Warm/waterproof Columbia gloves I got on sale for colder trips, cheap rain pants with all the exterior pockets cut out, a free North Face Gore-Tex jacket with all the interior pockets cut out, polypro longsleeve, tights for sleeping in colder weather. The whole thing is way lighter than it looks.įrom roughly top left onward: Mountain Hardwear Ultralamina 32* bag, Henry Shires TarpTent Moment with 3/4 length Reflectix insulation (cheap at the hardware store!) for a pad, glasses, gloves, helmet, bottles, Pearl Izumi X-Alp Pro shoes, latrine shovel/TP/sanitizer, mesh bag for extra clothes. The rear-most strap to the saddle rails has a metal-buckle redundant strap so that all that stress isn’t handled solely by the plastic buckle. Most the straps in the photo stay with the rack, the bag is just a bag with a roll-top closure that interfaces with the strap system. It is tolerably light, very stiff laterally, and pivots up and down easily so the bag can come out. I ended up using the bottom half of a very old Specialized FSR swingarm, bolted onto an Axiom Trekker seatpost clamp, which replaces the blue clamp seen in the first photo when the saddlebag is in use. I have a Henry Shires TarpTent Moment, and while it’s light, it packs long (the sleeping bag and pad are also in there). Building on pro_out’s idea posted last year sometime, I decided on half rack/half bag, mostly because a typical saddle bag design is A) too complicated for me to sew with my ancient machine and B) I was trying to fit something almost 20″ long in there, not possible in most saddlebags. The saddle bag, otherwise known as “what the hell is that?”: The handlebar bag:ĭual-side roll-down closures a-la CDW, compression straps, and I also wish I’d made this one a little wider. It’s got an inner mesh pocket, the whole thing is seam sealed, and I wish I’d made it a little wider. I salvaged all the velcro/strappy bits from various other bags/storage contraptions. The frame bag, muddy from yesterday’s ride on the Hermosa Creek Trail: My friend Doom (Republic of Doom fame, he makes sweet stuff, check it out) hooked me up with some extra Gore-Tex, and I used it for all the bags. All three bags on my bike are handmade using an old cantankerous Japanese sewing machine I got at a yard sale. So far I love it, although I had to trim and sew all the straps (they allowed for much larger folks than I when they designed this thing). So far, no reason to do so…įor my back I’m using Osprey’s Raptor 18, from their Hydraulics lineup. Good on ya, Redline! If I “upgrade”, it will only be to a custom-built steel or ti frame, likely with the same geometry as my Monocog. Overall I love the ride this bike offers, even though the frame is sub-$500. If these continue to work as well as they have been I won’t even switch over to the 29er TCS tires when they are released! Obviously this is a single-speed frame, this is my first year back on gears after three spent riding SS… I have the sliders positioned so that chain tension is perfect in the 2ot, and I have two QuickLinks in the chain so that I can take out a section and create a SS in just a minute if disaster strikes the shifty bits. I built the DT Swiss/WTB wheelset, and currently am using the WTB Bronson up front and the Wolverine in the rear, set up tubeless. Fox F29RLC fork, Shimano XTR/XT/Blackspire 1×9 drivetrain, Paul chainguide with some custom grinder work to make the fit perfect. Redline Monocog Flight 29er chromoly frame, which has outlasted multiple friends’ carbon wonder-bikes. Well when I got home this evening and appears red color is 2007 model, dark blue is 2008 model, baby blue is the 2009 model (only year of this frame with corrected geometry for 80mm suspension fork).Personal setups, Ultralight / Singletrack » JoeyDurango’s DIY Bikepacking Setup by JoeyDurango Today I sat on a red Raleigh XXIX in Large size and rode it around the bike shop.instantly felt very comfortable and a great looking bike! I think that I like EBB best for chain tension adjustment.nice to not worry about rear wheel alignment or slipping. Don't think that my hands and wrists can handle a rigid fork off-road.Īfter much reading around it seems these are some of the top choices.Raleigh XXIX, Redline Monocog Flight, Haro Mary SS, Motobecane Outcast 29er, or? I want 29er wheels, preferably disc brakes, and a suspension fork.I realize that these bikes don't come with front suspension, but that can be added now or later. Looking at picking up a steel framed SS 29er for fun, simple, quiet riding on some of the light to medium trails.
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