First time out on my new Krampus, spouse has had their Breezer Thunder for a few years now. We’ve backpacked (and bike toured/bike camped) for many years but not a lot recently. We’ve decided to get back on the bike and take advantage of all the back roads and single track we have around here.
We don’t want to use the giant/full size Ortlieb panniers so we picked up the smaller fork mounted ones on discount. Other bags will be added as needed. Our backpacking kit is pretty light/small (12 pounds plus food and water last time we headed to Colorado for a few weeks) so we don’t anticipate problems there.
The Krampus was a blast to ride, it’s much more akin to a monster truck than my Long Haul Truck with 50mm tires. First time using a 1×12 and I dig it. First time using disc brakes (other than on the old tandem recumbent trike we had way back when) on a diamond frame bike and they were very confidence inspiring.
Fun times are ahead!
by brewerkubb
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BTW whoever I recently saw mention putting iced coffee in a bike bottle was definitely on to something!