How to pack bike for bikepacking
How To Pack Your Bikepacking Bags
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oh hi there
what's up my bike packing buddies this
video is
all about how to pack your bike packing
bags
i've done a lot of videos about which
gear you should bring for different
adventures and i'll link those down
below
but this video is all about how you get
all of this stuff
onto your bike
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i want to start off by saying that bike
packing is a little bit different than
bike
touring bike touring usually means that
you're riding on
roads and it's smooth and it's flat and
your bike's not getting
rattled around on an off-road trail and
when your bike touring
you have big fat panniers on the front
and the back
and you can bring quite a bit more stuff
than bike packing by
packing you really want everything to be
snug on the bike
and streamline so when you're on
off-road trails your bags aren't
bouncing all over the place
oh look at this big old thing i've also
done many
bike tours with a trailer and
they're pretty cool they're super simple
they're easy to attach
to the back your bike all of your stuff
is in one
spot and it really moves smoothly
behind your bicycle i don't use this
anymore because really
it's just more to deal with if you're
flying somewhere with your bike
you also have to fly with a trailer it's
also an extra tire that can go
flat and it just is just too much stuff
i don't need this much stuff i really
pack
lightly these days so this trailer is
now used mainly for grocery shopping
one of the main reasons why i've gotten
into bike packing more over the last
five
years is that it's just more fun i like
dirt i like mountain biking i like
camping
in the middle of nowhere and the biggest
thing
is it's a lot safer when your bike
touring you're on roads
roads scare me cars scare me but when
you're bike packing like let's say in
baja you're out there in the middle of
nowhere and you're not going to get run
over
that's a nice piece of mind if you're
new to my channel i will link below
all sorts of bike adventures from all
over the world
and the goal with my channel and all of
my content is simply to inspire people
to challenge themselves
and just have a great time outside in
mother nature oh
man it feels so good to be here if
you're new to bike packing i totally
understand
that gear can be very overwhelming
there's so many different brands with so
many different
lightweight trinkets and cool things to
buy but my advice for you
is don't get worked up in all that stuff
buy what you can buy what you can afford
go to your local outdoor shop
talk to them they know best my very
first bike adventure when i rode my bike
from honduras to boulder i just
patched together whatever i could find
and i was just
fine don't get caught up with all the
people online
talking about gear and measuring grams
and weight and all that stuff
you'll just go down an endless rabbit
hole and it'll make you crazy
all right let's start with the frame
pack and this is where you're going to
want to put
most of your heavy stuff and why is that
well when you're on off road trails or
single track and it's technical
you want your weight centered it's just
easier to maneuver your bike
if you put your heavy stuff back here
it's going to swing around and you're
going to fishtail
so you want the heavy stuff right here
oh and big stuff like
your bike pump per se want to see what's
in here let's
find out all right let's see one can of
beans
two can of beans three four
five six seven is there one more
yes eight you obviously don't need that
many cancer beans
on a bike trip but it just goes to show
how much can fit in these bags you know
it looks kind of small but it really
if you have a wide one you can fit a ton
of stuff in there
frijoles people ask me all the time
about nutrition on my bike trips and
really i eat
a lot of beans and tortillas bean
burritos i love them
you get a lot of protein a lot of carbs
they're easy to pack
and here's another one i get this
question all the time i do not bring a
stove on my bike packing trips i
never have these are really easy to make
without cooking you just open it up pour
it in a tortilla
bam you've got breakfast lunch or dinner
cheers buddy cheers
eeny meeny miny which bag should i talk
about next
mo the seat pack is really big mine
holds 15 liters
and this is where i put all of my
sleeping stuff my sleeping bag my
sleeping pad my puffy jacket all of my
clothes this is like my dresser drawer
right here and once i get it packed and
locked up
i pretty much don't touch it for the
rest of the day
while i'm riding i only open it up when
i get to camp
and i set up my tent and everything
peekaboo you want to see how i pack this
thing
i start with my sleeping bag and i ram
it in all the way to the back you want
as much of the weight up here as you can
again
put it toward the center of the bike
next up sleeping
pad and it really helps to grunt
in these situations it's like playing
tennis and you just gotta kind of
scream as you're ramming it in there and
i'd like to make a point that
packing bike packing bags takes time
you're gonna have to figure it out
you'll do it
and you realize nah that's not quite it
you take it all out you do it again
you go on your trip every single day you
learn a little bit more about where you
want different things so you don't have
to completely nail this
the first time it just has to close up
and then you're good to ride your bike
and finally puffy jacket and extra
layers
just put it all in there and you'll see
pretty quickly that the bag
starts filling out like that and you can
start
wrapping it up making sure it's nice and
tight again if you're mountain biking
you do not want this swinging around
roll it up like a burrito squeeze all
that extra
air out of there i like to clip
my flip-flops on the back here because
they're usually stinky and i don't want
them inside the bag
getting my clothes all stanky
just like that ta-da moving on
can you guess what is in this little
pouch
right here i will give you three seconds
maybe it's something red
or something blue
just kidding this is absolutely not
where i keep my shaver
i don't need it to be that accessible
this is where i keep
my sony camera this is my main camera
the rx100 mark 7.
i keep it here because it is so easy to
get in and out of
while i'm riding my bike let's say
there's a dog chasing me or something
very spontaneous and momentary and i
want to capture it on film
keep it right here just so i'm quick
drop bam i got you
but wait there's more this is also where
i keep
my fork and knife so i don't need to use
disposable plastic when i go to a
restaurant all right let's talk about
the front of the bike
and this handlebar bag right here is
great and again you're going to want to
put stuff in there that you're going to
use
throughout the day so what do i have in
here
you know i love my drone gotta have my
drone in there i usually have my mavic
mini in here but it's up for repair
right now so this is the mavic
air if you do put your drone up here you
really want to pad it because these
things
are very very delicate i also have
my rain jacket you never know when it's
going to rain you want to be able to get
it quickly
i also have hot sauce because well you
know
i love hot sauce this might be also
where you want to keep a little bit
of toilet paper this is where i keep my
water purifier pen
and sunscreen all right under my
handlebar bag
is my tent and the great thing about
tents these days is that they are
tiny and lightweight i mean check this
thing out it would fit between
drop bars i ram mine under the brake
cables right here and i just velcro it
to the handlebar it's really really
tight it's not going anywhere
and if you're somebody who likes
carrying more stuff or you're bike
packing in the winter
you might want to look into one of these
type bags
one of these big front rolls where you
could carry just a lot more stuff
i am a very lightweight bike packer so i
don't bring much
i don't use this very often but let's
say i was going to alaska
i would definitely use something like
that okay
since we're at the front of the bike
let's talk about these bags
right here they're great for carrying
water bottles again you're riding you
can just get it in and out
i also you know me i film a ton so this
is where i keep
my gopro i also keep power bars and
gels and other extra batteries things
that you want to get at
really quickly and you'd be surprised
how much this holds i think i rammed in
15 click bars once i'd like to talk a
little bit about
documenting your adventures you all know
that i do it a lot and
more and more people are starting
youtube channels or they just
want to make cool videos to show their
family and friends and so we're all
traveling with small
cameras nowadays and my biggest tip is
that you want to keep your stuff
accessible if it's at the end of the day
and you're tired
and you're like oh it's a beautiful
sunset but i don't want to deal with
getting my camera out of the back of my
bike it's
zipped in three different pouches you're
probably not gonna do it
so keep your stuff easily accessible
right up front i also forgot i keep this
little tripod
up here and that's how i you know i
stopped set up the tripod ride my bike
in front of it
it's exhausting but it makes your videos
a lot cooler also i have this little
clamp here now and so sometimes i keep
my gopro
right here so it's even quicker access i
just grab it and turn it on
and sometimes i take the gopro and i
stick it on my helmet and i just
try to get every different angle while
i'm documenting because
it just makes the final product more
dynamic
don't worry little guy we're not going
to forget about you this is the final
bag
and this little seat bag is where i keep
most of my tools i've got
tire sealant in here tubeless tire
repair kit what else do i have in here i
have a
air cartridge i even have an extra tube
and there's even more in there
there's my little multi-tool let's talk
about water
hydration is one of the most important
things when you're doing any type of
exercise yes i know beans are important
but water is even more important where
do you put water bottles well
i like putting two up here that's way
i have easy access while i'm pedaling i
can grab my bottles
if i'm somewhere like the baja divide
where i don't even have
access to water for three days no rivers
nothing then you really got to bring a
lot of
extra water so you pack some of these
these big ones
you can put them on your forks you can
put them
right here again there's no exact
answer to this at all depends on the
adventure
that you're going on this is not a gear
video telling you
exactly what you need to bring on a bike
packing trip
you know what you need essentially first
aid and food and water
and sleeping systems and all that kind
of stuff it's all about just
where you put those things but i will
talk about something
that i get questions about all the time
and it is ryan do you bring
a lock and the answer is no i've never
brought a lock on any of my bike tours
and it's mainly because you don't really
need it
you know i run into a grocery store or a
gas station i put my bike out front
and i've never had any problems it's
also
an opportunity to make a friend if
there's somebody in front of the grocery
store you can say hey
hey kid i'll give you two bucks if you
watch my bike or
a lot of times you can bring your bike
in the store if you just
ask nicely and at campgrounds and places
like that
i mean you're sleeping right next to
your bike the chances of it getting
stolen are
are very slim of course it could happen
but it's just not something that i feel
is necessary especially since
they are heavy alright i hope you found
this
informative and helpful if you have any
more questions please write them down in
the comments section
and i will get back to you the most
important thing
is just to go out there and have fun
riding bikes is fun right we all know
that
you'll slowly get the hang of it as you
pack and repack and pack and pack it
back and back you'll get it i promise
so thank you for watching please like
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below adventures
from all over the world that will help
inspire you
to hit the road
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