For a race / ITT - Pack Light, No comforts, no Booze.
For fun - Pack the hip Flask, Coffee Kit and a pillow of some sort

Interesting, cheers. I will certainly take a look at the alfine 11 then.

The only alfine I have seen is action was an alfine 8, the cable looked horrible to set up. I will certainly look though.
Is the shifter still the cheapo looking thing for the 11?

I have both. They are both good mats, I found the Numo is more comforatable, and easier to pack down to a small size. They both do however, go down overnight. The numo has my hip touching the cold floor within 4 hours. I can find a leak though so maybe its the valve. I have swapped to an Exped Air M...

Cheers for the reply. I was directed to a chap a kinetics bikes who sorted me out with the knowledge. I'll post a summary belo in case anyone cares... -You need a way to tension the chain -Sliding dropouts -EBB -Chain tensioner -You need an anti rotation method on the other side -Rohloff dropout (th...

Cheers,
I'll have a search through

I'm new to the forums so Hi I guess :D I've been lightweight touring or a while and recently discovered that I seem to be bikepacking :-) Hopefully I'll be able to meet up with few of you guys for some rides / events, I'll be at the bearbones200 this year. I wondered, does anyone know anything about...