Depends on what you ride..... wouldn't necessarily fit Jones bars to a 8" travel DH bike , but they feel good for me in all scenarios.

I usually ride on Jones full loop bars, IMO they're the most comfortable , multi position bars around and would have them on most bikes if I could afford them. So I'm used to the sweep. I tried Feegals and their not swept enough. I fitted Marys for bikepacking and they were close in postion to the J...

I took advice from a friend who does long multiday event and knows his sh!t .... I seriously don't think I carried anything I didn't need othere than either Gilet, but I wouldn't have wanted to be without them either. The Banshee 200 tent is 2.5 kg ... and the rack isn't light. So a seatpack and lig...

Having dipped a toe in the water and found it ok ..... I need to start planning lighter kit. Our first excursion was laughable..... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15/martincorneuk/swiftpacked_zpsnosc2rw1.jpg I made (actually my mum did) a simple harness for the sleeping bag and clothes.... worked...

My bikes:- favorite bike Jones Spaceframe/truss fork 29er, Jones loop bars, can be fat front, singlespeed (don't want to fit gears to the Jones ) .... this is the single most comfortable bike I've ever ridden. I LOVE this bike. This is the bike I'd prefer to bikepack on. But it's SS Nowt wrong with...

Cheeky Monkey wrote:Nope

See here for details:

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... f=9&t=6024

Cheers, did see this.... I have negotiated a VERY good price from Singular, just need a different headset and pretty much everything else should transfer from the Swift.

Clearly the answer is to get another Jones, then you can have one with gears and one SS. And since you're buying in bulk, pop one in the basket for me too. :wink: Would love another one.... CBT had a diamond frame one at a very good price.. I'm closing in on a Singular Rooster at the moment.... jus...

if i know the route is going to be hilly i just put a 20t on the back instead of the usual 18t gear . slower on the road but gets you up a few more degrees of incline haha and easier on the knees on the long bikepaking rides I use a 16 tooth, no wonder my knees don't like me :oops: If I had a Jones...

Solo wrote:Have you looked at a Stooge?

Yep, we have one in the garage We had one of the first ones, a singlespeed only one for my son :) great bike !!!

I'm very pro the Panasonic Eneloop batteries. I get 2 days riding out of a pair in my Garmin Oregon 450.

Knew I had a picture of it somewhere .... Doris's Swift for, during Mountain Mayhem. He still won the Solo category :)

all on a Singular Swift , rigid singlespeed. But Steve isn't normal ;) . Doris definately isnt normal, Was that the race he bust his forks. Never seen that before from a swift ..... Animal :grin: You probably know of Keef Onespeed and Deaky, Cannock lads i know, that ride with you Yep that's the ra...

i quite like my charge cooker ss frame. nice steel frame with eccentric BB for tension the chine, fairy comfortable geometry so descends rely nicely. ye real good frame ! https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11028967_10153229391292034_3734844949542661138_n.jpg?oh=c89702e17da14...

I think the SS / geared thing is a red herring ... some of the fasted people out there don't have gears :wink: If trips are fairly short duration / single night then ride whatever you like. If they're longer then comfort will start to play a much bigger part ... which leads me to think the Jones mi...

Me:- overweight ( and it doesn't come off very easily any more ), 48, rubbish at climbing, 99% of the time I ride rigid SS, not much better at climbing on a geared bike .... I go to a lot of Singlespeed events, SSUK, NKSS (dutch), BeSSC (Belgians) , SSEC (Slovenia next year).... I usually come last....

Ray Young wrote:As others have said, solo, pairs, half a dozen are all good but the bigger the group the slower you will move.

I know this from running the club..... under 15 is ok, but sometimes we get 30+ and it never moves as well.

Deaky is a top bloke. He's coming to Belgium , I'm sure, and Gogo Hellcross in November in Belgium too..... stock up with the Belgian beer

The club has about 15 going to SSUK so we'll have quite a presence there

Would you still bivvy in those conditions? Or are Bivvy/tarp combo's 3 season only?

:) that's great news then :) I'm very much a social animal and have a great bunch of riding mates. I prefer riding in company than alone.

I didn't think there were hard and fast rules, but there may be unwritten rules. Glad this isn't the case :)

Just a quickie.... I get the impression Bikepacking is very much a solo activity .... what is deemed to be an indecent size group.? We had 6 of us on our first trip. We stayed at a campsite at a pub, so not exactly roughing it. A group of that size probably is less than ideal. Is there a notional ma...

The trans cambrian way heads west from llanfair waterdine which is just outside of knighton, you could fit some if the in before cutting back south to radnor. You may want to keep an eye on the weather as lots of the trails are grassy and pretty sapping in the wet. There is a hefty bridleway from L...

hiya i saw your bikepacking trip photos,looks like you had a good time, met alot of you at ssuk, you most probably need to camp on route to your first hill, bit flat around your area :lol: surprised me how well represented your club is, and a decent bunch as well,lots of great info on here 4 of us ...

I don't suppose you have the .gpx for the first two days do you? I'm trying to sort a Radnorshire route at the moment :)

Can I join you for a ride round your way? I'd be happy to be quizzed on on bikepacking and more than happy to reciprocate and show you some lesser used corners of the dark peak. :-) Feel free .... it's hardly exciting round Cov but we have a nice social ride, gotta make the most of what you've got....

Probably just a 2 day / 1 night route. Sort of Kington, Knighton area.
I've worked out a 60miler 8000' route which sounds about right. Needs work and local knowledge though...