


Okay so this summer I am planning on going on a two week journey across europe, seeing some awesome nature on the bike and also visiting a friend somewhere along the route.
Picture 1 is thought proces/picture 2 without my drawing/picture 3 is the bike I bought for gravel
Anyway for this I bought a (aluminium)gravel bike so I got a sturdier frame then my current road bike. I used the road bike for bikepacking before but it is not fully equipped for alot of bagage.
I am trying to use as much as my old gear as possible on the new bike, and adding some DIY gear to the bike to make it more functional. Right now I am still making the plans before buying anything so I would love all thoughts on the setup idea so I can improve more.
I am trying to ditch my backpack I used now carrying gas burner+stove+espresso machine and a 3L camel bag. I would like to store the camel bag into a additional made frame bag as well as my food. And the gas burner + stove and espresso maker would fit perfectly on the fork on some DIY strapped on bidon holder with electrical tape. Additionally I would use a bigger dry bag strapped on my steering so not only my tent but also additional gear like sleeping pad and tent floor fit there and maybe some clothes. And for the rear in blue I would make a DIY stabilizer from some spare steel I will bend/weld to make the saddle bag mor stable as it is a bit unstable on the road already and for gravel it would not be better I guess.
If it will not fit all my stuff I will resort to a double pannier bag, but that will cost like 150-200 euro for a good one(not buying a cheap one I need to trow away). But I want to prevent buying that ๐
So any suggestions or tips are welcome, as much critique please ๐
by Remarkable_Earth8970
5 Comments
Ortlieb QuickRack let’s you mount the rack onto the through axle.
https://preview.redd.it/drv04kkrx1re1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ed41c44cbcc16bf9ba25975c09b56d08b967e9f
Old Man Mountain has this dialed. They created axle mounted racks and their gear is built for real adventures.
i have a tailfin, and i find it very steardy no wiggle and its easy acsess, have used a big saddlebag before and it take so much time to open and rearange everyrhing.
https://preview.redd.it/dh6uzn9602re1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a3a800200da2d1ee7dd6e1efc94110a7c6a29f4
Iโve been running the old man mountain racks in lots of variations (divide, elkhorn and axle packs) and itโs been super nice to tailor the bike storage to the tour/conditions.
This was one of my recent set ups (a few changes made since, mainly just to utilize space in my front triangle more efficiently) but I can confirm mounting the old man mountain racks to the through axles makes for a rock solid set up and they have performed flawlessly.
Tailfin’s aero rack is an option. For me has been a charm