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Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

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For all the pedal pushers out there that love long distance cycling. There are no gear requirements and no 'minimum distances' here.

Have you ridden for a cheeky overnighter or a 3 year global trek? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got panniers, bikepacking bags or just a backpack with the essentials? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got the latest in carbon engineering or your dads old 10 speed from the 70's? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

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What parts and accessories do I need to make my bike bikepacking worthy? (self.bicycle_touring)
submitted 1 month ago by SpiceDealer to c/bicycle_touring
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For reference, my current bike is a Trek FX-2. It's more of a sports bike but I think it will get the job done. What parts and accessories do I need to make it a worthy bikepacking bike? Will it need any special modifications?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It depends on how you want to ride. Some just take credit card, stay in hotels and buy stuff as they need it.

As for the bikepacking you probably mean you need 2 things.

  1. add rack or other mounting for your bags.

  2. make it as comfortable as possible. Grips, saddle, pedals and adjust it to your liking. You may add some "horns" for more hand positions and stuff like that.

I would say that for shorter trips you just don't need anything special. I helped my friends to go on bikepacking trip and one of them resorted to using backpack tied to rear rack by inner tube.

[โ€“] AchtungDrempels 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Really agree with this, looks like a comfort upgrade could be easily done, maybe also max out tire width, they looked real slim on the photo I googled.

*looks like default is 35mm tire width, that is actually quite good if you're not off road all the time.