In this video, I am going to try and give you all the information you will need if you are looking to bikepack in the UK. Route planning, packing your bike, camping and much, much more. This is the ultimate guide to bikepacking in the UK
Land Reform act – https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/2/contents
Time stamps
00:00 intro
00:58 What is bikepacking
05:14 Preparation and fitness
10:52 bike handling skills
15:30 bike setup
23:43 shake down ride
25:45 Route planning
44:29 Routes to begin with
49:56 How/what to pack
01:03:47 Safety
01:07:47 Accommodation & camping
01:18:39 Nutrition
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The gear i am currently using
The tent – https://youtu.be/n9GKHSf805E
Framebag – https://youtu.be/6LM3UJKDOEk
Seatpost bag – https://youtu.be/W1E_iWY6Ajo
Jones Handlebars – https://youtu.be/dhPBSdRros8
Gravel bike – https://youtu.be/Gnd_4LgTyrg
plus bike mtb – https://youtu.be/COTUOzLPbGk
gps device – https://youtu.be/BWeMmx62A9M
mtb shoes – https://youtu.be/OYVEnfXwT0k
All the gear from GNT – https://youtu.be/e5oKSoPoMk0
Vest bag – https://youtu.be/01nzgd-t550
Ortleib bar roll https://youtu.be/Uk9fLgS1ioo
Dynamo setup – https://youtu.be/SL7MhjB6Lp0
Questions answered – https://youtu.be/u1q9AEs9flE
Gb divide bike/gear- https://youtu.be/epcZ81wqFCo
Sonder looped bar – https://youtu.be/BqWGTxd2VaQ
Tarpstar tent – https://youtu.be/RcQoBdZSAb8
6 Comments
Hi everyone, thanks for tuning in, this video has been a long old process and has taken ages to make so do me a little favour and press the like button, so YouTube gives it a little boost. I'm not sure the future of Keep smiling adventures for the year 2025, but if it ends here, then I wanted to thank everyone who has showed their support by tuning in week after week. Thank you, the last few years have been a blast, all because you watched these videos. But if it is the end, then I wanted to make this ultimate guide to UK bikepacking before I go. Thanks again. And yes, I'm aware of a couple spelling mistakes.
Keep smiling Adventures.
Here are the timestamps
Time stamps
00:00 intro
00:58 What is bikepacking
05:14 Preparation and fitness
10:52 bike handling skills
15:30 bike setup
23:43 shake down ride
25:45 Route planning
44:29 Routes to begin with
49:56 How/what to pack
01:03:47 Safety
01:07:47 Accommodation & camping
01:18:39 Nutrition
Thank you for all your work making these videos over the years, I think I've watched all of them from at least the last 2 years. you've certainly inspired me to give bike packing a go, I'm planning a trip to cycle around Anglesey early next year as a shakedown test before perhaps sometime longer and in more wild conditions
In most countries camp is illigal, depens of type of law
This is an epic piece of content. So well done. I follow you since 5000 Followers I think and I still dont understand how comes you dont have way over 100k. So good. But my main question missing in the video is how to find time for so much bikepacking like you do. I am so damn jealous. Do you work remote or content creator only? cheers from berlin.
Hi. What a great video. What kind of rigid fork are you using?
Thanks Josh, really useful info here – I definitely learned a lot about rights-of-way and route planning from this video so thanks very much. Hopefully I'll see more videos from you in the future but I can understand sometimes making your hobby/passion in to your job can be challenging on multiple levels.