Tag: Bike Packing

My first season is winding down. I have one more overnight this weekend to round it out. I have built up a decent checklist for all the gear this year, which has been invaluable in not forgetting stuff! I keep it in Google Sheets, so I can fill it in on my phone, plus reuse…

This chair is so popular and so heavily reviewed it’s almost a cliche. I can’t really say more than others have about it. It’s a luxury to have a chair on the trail, but at my age it’s really nice to be able to sit down and relax at the end of a long day,…

As I researched bikepacking the folks with a lot of miles and a lot of nights behind them would often say “you can economize in a lot of ways, but if you have a little money put it in your sleeping gear.” Whether backpacking or bikepacking, it rings true that in order to have a…

Overtaking walkers and joggers is constant activity on cycling paths, and not all of them are paying attention. You can holler, which works, but I figured a bell would be a convenience. I found a very small one in the Spurcycle Compact Bell, which was important because I don’t have a lot of space left…

I am so stoked about my frame bags that even my stoke is stoked. Frame bags are definitely in fashion, but to be honest I hesitated a little on this purchase. They are perhaps the most expensive per liter of volume of any bag, for someone short like me. The problem is I like having…

The one big miscalculation I made on my first two overnights was a simple one: I underestimated the terrifying and relentless onslaught of mosquitos*. There where hundreds, or thousands, and for some reason they insisted on attacking my ankles. Then I discovered I don’t sleep well at all when my feet itch. Go figure. *…

My home on the road is the Nemo OSMO Dragonfly 2 Person Bikepacking tent. I had to buy this based on reviews but I am not sorry – this is a wonderful, easy, fun tent that lets me look at the stars on a clear night but has also protected me in an all-night torrential…

Even though I had done a lot of biking, and a little backpacking, I’ve never tried to carry or cook over a backpacking stove until this summer, so putting together a cooking kit involved a lot of research. I finally decided not to go the typical route with a gas-powered backpacking stove, and instead found…

Every few hundred miles a bike with a conventional chain needs to have the chain cleaned and lubricated or it will start to make ugly noises and resist you as you pedal. I picked this pair of chain cleaner and wax based on a comparison review and it works great. After a full cleaning and…