Not sure if this text attached to the image… Are this bag and pad good options or should I get something else smaller (and/or lighter)?
Hi everyone, in early September I’ll be bikepacking the C&O canal and GAP trail (East coast US) with one other person. We are camping a few nights, staying in a lockhouse one night, and air bnb another. This is my first bikepacking trip where I’ll be camping. Knowing what sleeping bag and pad to take is becoming overwhelming and I’m not sure how my current set-up fairs compared to what a typical set-up is. So I thought I’d ask some strangers on the internet:
Bag: Alpkit Pipedream 400 from 2010. Comfort rating is around 36F. I sleep cold. It’s a mummy bag but unzips open into a quilt. 400g of 90/10 goose down, Compression bag size: 62cm x 27cm, Weight: 735g (1lb 10oz). Here’s a review, I got it in the UK before I moved here: [https://run-ultra.com/reviews/alpkit-pipedream-400-down-sleeping-bag-review/](https://run-ultra.com/reviews/alpkit-pipedream-400-down-sleeping-bag-review/)
I’m planning on running a large handlebar bag (made it myself but it’s similar to the Goldback Bags by Bird), framebag, and a seat pack. I’m yet to make those two… Bike is a Crust Bombora.
Photo of the bag I made for the trip with the gear, with dog and tape measure for scale 🙂
adie_mitchell on
Seems fine. I used one of those prolites for years and years. Relatively compact, quiet, comfier than foam.
Temp-wise you should look up historical highs and Lows.
Masseyrati80 on
Your bag and pad are at a level where going more expensive will have very limited gains. Personally, unless you really find something to be annoying about them, I’d go out there and enjoy them.
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Not sure if this text attached to the image… Are this bag and pad good options or should I get something else smaller (and/or lighter)?
Hi everyone, in early September I’ll be bikepacking the C&O canal and GAP trail (East coast US) with one other person. We are camping a few nights, staying in a lockhouse one night, and air bnb another. This is my first bikepacking trip where I’ll be camping. Knowing what sleeping bag and pad to take is becoming overwhelming and I’m not sure how my current set-up fairs compared to what a typical set-up is. So I thought I’d ask some strangers on the internet:
Bag: Alpkit Pipedream 400 from 2010. Comfort rating is around 36F. I sleep cold. It’s a mummy bag but unzips open into a quilt. 400g of 90/10 goose down, Compression bag size: 62cm x 27cm, Weight: 735g (1lb 10oz). Here’s a review, I got it in the UK before I moved here: [https://run-ultra.com/reviews/alpkit-pipedream-400-down-sleeping-bag-review/](https://run-ultra.com/reviews/alpkit-pipedream-400-down-sleeping-bag-review/)
Pad: Thermarest Prolite Regular 566g (1lb 4oz). Got it at a thrift store and have yet to use it. [http://www.bikepacking.net/reviews/sleeping-pads/thermarest-prolite-series/](http://www.bikepacking.net/reviews/sleeping-pads/thermarest-prolite-series/)
I’m planning on running a large handlebar bag (made it myself but it’s similar to the Goldback Bags by Bird), framebag, and a seat pack. I’m yet to make those two… Bike is a Crust Bombora.
Photo of the bag I made for the trip with the gear, with dog and tape measure for scale 🙂
Seems fine. I used one of those prolites for years and years. Relatively compact, quiet, comfier than foam.
Temp-wise you should look up historical highs and Lows.
Your bag and pad are at a level where going more expensive will have very limited gains. Personally, unless you really find something to be annoying about them, I’d go out there and enjoy them.