How To Pack Your Bikepacking Bags

[Music] oh hi there what's up my bike packing buddies this video is all about how to pack your bike packing bags i've done a lot of videos about which gear you should bring for different adventures and i'll link those down below but this video is all about how you get all of this stuff onto your bike [Music] i want to start off by saying that bike packing is a little bit different than bike touring bike touring usually means that you're riding on roads and it's smooth and it's flat and your bike's not getting rattled around on an off-road trail and when your bike touring you have big fat panniers on the front and the back and you can bring quite a bit more stuff than bike packing by packing you really want everything to be snug on the bike and streamline so when you're on off-road trails your bags aren't bouncing all over the place oh look at this big old thing i've also done many bike tours with a trailer and they're pretty cool they're super simple they're easy to attach to the back your bike all of your stuff is in one spot and it really moves smoothly behind your bicycle i don't use this anymore because really it's just more to deal with if you're flying somewhere with your bike you also have to fly with a trailer it's also an extra tire that can go flat and it just is just too much stuff i don't need this much stuff i really pack lightly these days so this trailer is now used mainly for grocery shopping one of the main reasons why i've gotten into bike packing more over the last five years is that it's just more fun i like dirt i like mountain biking i like camping in the middle of nowhere and the biggest thing is it's a lot safer when your bike touring you're on roads roads scare me cars scare me but when you're bike packing like let's say in baja you're out there in the middle of nowhere and you're not going to get run over that's a nice piece of mind if you're new to my channel i will link below all sorts of bike adventures from all over the world and the goal with my channel and all of my content is simply to inspire people to challenge themselves and just have a great time outside in mother nature oh man it feels so good to be here if you're new to bike packing i totally understand that gear can be very overwhelming there's so many different brands with so many different lightweight trinkets and cool things to buy but my advice for you is don't get worked up in all that stuff buy what you can buy what you can afford go to your local outdoor shop talk to them they know best my very first bike adventure when i rode my bike from honduras to boulder i just patched together whatever i could find and i was just fine don't get caught up with all the people online talking about gear and measuring grams and weight and all that stuff you'll just go down an endless rabbit hole and it'll make you crazy all right let's start with the frame pack and this is where you're going to want to put most of your heavy stuff and why is that well when you're on off road trails or single track and it's technical you want your weight centered it's just easier to maneuver your bike if you put your heavy stuff back here it's going to swing around and you're going to fishtail so you want the heavy stuff right here oh and big stuff like your bike pump per se want to see what's in here let's find out all right let's see one can of beans two can of beans three four five six seven is there one more yes eight you obviously don't need that many cancer beans on a bike trip but it just goes to show how much can fit in these bags you know it looks kind of small but it really if you have a wide one you can fit a ton of stuff in there frijoles people ask me all the time about nutrition on my bike trips and really i eat a lot of beans and tortillas bean burritos i love them you get a lot of protein a lot of carbs they're easy to pack and here's another one i get this question all the time i do not bring a stove on my bike packing trips i never have these are really easy to make without cooking you just open it up pour it in a tortilla bam you've got breakfast lunch or dinner cheers buddy cheers eeny meeny miny which bag should i talk about next mo the seat pack is really big mine holds 15 liters and this is where i put all of my sleeping stuff my sleeping bag my sleeping pad my puffy jacket all of my clothes this is like my dresser drawer right here and once i get it packed and locked up i pretty much don't touch it for the rest of the day while i'm riding i only open it up when i get to camp and i set up my tent and everything peekaboo you want to see how i pack this thing i start with my sleeping bag and i ram it in all the way to the back you want as much of the weight up here as you can again put it toward the center of the bike next up sleeping pad and it really helps to grunt in these situations it's like playing tennis and you just gotta kind of scream as you're ramming it in there and i'd like to make a point that packing bike packing bags takes time you're gonna have to figure it out you'll do it and you realize nah that's not quite it you take it all out you do it again you go on your trip every single day you learn a little bit more about where you want different things so you don't have to completely nail this the first time it just has to close up and then you're good to ride your bike and finally puffy jacket and extra layers just put it all in there and you'll see pretty quickly that the bag starts filling out like that and you can start wrapping it up making sure it's nice and tight again if you're mountain biking you do not want this swinging around roll it up like a burrito squeeze all that extra air out of there i like to clip my flip-flops on the back here because they're usually stinky and i don't want them inside the bag getting my clothes all stanky just like that ta-da moving on can you guess what is in this little pouch right here i will give you three seconds maybe it's something red or something blue just kidding this is absolutely not where i keep my shaver i don't need it to be that accessible this is where i keep my sony camera this is my main camera the rx100 mark 7. i keep it here because it is so easy to get in and out of while i'm riding my bike let's say there's a dog chasing me or something very spontaneous and momentary and i want to capture it on film keep it right here just so i'm quick drop bam i got you but wait there's more this is also where i keep my fork and knife so i don't need to use disposable plastic when i go to a restaurant all right let's talk about the front of the bike and this handlebar bag right here is great and again you're going to want to put stuff in there that you're going to use throughout the day so what do i have in here you know i love my drone gotta have my drone in there i usually have my mavic mini in here but it's up for repair right now so this is the mavic air if you do put your drone up here you really want to pad it because these things are very very delicate i also have my rain jacket you never know when it's going to rain you want to be able to get it quickly i also have hot sauce because well you know i love hot sauce this might be also where you want to keep a little bit of toilet paper this is where i keep my water purifier pen and sunscreen all right under my handlebar bag is my tent and the great thing about tents these days is that they are tiny and lightweight i mean check this thing out it would fit between drop bars i ram mine under the brake cables right here and i just velcro it to the handlebar it's really really tight it's not going anywhere and if you're somebody who likes carrying more stuff or you're bike packing in the winter you might want to look into one of these type bags one of these big front rolls where you could carry just a lot more stuff i am a very lightweight bike packer so i don't bring much i don't use this very often but let's say i was going to alaska i would definitely use something like that okay since we're at the front of the bike let's talk about these bags right here they're great for carrying water bottles again you're riding you can just get it in and out i also you know me i film a ton so this is where i keep my gopro i also keep power bars and gels and other extra batteries things that you want to get at really quickly and you'd be surprised how much this holds i think i rammed in 15 click bars once i'd like to talk a little bit about documenting your adventures you all know that i do it a lot and more and more people are starting youtube channels or they just want to make cool videos to show their family and friends and so we're all traveling with small cameras nowadays and my biggest tip is that you want to keep your stuff accessible if it's at the end of the day and you're tired and you're like oh it's a beautiful sunset but i don't want to deal with getting my camera out of the back of my bike it's zipped in three different pouches you're probably not gonna do it so keep your stuff easily accessible right up front i also forgot i keep this little tripod up here and that's how i you know i stopped set up the tripod ride my bike in front of it it's exhausting but it makes your videos a lot cooler also i have this little clamp here now and so sometimes i keep my gopro right here so it's even quicker access i just grab it and turn it on and sometimes i take the gopro and i stick it on my helmet and i just try to get every different angle while i'm documenting because it just makes the final product more dynamic don't worry little guy we're not going to forget about you this is the final bag and this little seat bag is where i keep most of my tools i've got tire sealant in here tubeless tire repair kit what else do i have in here i have a air cartridge i even have an extra tube and there's even more in there there's my little multi-tool let's talk about water hydration is one of the most important things when you're doing any type of exercise yes i know beans are important but water is even more important where do you put water bottles well i like putting two up here that's way i have easy access while i'm pedaling i can grab my bottles if i'm somewhere like the baja divide where i don't even have access to water for three days no rivers nothing then you really got to bring a lot of extra water so you pack some of these these big ones you can put them on your forks you can put them right here again there's no exact answer to this at all depends on the adventure that you're going on this is not a gear video telling you exactly what you need to bring on a bike packing trip you know what you need essentially first aid and food and water and sleeping systems and all that kind of stuff it's all about just where you put those things but i will talk about something that i get questions about all the time and it is ryan do you bring a lock and the answer is no i've never brought a lock on any of my bike tours and it's mainly because you don't really need it you know i run into a grocery store or a gas station i put my bike out front and i've never had any problems it's also an opportunity to make a friend if there's somebody in front of the grocery store you can say hey hey kid i'll give you two bucks if you watch my bike or a lot of times you can bring your bike in the store if you just ask nicely and at campgrounds and places like that i mean you're sleeping right next to your bike the chances of it getting stolen are are very slim of course it could happen but it's just not something that i feel is necessary especially since they are heavy alright i hope you found this informative and helpful if you have any more questions please write them down in the comments section and i will get back to you the most important thing is just to go out there and have fun riding bikes is fun right we all know that you'll slowly get the hang of it as you pack and repack and pack and pack it back and back you'll get it i promise so thank you for watching please like and subscribe and again i will link below adventures from all over the world that will help inspire you to hit the road you

Channel: Ryan Van Duzer

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Length: 13min 21sec (801 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 17 2021