Since I don't want to rely completely on roads, I wanted to put tires with a width of 38mm on my bike.
Is this a good idea or should I forget about bikepacking with a bike like this?
Can anyone share their experience with me? Many thanks
by ImportantWeakness447
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Banned. Straight to jail. /s
Of course you can go bikepacking on your bike, but I highly doubt that bike has enough tyre clearance for 38mm tyres.
You’ll be fine. I just did my first bikepacking trip, 1100km in 6 days on poor roads in the UK on my Van Rysel road bike with 28mm slick tires. “Only” got 2 flats.
I’m quite light and was carrying very little (15L saddle bag only).
If I had to do it all over again I’d put much bigger and sturdier tires (if only for comfort) but 38mm is probably overkill to be honest.
there are road bikes that can fit 38mm…. all of them have disk brakes tho
If that can fit 38’s, you should be fine.
I bikepack/tour with 38mm tires and don’t have any issues.
I just finished a 1700 km trip on my roadbike with ~ 20kg of stuff with me. Popped 32mm tires on them and was perfectly fine
Bikepack with 28mm tyres, mostly road and bits of light gravel
That triple crank, yes. Any road bike, no.
Many frames arent meant for stress of gear, yours should be fine. You also should have low enough gear ratios. Have fun.
A 1x carbon road bike for mountainous bikepacking… hard no.
Hi! I just got home from my first bikepacking trip and I used a road bike with 28mm wheels. It went really well, but I had to stay on pavement for the trip which was kinda limiting, but if you can put on some thicker tyres I would highly recommend to do that and maybe you can ride some packed gravel. I didn’t have disc brakes and that was a bit scary in the rain tho.. But I would say like many others, go with the bike you have and you’ll find out what you want and what to change:)
No. The bike will know that you are trying to camp.
What matters is the terrain. Making it a bikepacking trip doesn’t help your tires move through sand or gravel or rooty singletrack.
If your route is amenable to a road bike, strap on some bags and send it.
Sure you can. Just check the max total load of the bike and clearance.
The bike from the picture doesn’t look like it could fit 38mm tires.
And I guess 12-15kg is the max of luggage and accessories it can handle
What wall mount do I use?
Have done a tour with a mix of road/offroad on 28mm race tyres (saddle bag, top tube bag and small backpack. You’ll be fine.
Yup
What’s your experience hanging the bike up like that? After rain etc? All the dirt?
Ive used 28 and 32c tires. Depends on where your riding, but I’ve used 32c on dirt roads without a problem
Your problem will be having the right gears
Yes, but watch the overall load on the wheels, don’t be that person who rolls into town with every spoke loose. The other problem is gearing, go for a ride with a 13kg backpack on up a steeper hill to get a feel for this.
We used to call this credit card touring or a supported tour group where you carry a front bag with a snack, camera, and rain jacket.
But go, you’ll have a blast.
Is it possible to go touring with a road bike? Yes.
Bikepacking? No.
I’m going on Thursday next week!!!
I have almost exclusively rode bikepacking trips on my road bike (riding both road and gravel). You may need to do some workarounds to make certain, that your brake and shift cables will not be compromised by the bag and vice versa.
As you have external cable routing and rim brakes, focus on choosing our bike bags carefully, but otherwise, definitely go for it.
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You can go bikepacking on any bike, but putting more comfortable tires on a older road bike will
be a challenge because of the frames and of course, the brakes.
I’ve put tires with grippy profile on one of my steel roadbikes but they are still thin and add no comfort at all.
Yes, I’ve done it even with 25 so…
Theres a rule. If you wanna go bike packing use a bike that rolls and has 2 tires. You does so enjoy the world.
I also used a bike like yours for iceland. Its doable:)
Hell yes bro!
What most people have is good enough 99% of the time. The biggest problem is not the bike or equipment people have but the worrys in their head.
Here is a fun YouTube video about a guy bikepacking with a cheap kids bike.
Just go for it, bro u got this!
There will be things that won’t work and you will figure out your system from the experience you make and learn from your mistakes. That obviously doesn’t means to throw out your comen sense but just give it a go and Enjoy the ride!
And remember, every mistake will be a nice story at the Pub or at a fireplace! 😀
Just did 2900km on 25mm tires, and I didn’t even had to change tubes once. Just go and enjoy
It is possible. It’s been discussed to death already too. tehre is A LOT of info on DYI for beginners, adapting bikes… etc.