Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

My colleague owns a hardtail sonder transmitter and he loves it. Good prices at the mo.

http://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.com/search?q=Sonder&m=1

I rode a Sonder before, very good price point for the builds they offer, but nothing particularly noteworthy other than that imho

I have a different Vincinta bag (not frame bag) and the quality seems decent.

Never seen this before, the Nordest Sardinha.
Clears a 29x2.6 and has nice geo. Fork available separately. Reasonably priced.

67 degree HTA with a rigid fork? Blimey

Does look nice though

looks great with sus fork too

mmm maybe this is my next mtbiek

maybe this is my next mtbiek

Can't see any obvious dropper routing on the seat tube

Shame about the wackaging, anchors and cutesy adventure message. I mean, WHY?!??

You wouldn't understand. Bikepacking's not for old folk ;-)

Well, maybe @stedlocks

nothing my duck tape attached bottle cages won't cover up

I resemble that comment!

But seriously, that cute shit people put on smoothy bottles or their Insta/funding videos can fuck right off

You could always paint some jellybeans on there..

What do you think of my new head badge design?

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New Stooge is 66 degree with 80mm offset

I wonder what that's like. I mean, the trail figure's still around the 80mm mark ( with 29er wheels )

Would certainly be a more confident descender than your Swift

Will be interesting for sure. This geo:

With this fork:

NS Eccentric CroMo is fairly similar, takes at least 29"×2.4" and 27.5"×3.0", and even cheaper. You get dropper routing but lose rack bosses (though paying someone to add bosses will still be cheaper overall) and head angle is a bit slacker. And no rigid fork available though I'm sure there's a Surly out there that would be fine

Edit: I say cheaper, looks like RRP is the same nearly. But CRC had them for <£200 IIRC

mm, does look similar. although not as pretty. I like the yellow despite hating the naff quotes

Will be

Does that mean you're getting one?

Not sure. Preorder price is there until end of Feb, I think. Wouldn't be here until the summer.

Would anyone be interested in LFGSS Bikepacking Weekend no.X, the Peak District edition?

I find that the older I get, the less fucks I give about shitting in the woods and sleeping in ditches......it's very liberating, to crawl out of your maggot, and have a diddly-Dee, stark bollock naked, with your hands behind your head.

The scary thing, is that I'm 50 this year!