Re:In Case You Ever Want to Unicycle 21,000 Miles
by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:32PM
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Most bikepacking communities rightly warn against wearing a backpack. If you want a bikepacking setup, there are frame bags and seatpost bags to hold all your gear without you having to lug all that weight on you, which is such a drag after just a couple of hours in the saddle.
Re:In Case You Ever Want to Unicycle 21,000 Miles
by alistairSH on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:14PM
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Absolutely, but if that’s what you have (and most will), you can probably manage an overnighter without buying more gear.
Bike-packing is the lighter-weight, mixed-terrain version of traditional on-road bicycle touring.
It's quite accessible. Just need a bike, a map, and a backpack with camping kit. Of course, some of us get crazy with counting grams and trying to mix in gnarly terrain.
I do a few trips each year, usually 3-day weekends within a few hours drive of home. Some are mellow on groomed gravel with my wife. Some are more extreme with friends on mountain bikes.