oh yeah, you need the bottom for the bungee. hmmm…
If there’s bosses at the dropouts then maybe you can mount a separate piece there.
Oh, yeah, that’d be pretty easy to make. It might have to be custom because I don’t think that the position of anything rack bosses are at all standardized. I’ll sacrifice some of my tubing and make one up in the fullness of time.
“This bikepacking setup doesn’t have enough bungees.”
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Does it go on to explain why its not a contradiction?
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So you’re proposing turning lowrider racks into high rider racks?
I see it more as a midrider
We have a crap-load of swing-bridges over here and panniers are just too wide. You can always take them off and go back and forth but its a pain.
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Too wide or too low? (The bases of) anything cages stick out as far as racks do, and the pictures I’ve seen of luggage packed into them has them sticking a long way out.
Those round bags don’t help the volume to width ratio either.
Good point. Too wide, down low. Ive not thought about how the anything cages go in this scenario, but if you think about it, the only way to do these bridges is by “monoing” with the front wheel completely off the ground, so you are pushing your bike at 90 degrees. So in this scenario your anything cages, assuming they are mounted to the front fork are up high and more out of the way. Piccie for reference Rich Woods on Instagram: "TA Day 9: Hit the highest point we'll reach on the North Island today as well as the centre of the island too! This meant a lot of climbing to about 990m, mainly on singletrack 😥 An interesting bridge also featured which put a hole in my shorts, luckily nowhere crucial. Once we reached the top, we had around 30km of timber trail to descent to hit, which was insanely fun even loaded up and with 38mm tyres. Pleased to say I passed a few full sussers on the way down 👌 Views of the forest were also brilliant, and the timber Lodge provided some great food and accommodation to end the day. Safe to say my hands bloody hurt now, but the best day of riding so far!"
I made myself this style of framebag for my Divide section ride last summer, and the buckles weren’t really annoying because they cinched up nice and tight against the bag but the dangling bits of strap were super annoying and brushed my leg constantly while pedaling. trimmed those down and then it was all good
if I had to get one off the shelf I’d almost certainly go with the Porcelain Rocket one, totally waterproof/welded is a big fuckin sell
edit with photo of me and the whole bike (was having a much better time than I looked like I was):
can kinda see the general idea of the framebag, I made it way too wide I think but it was really nice to be able to just cram it full of food and not really have to worry about how to tetris all my shit together
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That is a really neat thingy. Such a useful little doodad, I am really impressed.
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It works very well.
So clean!
Shakedown ride yesterday thanks to a most excellent route from @theKearney. A few takeaways:
- The Rockgeist system for mounting bags is so sick. Turned this from feeling like I’m pedalling a series of garbage bags, into I’m pedalling a bicycle again which was super nice.
- The rack @Orc built for me is completely awesome. It’s even better than I hoped. It does exactly what I want it to do, and is very strong (despite looking flimsy). Dropper post action is balleur. I love it.
- A mud splash guard under the downtube would not be a bad idea. I had the biggest tires and could cross the most terrain and descend WAY faster than absolutely anyone (you don’t know Tommy but I caught up and passed him on a long gravel descent which is saying something) but I was far more dirty than anyone at the end too.
- Full framebags are more awesome than I expected. The Revelate bag here did a couple things I didn’t expect which results in a great deal of usable space. Very clever. I’m already redoing my water system. I wish I had splurged on a custom bag to fit my full triangle, guess I’ll just smash a spare tire in there instead.
- That rubber thing holding my glasses on my face is pretty choice. Good job me for getting it.
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So if I’m looking to put together a 4-5 day pukebacking route from Seattle in late September, what’s my best bet? I like big-ass mountains and tall trees, beyond that, I’m kind of open to anything. I guess I’m looking for a "greatest hits for someone who’s never been to Seattle.
Maybe a portion of the Olympic 420 trail?
Might be some Type 2 fun. Warning that September is prime Wildfire season
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That looks super cool and real hard. Are there decent ways to cut through the park/national forest as a means of cutting it short or is it something I’d have to out and back/public transport back to Seattle? And that wildfire thing is something good to keep in mind, thanks!
That said, if need be, I think I’d realistically have a week and change to work with, if need be.