Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

Gotcha! Cheers, will take a look.

Frame bag to fit to a CAAD10?

That's really going to depend on the size of frame that you have. The CAAD10 comes in 7 different sizes. This is the part where you need to do some work.

Upthread there is a link to most of the bikepacking manufacturers around the world. Pretty much all of them will publish dimensions of their products. Take some corresponding measurements for your frame and see which manufacturers make something that will fit and make a decision from there.

Edited to add, you will have to take your own measurements as the technical specifications from the manufacturer won't include the inside frame lengths (i.e. measurements taken from the inside edges of the tubing.

Help needed...

I bought Alpkit's tapered dry bag because i thought this would be the cheapest way to carry some extra luggage on my road bike.

https://www.alpkit.com/products/airlok-xtra-tapered

On the website they say you can attach it under the seat using the straps provided. I realise this isn't going to be as study as a proper system like the Koala, Apidura or a holster/bag kit, but i can't get it to work at all.

Within 2 minutes of cycling the bag swings away from the seat post and bounces around on my rear wheel. It's missing the dedicated seat post velcro, instead relying on a strap under the seat and one round the seatpost.

I think i'm just going to have to splash out on a holster, but has anyone had any luck getting one of these to work on it's own?

Fucking loads of straps, but it's always going to be a compromise. I can presonallyy recommend not attempting to reattach it to your bike at 4am in Dieppe in horizontal rain.

Secure it with a bungee?

I wouldn't bother with a holster for want of a missing strap. Get yourself into John Lewis or other haberdashery type shop and get a length of velcro and just thread it through the webbing and around the seatpost. You could even use something else like a toestrap chopped down to size.

Sorry, i wasn't clear in my original post. I have strap than came included to go around the seatpost, and one that goes under the saddle rails, it just doesn't seem to want to stay in place :|

I was trying to get to work this morning so will play around at the weekend when i'm less rushed.

All the straps.

Even the KTM bag needed extra straps. I say needed.... I think I needed them more than the bag did, to know it couldn't go anywhere.

You can buy narrow sticky-backed velcro from the haberdashery lady in E&C shopping centre I think. Minimum three points to hold the bag to the bike, but ideally four - two on the seat rails and two on the seat post, then it's tight and distributed.

I think I had about 5 straps, but the KTM is less malleable, nylon or something.

So what's happening with the seatpost strap that's allowing the bag to swing away from the seatpost? Is the velcro just coming undone?

How do people carry tent poles on a bikepacking setup? My current (shitty) tent has poles that fold to 35cm long and slip perfectly into my framebag along the downtube length. The TarpTent Moment DW has poles 46cm folded, which doesn't let me do this with my frame bag (it's a FS bike btw, so limited frame bag space).

The alternatives I have:
-Custom poles that are shorter - $$$
-Order in a pole holster which straps under/side of downtube - $$
-Tent poles in handlebar roll/strapped to top of roll near bars - danger of breaking poles if I fall

Get hold of some pole "breakers" and cut down/ mod your poles?

Toe strap to the TT?

If you attach them to the top tube, "cup sleeves" at each end secured to each other by a few straps could contain the poles and prevent any slippage.
Is there a better term than that? Do you get me?

Socks?

Looks like an interesting pair of talks for those in/around the Peak District, hopefully get along to it... http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk/speakers-films/2016/05/18/Andy_Kirkpatrick__Mike_Howarth/

@skinny can't remember which thread this was mentioned but all Andy Kirkpatrick's stuff is back online now :)

Yeah saw that the other day. He went off into the wild to get married I think.

Thanks!

Hm, actual socks could work too though it would probably destroy them.

Looks to me like you need more strapping, further up the bag. Also, maybe experiment with packing it different ways/with different stuff for more rigidity.

I got a rack now.

I've got on these, bought some extra double sided Velcro for just round the seat post the through the loops on the front. I stick a couple round in different places.

Then one strap through the saddle rails and then another strap round everything (seatpost again). As long as whats inside is squidgy and i've done the straps tight, it stays pretty well in position.

Just seen your photo. Would have lent you my bike packing gear.

It's ok, that was last year.

great, this is what i was thinking of doing. will get some double sided Velcro and see how it goes.

Ah. You still cycling to PR this weekend?

Affirmative (can I post panniers in this thread?)

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