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Big Agnes tent designs are really good, but some of the materials are really delicate. Be careful about where you set them up because I've seen ripped inners and outers from minor stuff. And as with any tent store and clean them properly after they get wet and dirty, especially with thin fabrics like BA use.
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My Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2 ripped near, but not on a seam during my first tour with it. I’ve fixed it but it really sucked.
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Nov 3, 2020 23:50
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Honestly for the price of the high end big agnes you might as well add a little more and get full DCF. Half the weight and a lot more durable.
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Nov 3, 2020 23:58
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I and a bunch of people I know tour and just camp in general with the MEC Tarn 2, some of them decades old. It's stupid they discontinued it in favour of more expensive brands and welp now they're bankrupt.
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Nov 3, 2020 23:58
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kimbo305 posted:Found these pics when cleaning up Google Photos. These photos are awesome. I'm planning to do Seattle to San Diego via highway 101 in 2021 and I'm nervous as hell, as I've never done anything longer than a few days. From what I've seen the route looks cool though.
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Nov 4, 2020 00:15
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DR AIDS posted:These photos are awesome. I'm planning to do Seattle to San Diego via highway 101 in 2021 and I'm nervous as hell, as I've never done anything longer than a few days. From what I've seen the route looks cool though. It’s mostly scenic and safe, but there’s a few stretches where the shoulder is narrow and the logging trucks are fast. You’ll love it. My fave stretch is the 150mi north of SF, but the variety absolutely delivers.
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Nov 4, 2020 00:55
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DR AIDS posted:These photos are awesome. I'm planning to do Seattle to San Diego via highway 101 in 2021 and I'm nervous as hell, as I've never done anything longer than a few days. From what I've seen the route looks cool though. I did it Oct 2019 and it was one of the best times of my life. I look back on those days rn and wish I was back on the road.
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Nov 5, 2020 00:30
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Bottom Liner posted:Honestly for the price of the high end big agnes you might as well add a little more and get full DCF. Half the weight and a lot more durable. This is the first I've heard of DCF tents. Are they that much better than "regular" tents? I have a North Face Talus 4 for reference.
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They're the highest grade material for tents currently, yeah. Dyneema cuben fiber is pretty ridiculously strong and light and is 100% waterproof and repairs super well and easily with DCF tape. The best for my money is Tarptent. Zpacks is a big name but they're quality is iffy and their customer service sucks. Hyperlite Mountain Gear is a great choice if you want extra durability over lightweight. People have done multiple through hikes on the AT/PCT and the tents have held up. I still prefer tarp and bivy for air flow and versatility but if I needed a full tent I'd get the Protrail in DCF. https://www.tarptent.com/product/protrail-li/ There's also a new woven version that's a little heavier but even stronger. Revelate is using it for their handlebar bag https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm/store.catalog/handlebar/pronghorndrybag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rhi31qZIbA While that video makes DCF 50 look fragile I can assure you it's not. I have a backpack made with it and it's insanely durable unless you literally take a blade to it as demonstrated there. Bottom Liner fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Nov 6, 2020 |
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Nov 6, 2020 00:32
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Bottom Liner posted:I still prefer tarp and bivy for air flow and versatility What kind of bivy is that and in what climate do you use it? I'm interested in trying out this setup but I've never used a bivy and the ones that are just a second sleeping bag and the ones that have a hoop and look like a very small tent look very different.
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Nov 6, 2020 08:42
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Borah Gear tarp and bug bivy. It typically set it up like a 2 wall tent with one collapsible carbon poll and a tree. I’ve used it in the Southwest and Southeast. It’s great because in good weather I don’t bother with the tarp and just throw down the bivy in any nice spot and it’s like cowboy camping but you have a ground sheet and full bug net over you.
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Nov 6, 2020 09:05
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cebrail posted:What kind of bivy is that and in what climate do you use it? I'm interested in trying out this setup but I've never used a bivy and the ones that are just a second sleeping bag and the ones that have a hoop and look like a very small tent look very different. I got the just the bag setup and it's Ok. If you already got all the other camping equipment like a tent ground sheet, sleeping bag and mat you can definitely try bivying for cheap by just getting a bag off ebay and going on a dry night to see if you like it. If there's no rain forecast you shouldn't need a tarp.
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Real bivys are absolute condensation hell if you're in the wrong climate for them (humidity and dew point dependent mostly). I tried one once and woke up soaked on a clear night, to the point where I had to wring out my sleeping clothes. That's why I vastly prefer the bug bivy style. 
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Nov 6, 2020 20:35
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I have that same Borah bug bivy and it’s real good. Can you post a pic on how you’re using that tarp?
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Nov 6, 2020 20:42
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Either of these two pitches 90% of the time since I almost always just have one pole. There are also a few poleless pitches you can do if there are trees to tie out to. The top is better for all over rain protection and the second is better for wind protection. 
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Nov 6, 2020 20:53
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oh god i won $3000 on the election and i wanna quit the world again let's say i wanna do more off-road this time. better option than the long haul trucker?
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Nov 6, 2020 21:50
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If you want something in the same wheelhouse a Kona Sutra LTD is a great platform to do pretty much any kind of touring. Can take up to 2.1 tires I think. Salsa Fargo if you want to run fatter tires and more rugged terrain. Bombtrack has a ton of options in that space too.
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Nov 6, 2020 22:01
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All City Gorilla Monsoon maybe? Salsa has some really good drop bar bikes for touring/bikepacking. If you want flatbar/swept back bars, Surly has a lot of great bikes for off road touring and bikepacking.
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Nov 7, 2020 02:42
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Cerberus and I went for another ride this weekend. Here is a very rough shot video of what it's like riding with him. Nothing super exciting happens. https://youtu.be/wVTlK2WBrFA
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Nov 9, 2020 19:09
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 good dog
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Excuse me but that was very exciting and he looks very excited to me. How much distance can he cover in a day?
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bamhand posted:Excuse me but that was very exciting and he looks very excited to me. In summer he can only do about 10 km per day because of the heat. I don't take him out for much longer than that, or we take longer breaks during the ride for him to recover. When it's cooler in spring/fall, he can do 20 km per day. In winter he can do about 25 km. On this run we did 17 km.
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:I have that same Borah bug bivy and it’s real good. Can you post a pic on how you’re using that tarp? I have the same setup too and I usually just tie off one point of my 10x10 tarp to a tree or something, and stake the other three points down in a "plow point" configuration because I'm lazy with that size tarp you can make a tent if the weather is bad, just use a stick for the central pole (16:30 if it doesn't start there) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV92xni5q8w
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I think i spend more time planning bike tours than i do cycling. and i cycle ALOT. send help
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hemale in pain posted:I think i spend more time planning bike tours than i do cycling. and i cycle ALOT.
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hemale in pain posted:I think i spend more time planning bike tours than i do cycling. and i cycle ALOT. What are you planning now?
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Koth posted:What are you planning now? Outer Hebrides! it's a little island chain off the coast of scotland. I had it booked for this year but then Covid happened so i'm gonna do it as early as possible next year when the campsites are open and the weather not to crap. It's not super long but it's pretty remote and there's a bunch of ferry crossings. i've had a board up with all the ferry timetables and trains pinned to my wall for the last 7 months  e: On equipment side of things i got some new panniers. they're arkel drylites and are like 450g for the pair with 28ltr of storage.  here's a poo poo photo i took of them to show my bf they fit my bike. i did some bad math but compared to my normal bikepacking setup it's only about 500g extra weight, counting the rack, and it's a gently caress ton more convenient. hemale in pain fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Nov 15, 2020 |
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hemale in pain posted:Outer Hebrides! it's a little island chain off the coast of scotland. I had it booked for this year but then Covid happened so i'm gonna do it as early as possible next year when the campsites are open and the weather not to crap. It's not super long but it's pretty remote and there's a bunch of ferry crossings. i've had a board up with all the ferry timetables and trains pinned to my wall for the last 7 months i used those for my trans-europe trip. for how light they were, they held up fantastically over 45 days and even after getting snagged on many branches & stairway handrails & even an early-morning assault by a colony of ants, i never had a leak. 
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God Hole posted:i used those for my trans-europe trip. for how light they were, they held up fantastically over 45 days and even after getting snagged on many branches & stairway handrails & even an early-morning assault by a colony of ants, i never had a leak. The material does feel pretty robust though i'm not a massive fan of how it attaches to the bottom of the rack with the bungee cord hook. did it ever wobble off over rougher terrain? my rack isn't tall enough to get it taut so i gotta hook it over a part it could slip off from or kinda loop the cord around one of the rack struts.
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my rack was just long enough that it was pretty much perfectly taut, when I pulled the bungee it had to stretch a full 2-3 inches to hook onto the bottom of the rack (visible in my pic, it's the curved black bar just under the bag). went over plenty of gravel and washboard and it never knocked loose. filling up the bags to full capacity seemed to help keep it rigid as well.
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i use axiom panniers and i like the bungee system. i got a pair of ortliebs a couple months ago and haven't used them yet because they don't clamp down very securely to my rack at all compared to the axioms. i'm really disappointed; i have a weird curvy rack but confirmed that ortliebs fit on it
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Apidura put out a new line of MTB specific bags in a nice welded seam VX21. If anyone is looking for bikepacking or MTB geometry compatible stuff that’s a great option.
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i say swears online posted:i use axiom panniers and i like the bungee system. i got a pair of ortliebs a couple months ago and haven't used them yet because they don't clamp down very securely to my rack at all compared to the axioms. Is it just that the hooks are loose? Do any of the adapter shims fit? I've taken to building up rack tubing diameter by wrapping electric tape around the mount points until it gets the clip snug to the rack. Helps with the rattles.
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Yeah, the orlieb issues sounds like no shims on a narrow tube rack. Also, you may need to play with the lower hook a touch.
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hemale in pain posted:here's a poo poo photo i took of them to show my bf they fit my bike. i did some bad math but compared to my normal bikepacking setup it's only about 500g extra weight, counting the rack, and it's a gently caress ton more convenient. i say swears online posted:i got a pair of ortliebs a couple months ago and haven't used them yet because they don't clamp down very securely to my rack at all compared to the axioms. i'm really disappointed; i have a weird curvy rack but confirmed that ortliebs fit on it evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at 12:10 on Nov 17, 2020 |
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evil_bunnY posted:What fittings are on your ortliebs? Where are they not secure?
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oh a second hook is a good idea. yeah it's just loose, not a tight fit at all, and the bottom hook goes in at a weird angle. ideally they'd be removeable but i'm totally fine looping more zip ties just like everything else on my bike is my rack is so pretty and i don't wanna change it but i do get that the swooping tubing is weird https://ridepdw.com/collections/cargo-bags-kickstands/products/payload-rack?variant=24749204929 edit lol jesus quote:Verified purchase i say swears online fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Nov 18, 2020 |
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i say swears online posted:yeah it's just loose, not a tight fit at all That’s pretty easy to fix then. And would rattle less than another hook.
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Friend invited me to do C&O trail from Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh in the Spring so I'm getting ready. Front panniers haven't arrived yet, but here's a preview. The front rack just barely fit around the disc brakes, which is why it's nowhere close to being level. In the meantime though, I'm loving set up for getting groceries!
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Mauser posted:Friend invited me to do C&O trail from Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh in the Spring so I'm getting ready. Front panniers haven't arrived yet, but here's a preview. Hell yeah. I did that after coming down from Cleveland earlier in the year. It’s a great trail. The first 20 miles or so are going to be a real grind coming from Cumberland but then you should have pretty much all downhill.
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