Touring Equipment

The chrome fork have no rack option.

Guess that answer your question.

Super packable, half decent, lightweight bivvies.
I know I should search, but give me a hand and I'll love you for ever.
Next tour/ adventure is to the TDF, where we'll be attempting to wild camp somewhere.

Hi tourists. Can anyone suggest a cheapo version of this? They don't need to be waterproof, we've got Ortliebs, but I'd really like different colours so it's easier to find stuff.

I'm sure I can find some cheap shoebags or something in whatever the equivalent of Woolworths is these days, just thought I'd ask in case anyone's got any top tips.

just bought one of the alpkit dry bags that has tabs to attach it to your rack. For £8.50 and with free postage its a bargain

Super packable, half decent, lightweight bivvies.
I know I should search, but give me a hand and I'll love you for ever.
Next tour/ adventure is to the TDF, where we'll be attempting to wild camp somewhere.

Are you heading up to Yorkshire or over to watch it in France? Me and a friend are cycling up from the west country, through shropshire and then up to the dales. If anyones got any suggestions on routing it would be great.

Super packable, half decent, lightweight bivvies.
I know I should search, but give me a hand and I'll love you for ever.
Next tour/ adventure is to the TDF, where we'll be attempting to wild camp somewhere.

Alpkit hunka?

Yorkshire, leaving from Nottingham.
If you find yourself over our way, it'd be great to ride up.
Only got the two days off, so not going to make the Saturday, but hopefully watch the Sunday as they near Snakes Pass.
We'll be super-lightweight bike packing on road bikes.

Alplit dry bag.

I uses one of those for my tent and sleeping matt. It's totally waterproof. Spend hours some days in pissing rain and no issue. The tabs are very strong too, good quality.

Thanks all for bag recommendations. Think we're pretty much sorted for kit, finally - just waiting on delivery of a couple of things (like bungee mesh). The table is AWESOME.

Now to work out if we can fit it all on the bike...

Alpkit hunka?

I'd second that. Happy with mine, especially for the price.

And/or a rack mounted near the dropout in addition to mudguards.

Cheap, small dry bag for a pair of shorts, t-shirt and pair of shoes I could strap to my handlebars?

Carrier bag

Or Alpkit Airlock Xtra for under £7
3 litres - 25 cm x 22 cm
5 litres - 35 cm x 23 cm

I'd second that. Happy with mine, especially for the price.

Presumably OK for decent-ish weather but a bit miserable if it is a night in the pissing rain? Do you use a tarp as well?

No tarp, no mat (not that cold).

Might be miserable if it's raining although the big 'hood' makes it quite easy to wrap your face up in and out of the rain. I guess it depends if you're after proper sleep, or just something to crawl into for 3-4 hours for a bit of a snooze before getting going again...

Super packable, half decent, lightweight bivvies.
I know I should search, but give me a hand and I'll love you for ever.
Next tour/ adventure is to the TDF, where we'll be attempting to wild camp somewhere.

The Alpkit jobbie is fine.

Wild camping on the way to TDF you'll be fine. Happy to outline where we wild camped.

Pretty sure lots of the weights are wrong but there was a field in the spreadsheet I downloaded so quickly googled weights for each component.

How does this look for a Surly Straggler commuter/on and offroad light tourer (would get knobbly tyres for the offroad stuff, maybe Surly 41mm Knards)?

I can get discount on Surly, Shimano and Hope (although I'm not 100% how much yet), the potential (if the quoted weights are correct) over building the above bike over getting the OTP Straggler is 10.3kg vs 11.9kg (although the difference in tyres make up 720g of that).

After building it I'd be looking at a Bigtop bar bag and a low rider pannier rack set up.

y u no get 'guards?

Cause 41mm tyres won't fit with 'guard.

Sorry, forgot to add, guards will come when I get the racks/panniers/bag.

It will be Grand Bois + mudguards for road riding and knobblies no guards for offroad.

I'm pretty clueless about which guards and rack to go for at the moment but I'll start researching them a little closer to when the bike is ordered. I've got a bike fit mid August so not much is going to happen before then.

Who was after cheap drybags?

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CCPDASLD/pod-airstream-lite-drysac?utm_source=The+Planet+X+and+On-One+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=55049d0697-290614&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_561486488b-55049d0697-271644977

Amazing! thanks doppel! cheap straps too

Rats! It was me but I caved and bought some Nike shoe bags from Sports Direct. Curse my impatience.

So, that waterproofing spray I bought for my tent? Let's just say it didn't work quite as well as I'd like. I'm currently sitting in a toilet cubicle surrounded by all my wet belongings. I am so cold.

Man, I feel for you.
We had it easier when our situation went south this weekend, the pic was taken from the steps of a cozy cabin.

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Sorry, forgot to add, guards will come when I get the racks/panniers/bag.

It will be Grand Bois + mudguards for road riding and knobblies no guards for offroad.

I'm pretty clueless about which guards and rack to go for at the moment but I'll start researching them a little closer to when the bike is ordered. I've got a bike fit mid August so not much is going to happen before then.

The Tubus Logo, while spendy, is a fantastic rack due to its lower center of gravity and generous heel clearance.

http://www.tubus.com/product.php?xn=2