I recently completed my first bikepacking trip. I started with the Olympic GCL route and made some modifications along the way to save my knees but had an absolute blast. 6 day, 5 night solo trip. Roughly 360 miles and 24k feet of elevation gain. While I'd never done any bikepacking, I've done quite a bit of backpacking and a fair bit of cycling so it felt fairly natural to put the two together. Some details:

  • Otso Fenrir Ti with an 11 speed 30t up front and 11-40t in the back.
  • Two 10l Tailfin fork bags
  • One 11l Sea To Summit handlebar bag
  • One 20l Mountain Laurel dry bag on an Old Man Mountain rack on the back.
  • Ortlieb waterproof bag and a tailfin flip top pack on the top tube.
  • Two Swift Industries snack bags for a water bottle and, well, snacks.
  • 48oz nalgene strapped to the bottom.

I used hybrid SPD/flat pedals and I really liked them. I do almost all my riding in SPD or SPD-SL and so it was nice to be clipped in most of the time but super helpful to be able to toss on my trail runners for a quick jaunt or hiking the bike through some too rugged for me terrain.

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