As well as motivating each other
First day was tough but after day 2 there was no turning back. And yeah, the first 4 days were pretty full on but we just made sure to keep ourselves moving. After that it mellowed out as there were cafes, more pavement and smoother roads.
It was a very rewarding feeling to have completed it.
@@masonfrench6189 nice job man.
What sort of training did you do to get through this? Are you roadies or MTB or gravel guys?
Well, not much to be honest. I used to be a mountain biker but stopped a few years ago.
Pretty much bought the gravel bike a couple months ago, did 4 practise rides around 80-90km, some road, some gravel. Had some major cramps on the first training ride but they never returned after.
My friend Simon rides about 5 km to work each day. I also rode to work a handful of times (20km each way).
So there was an element of risk of whether we’d make it or not, having never done any consecutive riding days.
Why take the drone, I didn’t see any shots