Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

They told me May when I asked when it was going to be launched

2021???

Yeah

Looks great!

Thanks bud, hoping to test it on Sunday night.

Looks like a good set up for this kind of thing.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/routewerks/the-handlebar-bag-by-route-werks

This doesn't look bad and with quad lock integration might be a good alternative

Who would you all recommend for a custom frame bag these days? I'd ideally like to support a small business owner but if anyone has any ideas please let me know :)

if you are local to xiamen I can send many links

xiamen

the city in china? I'm afraid I'm in brizzle

Wanting to buy a top tube bag that is waterpooof and has a port to run a charging cable out of.

Looking at the Apidura Expedition:

https://www.apidura.com/shop/expedition-top-tube-pack/

Any others I should take a look at?

My amazing wife bought me some lovely restrap bags and planned a week long jaunt around the Communidad Valencia. Helps that it is late October and 22 degrees.

Yesterday was a flat 100km along the coast from Valencia to Denia. Tomorrow is 60km and 1200m over the mountains to Fenistrat, near Alicant.

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Revelate Tangle framebag - anyone got neat trick for making it a bit skinnier without impacting storage space or waterproofing?

Or, what similar full-length halfbags are available that come up skinnier at the back than the Tangle? I'm trying to reduce knee interference.

I've just picked up one of the 4L Racing collection Apidura frame bags – reduced storage vs my previous OG Apidura bag (maybe 1L?), but it definitely seems to be designed with an eye on knee rub, and I still manage to fit the same old stuff in there

Cheers. I might see if I can find one to have a look at and compare to the Tangle.

Getting this ready for bikepacking and slowly buying equipment. Need a big frame bag , a bigger seatpack that'll work with my dropper and then a sleeping setup and I'm good to go.
Seen a couple of comments around the forum on adding bottle bosses. Spoke to a local framebuilder yesterday and can get 3x bosses added to the underside of the down tube for £40 and then use an anything cage. Is this my best shout? Bike will then need some paintwork. My @user71349 bar bag conveniently holds a 1L nalgene which is useful at the moment.

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Might try get a frame bag made that'll fit both my bikes. But then also one that fits the full MTB triangle would be useful

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Aurum finishing will do bosses for £10 a time and paint too

@spotter cheers will check that out! Not London based myself but that seems very reasonable

Where's the go-to place on this side of the pond for buying fabrics, zips etc online? Want to make a waterproof pouch for passport, wallet, banknotes etc for back/bikepacking

Skim the MYOG thread for a full rundown but...

In the UK: Point North/Profabrics (now ebay store)

Germany: https://www.extremtextil.de

Sorry, clearly being an idiot but when I search the forum I can't find the MYOG thread.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/160474/ I think he means this one.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/178272/ Or maybe this one.

Huh, I'm sure there used to be one... maybe I'm getting mixed up. "To all you sewing lot..." is probably the one I was thinking of.

https://www.adventurexpert.com/ is another good source for stuff, again in Germany though.

I lived in Valencia for 2years and half...best time of my cycling life.
I miss a lot every rides I did down there.

Fuk me when I decided to embark on this land