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I really need some advice as I haven't actually bivvied yet properly, got basically all the kit now (had to get a bigger dry bag as my bag is 1000 weight), but around me there is nowhere 'remote' or so I think.
Im fairly near Brighton so not sure what to do. I know a few spots which might be OK but my biggest concern is waking up in the morning to find the bike gone!!!! Not sure what to do.
faaz - I've thought about bike security when bivvying too. Here's a thread I posted on [url= http://www.bikeandbivi.co.uk/php/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=265 ]Bike and Bivi[/url] about it.
Here's [url= http://www.bikeandbivi.co.uk/php/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11 ]another thread[/url] with tarp pitching options, scroll down a bit for the ones incorporating a bike.
You could get some cheap motor bike disc brake alarms, work on vibrations so would sound off if someone moved your bike.
great guys, thanks for the info.
Funny you should say that Ruscle, I saw one on a bike just the other day and thought why not! Again may be heavy though.
Like the idea of a rape alarm and fishing line, lightweight, cheap and easy. But the bike integration into a tarp has to be the best thing really. May have a play with just a tent outer and see if I can rig something up!
thanks again!
Fasten the bike to your leg with some strong fishing line! I normally take a small light cable lock and lock all out bikes together. Your not likely to bump into anyone on the moors with some bolt cutters! Maybe at worst some little chav might be too far from home in the middle of the night. But that's about as likely to happen in all honesty as an alien coming on the moors and abducting you!
Here's a snap or two from last week's full moon bivi above the Tarentaise Valley in Les Alpes...
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/8308384@N06/sets/72157627581510157/ ]Flickr Slugwash - Full Moon Alpine Bivi[/url]
Bit of a write up here....
[url= http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=238 ]Crafty French Alps Bivi[/url]
How did you find having the stuff sac slung on top of the bars? It seems like a pretty logical solution.
www.bikeandbivi.co.uk
good question, I've only tried it underneath as everyone else does, I will try mine tomorrow with the harness and see if it secures ok 😀
How did you find having the stuff sac slung on top of the bars?
It was generally fine, and a lot more secure held in place by three short bungees on top of the bars as opposed to the usual below the bars with a homemade harness.
However, the ride involved a couple of saddle dropping, technical descents and the on-top-of-the-bars positioning seriously obscured my line of vision. Not usually a problem on most of the, generally more gentle, bivi rides I've done.
Tried it out last weekend and it works well.
www.bikeandbivi.co.uk
Anyone looking for some bikepacking bags? [url= http://www.bikeandbivi.co.uk/php/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=301 ]Look here[/url], s/h on Bike and Bivi.
Would have had them myself but already got some on order/different sizes.
The makers website is [url= http://www.bikepack.pl/en/shop/ ]here[/url] (Bikepack.pl).
Has this thread died?
I've just got my bikepacking bike finished, shame about the time of year but I'm still itching to get out!
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My tent and all sleeping gear is in the bar bag. The seat bag is for food/cooking stuff. Anything that I need to hand will be in the side pockets of the pack on my back. Still need come decent bottles and cages for my water but that's about it.
Bags are from [url= http://www.bikepack.pl/en/ ]Bikepack™[/url]. The bar bag is a large, the seat bag is a medium.
I'll post more info on gear and weights when everything is packed for a trip away somewhere. 🙂
There is a little more info [url= http://www.bikeandbivi.co.uk/php/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=311 ]here[/url] (Bike and Bivi).
multidayer adventures, what do people do for lights. From my research seems people use lights that you can use re-usables like AA, what are the recommendations?
Lights to ride or camp?
Camp- Petzl E-lite which uses coin cells so I pack a few spares.
Riding- Exposure Diablo, 10hr on low or 3hrs mid, piggyback battery gives 4x that run time for when trips are likely to require lots of night riding which isn't [i]that[/i] often.
Riding more than camping (for the lights), say a week long bivy.
that's mad! No wonder this thread died for a few months, bivvying is just not plausible (for the sane) in the winter!!!
well, ive spent all night looking through this link. cant wait to get out this year 🙂
Well it's over a year old now 😀
So who on here is doing the Mach 'n' back next week and hoping for decent weather?!
Spending today getting my kit together, but until the forecast is clearer it's tricky knowing what cold weather gear to take.
I will be there next weekend. Did a bivvy ride early December in Peak so will take much the same kit.
well, ive spent all night looking through this link. cant wait to get out this year
Try these too.
http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/index.php?sid=1b732c17e3ea88c0397bf0b164535d90
http://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.com/
http://welshridething.blogspot.com/
http://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/
The last Mach N Back forecast I saw was warm and wet. Still pondering on the sleeping kit.
PHD Minim 600, -16'C, 1.1kg, 5L Packsize
or
Minim Ultra +8'c plus Montane Down Jacket, around 700g total, 4L Packsize
Full length Neo-air, in a TN Photon tent
The winds the killer at the moment ... it dropped last night, I was outside at 10.30 in shorts and a thin top and wasn't cold 😀
thanks still s8tannorm. i only had my first wild camp this winter. camped by llyn cai on cadair idris. was amazing, spent most of the night wondering why i hadnt done it before..
this year i will be out as much as possible and will be bikepacking too. cant wait 🙂
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Pit and clothing on rack, victuals and cooker in frame bag and mat and bivvy bag up front. Will make a better handlebar bag this week.
Get the feeling that weather could be tricky next weekend.
This thread was a great inspiration to me last year, I did a 3 day trip in the summer, you can read about it at http://niksbikingblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/loch-shiel-and-loch-morar-highland.html
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This thread was a great inspiration to me last year, I did a 3 day trip in the summer
Everything comes full circle ... your adventures have set me on the path of 'packdinghying'* for the coming months.
*I can't afford a packraft but figure a dinghy will suffice for now 😀
Nice one still s8tannorm!
Not sure what kind of floats you have in mind, but http://flyweightdesigns do an ultralight packraft. Not certain what a bike would be like on that.
Sevylor do standard cheep dinghys, there was one design (can't remember the model) that people used as a cheap packraft. The main problem with them apparently was the emergency deflate "feature", whereby a tie down would rip off the hull mid float, deflating the raft in seconds.
The good thing with the Alpacka ones is they are fairly bombproof. I have had mine in 4 foot surf, and grade 3 / 4 whitewater, and it has never skipped a beat. They are expensive yes, but if you can reach to it, worth it.
Just uploading a video of my trip...
Wow it's been resurrected 😀
Pease we'll sort a lfew trips out locally, you'll be addicted before you know it 😆
defo valleydaddy. cant wait 😀
Pete/ pease- the bivvi spot close to Sarn Helen is hard to beat. Loads of firewood too.
I spent a frosty night there with Thomas (boy 2) a while back. Two slleping bags for him, plus a goretex bivvi bag. Star filled night. Lovely fry up for breakfast in the morning 🙂
sounds good ambrose 8)
Found this thread just by googling around for frame bags, have been hooked to it for days. Such an amazing source of information ! Is it possible to obtain a print version of all the pages at once ? Thx !!
Is it possible to obtain a print version of all the pages at once ?
I dunno but now this thread's popped up again I think it needs some piccies from the recent Mach 'n Back bikepacking event....
Shinything's bivi bed socks....
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Bikes at the finish...
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Filtering water at the overnight camp...
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Chew....
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... and two dead mink...
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Nice pics - did you make some bedsocks from the mink 🙂
I dunno but now this thread's popped up again I think it needs some piccies from the recent Mach 'n Back bikepacking event....
Fair enough for me ! Keep 'em coming ! 😀
Hmmm - How about a Dartmoor event - anyone?
Im up for a Dartmoor event. What were you thinking ontor?
Great to see this thread still alive! I posted some pics of my original frame bags from Revelate on the first page of this thread & thought I should post an updated one with my new Wildcat frame bag (oh, and new bike..long story). I popped over to Wildcat HQ a couple of weeks ago & I have to say, this stuff is (at the very least) right up there with Revelate. In fact I reckon Wildcat's handlebar harness is a better design.
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[url= https://picasaweb.google.com/markgoldie/WIldcatCustomFrameBag?authuser=0&feat=directlink ]More pics[/url]
Just wondering about a "start wherever you like, meet here for beer, ride off next day to here for more beer then home" type thing
Pedalhead - what are your bottle cages and are they any good? There aren't many options out there for side loaders...
Specialized Zee cages. I haven't had them long but they seem quite solid & aren't too heavy (42 grams on my scales). I like these side loaders in particular as they have the full circle of plastic around the bottom which many don't seem to have.
Ta, will have a look. A little bit cheaper than the Arundels I was looking at before 😀