Bike packing trip

**Mark8408** · 10-20-2015, 20:38

Great video. I have a bike packing trip coming up in December and I am getting very anxious. Time is going very slow.

**Alamosa** · 10-20-2015, 21:14

Beautiful country. Looked like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.

**Floridahanger** · 10-20-2015, 21:40

Nice video. Would like to see more bike packing vids with bike rigs as well. Keep up the good work.

**Shug** · 10-20-2015, 21:58

That was mighty nice it sure was. What a backdrop)))))
Whooooooo Buddy.
Shug

**dirtwheels** · 10-20-2015, 22:46

Great video, you sure picked a fine spot! Looking to do my first bikepacking trip soon.

**Pingu** · 10-21-2015, 09:17

Originally Posted by Tumbleweed

Tell us more about the bike please. Model, weight, cost, mods???

Hi Tumbleweed.

my bike is a 2015 Trek Farley 8 with an msrp of around $3,500CAD. I bought it on sale for $3000 CAD in June.

Although I've not weighed it I would guess that it is around 28Ilbs or so. Pretty stock set up apart from tubeless wheels and changed the front chainring to help me on the hills when the bike is fully loaded up. Here is a review of the bike:

http://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/...-snow-and-more

The only other thing I have done is installed a Salsa anything cage for holding gear. http://salsacycles.com/components/ca.../anything_cage

and the bike bags I used for my travel are made by Blackburn designs.

http://www.blackburndesign.com/bags/...ollection.html

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Cheers

**Pingu** · 10-21-2015, 09:18

Originally Posted by OutandBack

Bikepacking at its finest. Thank you for sharing some parts of your trip.

Thanks OutandBack, glad you enjoyed it.

**Pingu** · 10-21-2015, 09:19

Originally Posted by Shug

That was mighty nice it sure was. What a backdrop)))))
Whooooooo Buddy.
Shug

Thanks Shug!

**Pingu** · 10-21-2015, 09:23

Originally Posted by dirtwheels

Great video, you sure picked a fine spot! Looking to do my first bikepacking trip soon.

Thanks dirtwheels. What bike are you using?

I changed up quite a lot of things from my first trip and planned out pretty much everything to take given that I was nowhere near the car once I got to my camp. Once things I forgot to mention in my gear list above is that I always take my Spot with me for safety.

Have fun on your first trip!