Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

No, but will next time, saddle bags are too much agro

You getting much better and have talent but have keep working on it. You a bit lazy.

Could end up with a book. You know Proust started with a croissant.

Loving your write up hippy

Drinking from hose does suck, but you can do cool stuff like blow it back into bladder to ensure you don't have to drink the boiling water in the hose. Plus the bladder is more mouldable within the frame bag as opposed to rigid bidon.

Yes could do with 200 pages of them.

I like mine but it was sagging by the end and almost obscuring my light. Could've probably tried repacking. Problem for me with framebags is knee contact. Need internal velcro to stop that.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Make yourself useful and bring me beer.

Yeah, I've got an old Camlebak and bought a bladder for TTs but just went sans-fluid.

If anyone spots a LG Ripio bag for sale let me know. I'd love to mess around with one cheap.

Then I could get custom once I know how I like to set it up.

Can you link to the specific thing? That site/page is fucked on this old laptop.

3L
I can just pull it out easy, if need be. But I can just fill it in situ if refilling from shop bottles.

http://www.bikebagdude.com/#!10847877_10153012088304131_6285675194476259296_n.jpg/zoom/c15ur/image_24m

Frame Bags:
​​Light weight, durable and waterproof fabric Frame Bags. Custom made by me to your bikes specific measurements. Bags can be made in any configuration you prefer - 1 zip with one main compartment - 2 zips with one main compartment an Internal False Floor and a second zip entry to underneath the false floor - and a 3 zip option which has a Map Pocket on one side.
All 2 and 3 zip bags are fitted with internal false floors for carrying water bladders or to simply separate items within the bag.
All custom frame bags are made with Dimension Polyant X Pac VX21 and VX07 and are fully lined with Coated Ripstop Fabric for extra protection and increased visibility inside the bag.
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Made from cuban fibre

edit: No can't link direct for some reason, on the kids Mac, its totally unfathomable.

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Is yours a custom bag? Did you specify width or did it just come as they come?
Did you buy the bladder separate? Revelate are maybe £150+ so perhaps a custom one would be better straight off the bat, I just don't want to create something I don't like.

Restrap made it custom for me. I gave them a long list of how I wanted it. I'm fucking fussy.
I bought a bladder separate.
There are some tricks to making it work. I'd share them privately.

It's taken me 4 bags to get how I want it down.

Would love to read those custom framebag tips too :). Anyway seeing what kristoff does each year, seems like equipment just needs to be reliable (no discs, no di2, no custom framebag... but a simple Decathlon handlebar bag)... and moving ratio is everything, even above watts/kg.

I hope you're not suggesting discs, di2 and custom framebags are unreliable...

My only mechanical issue was the steerer bung and given the bike issues leading up that's not bad going.

You know Proust started with a croissant.

It was a Madeleine, no?

You know Proust started with a croissant.

Don't think we've met. Are they on here?

Please. The correct riposte is

No your a croissant...

No your a correct Rip Van Winkle

No no, I wasn't trying to imply that, sorry. I was trying to say that he didn't use any of those disc/di2/custom framebag, even it's assumed those have a better performance, and the real advantage came from his incredible high moving ratio.

I know what you were getting at, I was really just winding you up :)

Another one...
http://thehippy.net/blog/transcontinental-race-tcrno4-part-5/

All these frame bags look great but ££££. Is there anything wrong with the custom Alpkit stingray for under £100 with just about any feature you could need (dividers compartments zips etc).

Not seen it. I liked my Revelate saddle bag so continued to buy their stuff at premium prices but tempted by Restrap custom.

Just done 4 days off road bike packing round the lakes and am now in the market for a frame bag, to me I can't see the downside to one of these. Still handmade in the UK too.

https://www.alpkit.com/products/stingray