Hello all,
Just finished my first ever mini bikepacking experience. Together with 2 other friends we embarked on "fun summer expedition" type journey for which we only had 7 days. Since we are mainly climbers and not bikers (I have never owned a bike and it is more than 10 years since I was riding a bike for the last time) we envisioned a sort of "link-up" of all climbing destinations around south-east Moravia, Czech republic – a place where we spent our childhoods. The whole trip was 300km, over 5000m vert and 40 climbing destinations. Apart from the link-up, we decided to climb up every rock we pass via some historically significant route – meaning we had to climb 40 routes throughout our biking trip.
We biked and climbed every day from 7am to 11pm, while on 6th day we had to push to 3am in order to have a chance to complete the whole plan.
Since the locations of individual climbing crags are mostly inaccessible with any bikes, it certainly added to the whole adventure/expedition feel. Also since we had to carry quite a bit of climbing gear and water (it was 35°C every day), we did not have any tent or spare clothes, etc. We just slept on the ground, where we finished biking for the day.
It was an incredible combination of fun and suffering. I have never felt so exhausted yet one day after the trip I cannot wait for another one. I am already searching for some type of bikepacking gravel bike to buy and I am very looking forward for some "actual" expedition in the future.
by destro311
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Good Job. Maybe you can place a crashpad at the rack 😅