Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

I have those Presta valve screws on my aerobar pads for the same thing. Since I have tonnes of them it's nice to find a use for them :)

Yes I suplied them with band-on derailler with srews and 3mm
I have the screws to save the derailleur band and all you need for fixed it, but but the washers will arrive to me this week.

I'll sell the low cage adaptor by 12,5 pounds (shipping cost to UK and 4 srews includes)

yes it's another option but, i'm working to get nylon 3mm washers and 2x M5X16 (longer to save the clamp) to fixe the adaptator to the frame and 2x M5x10 to hold the bottle cage to the adaptor.

A bit of spanglis to english translation here:

Yes, I sell the adaptor including 4 screws (2 for frame, 2 for bidon cage) and 4 washers (to avoid the band-on derailler, and also the bidon cage if it doesn't have a hole between screws) But washers haven't arrived yet, I expect them this week.

Price is 12,5 £ (including shipping costs to UK)

Thanks! I wrote from my phone... :)

I leave tomorrow morning some point. Going away a whole month as you guys may know.

Am impressed with how militant I've been with packing, and reducing to bare necessities.

Really not impressed with how heavy everything is.

Must earn budget for down everything, Rab everything else, etc.
Silk shirts in future, cotton is so weighty.

going for a month you say, where did do you live again..?

Swindon, where my parents and angry little dog have been well trained to guard the bikes while I'm gone ^_^

I test ride my bikepacking set up at the weekend with two 100km rides.

First ride with all the load upfront was not comfortable and prevented no hands riding, which is a must for long trips.

The second set up split the load roughly half half front and back and the handling was really stable.

All as to be expected, I was hoping to get away with one less bag, but no big deal.

I have already the washers to the Low Cage Adaptor!

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A set up

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Underneath washers to avoid touching a clamp-on front derailleur (no need for braze-on), and the second set of washers for the kind of bidon cages that doesn't have empty space between screw holes, so the screw that goes to the frame doesn't touch the cage.

Made it to Leer. Can see the benefits of riding without a backpack but it wasn't terrible for the 4 days so far. Heavy bike is heavy.

I think some people get on with backpacks a lot more than others. I'm on of the others, even short rides with a backpack bug me. Here's the photo to go with my last post, I hadn't realised it was missing.

Upload issues?

Well my back is sweaty and it's certainly not light, but I can say I forget I'm wearing it a good portion of these 90+ mile days.

Seems so. I'll have to look into that.

Looking for something like that for a trip I'm planning. Can I ask what you've got in there? Just curious to see how much it can hold.

At that moment I had a jacket, pump + tools, phone and wallet and some food.

On tour it carried 2 litre camelbak bladder, pump, tools, lock, battery pack, food, documents, phone, wallet, speaker, sunnies, spokes and other various bits and bobs...

Interesting... http://chase-the-rainbow.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/first-look-alpkit-hooped-bivvy-bag.html?m=1

Nice. Weight and application seems ideal. Hope they make it at a great price.

Very helpful, thanks.

Where can I buy dry bags for use in my Revelate Viscacha?

I now have a down sleeping bag I want to keep dry and the Revelate Viscacha doesn't have sealed seams so will leak eventually, right?

I use sea to summit ones. From cotswold outdoor. The ultrasil
They're very light and robust.

Does you sleeping bag not have a stuff sack? You should be able to get a waterproof stuff sack.
That said, it can be as fast if not faster to use a dry back to stuff a sleeping bag in. Plus you can pack it inside the bivi bag and also with the camping matt in one. That's what I do when touring. Qucik and simple.

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Also I can't ever remember my viscacha leaking, even in brutal rain.
I think they're waterproof.

I dunno, I just read it didn't have taped seams or some shit so would eventually leak. Mine hasn't but then it hasn't ridden across Wales before.