Small rucksack for the other bits

It's easy to forget the obvious bits isn't it. Most people (myself included) seem to reach to the conclusion that as little, ideally no, weight on the back is best, but if you're just doing a short trip to test kit, why not? Keeps it simple.

Ouch! Didn't realise it was that serious when you mentioned it before Get well soon John.

Dave

Morning :smile: Not much to say other than hi and welcome. I'm pretty new here too. Sure you'll get plenty of help choosing luggage if you need it. All I'd say is don't worry about not having the latest and greatest (and most expensive) kit. There's plenty you can improvise, make do with, and even m...

Damn, beaten to it! Can I have second dibs on the cloud cover if for some reason Alasdair doesn't take it?

Um'd and ah'd at them, then decided to get one and they're a tenner more and OOS

I use an old bracket for a rear light on the tip of the bag to screw it to the seat post, it holds it nice and steady and only takes 30 seconds to take off with multi tool Cracking idea also. Got loads of those kicking around in my parts box, will try it out. I took a couple of photos a while ago a...

Top tip - make sure you put more air in your back shock if you have a seat pack on! Probably not a bad idea if you've got a lot of weight in there, but I haven't noticed it making much difference in my (not very heavily loaded) experience. FWIW I have the Alpkit 13l tapered dry bag which I've used ...

Hi John

I was thinking about the YD300 too but thought maybe it wasn't the wisest first bikepacking trip, but I salute your bravery!

I dithered about doing this but it was full when I finally decided to put in

So if anyone (JohnClimber?) wants to do the route another time I'd be interested.

We'll have to do it the old school way then --> *waves* I'm in Newcastle so good access to plenty of fun stuff - north Pennines, Lakes, Northumberland, the borders. I've got plenty of ideas but not enough time and (more importantly) need a poke to get me going sometimes. I've got my eye on the 2 day...

Just a quick post to say "hi" since I'm new here. Some of you may know me from STW (same username) as there seems to be a bit of crossover and some familiar names. You might not recognise me otherwise as I have neither an Audi nor a Gaggia coffee machine. Anyway, I'm a mountain biker at he...