Recently finished cycling from Turin to Trento with my budget setup and i must say it was tons of fun.
Here you always see setups worth multiple thousands of $$ but i want to prove that you can get along fine while spending a fraction.
Here's my bike+bags breakdown (all the camping stuff i already had from hiking and it's also 2nd hand or just cheap):
Bike
-CX bike bought used for 150€
-Used salsa bars 20€
-Used selle italia saddle for 15€
Bags
-Front (9L) and saddle bag (17L) from Apidura, bought both used together for 80€
– Agu frame bag, bought used for 20€
-Alpkit top tube bag, 2nd hand 10€
-Decathlon feed bags, bought new for 8€ each
The total comes out at 311€ (i think), but adding kit and tent it definitely stays under 500€.
You don't need expensive gear to start this hobby, you can do it cheap or woth the stuff you already have!
by giulippo
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The Apidura founder based the company on this vision. It seems lost now, but only a decade or so back if you had the inspiration to bike tour, you then needed to purchase a touring frame with appropriate mount points. The vision was to offer quality reliable products that would attach easily to any bicycle, to enable an aspiring adventurer to purchase a product and go off into the world in just a few days given mail order times. That was revolutionary at the time. We’ve all benefitted.
I mean buying used is always a great deal. I havent tried them yet but I just bought a 13L seat pack for $24 and handlebar harness/bag for $24 from AliExpress. I think that is truly budget!