http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: CCE Bikepackers Section Outing en Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:28:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-249416 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:14:31 +0000 Mandopicker101 249416@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Even later to the party (I probably had a flat...), I'd also be interested in a bikepacking type ride if it isn't turning into a cast-of-thousands production. Advice welcomed from seasoned hands on CX or MTB... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-249343 Mon, 08 May 2017 11:21:59 +0000 DaveC 249343@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm arriving late to the party but keen to join in.</p> <p>Have MTB/CX with alsorted tyres to chose from.</p> <p>I moved everything off my bike as it made it lighter to carrying over styles etc.. but have a light tent, sleeping bag, stove etc...</p> <p>Where are we going?</p> <p>Dave C </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-249331 Mon, 08 May 2017 10:47:53 +0000 I were right about that saddle 249331@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice looking product. Highland river water I drink as is. Borders water....less so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-249328 Mon, 08 May 2017 10:35:56 +0000 dessert rat 249328@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/msr-trailshot-lighter-way-to-carry-water.html" rel="nofollow">http://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/msr-trailshot-lighter-way-to-carry-water.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247698 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:17:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 247698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry to hear you're redundant, happy to hear you're up for a ride-out.</p> <p>Now, anyone got a preferred weekend for this jaunt? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247692 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:43:02 +0000 Nelly 247692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not keen on bivvy bags, picked up a lightweight one from decathlon.</p> <p>About to be made redundant, so will have plenty of time for these kind of expeditions this summer ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247615 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:18:26 +0000 steveo 247615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got a micro filter bottle from amazon for £30 easily worth its weight if there is a decent water source on the route. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247603 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:57:15 +0000 Arellcat 247603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose that's as close as we'd get to packets of dehydrated water.</p> <p>"Pop one in your bottle and simply top up with water!"</p> <p>Brought to you by the same team who invented frozen fire. All you do is defrost it and pour it onto logs for roaring flames. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247591 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 08:41:23 +0000 Ed1 247591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use a cheap two man tent on my bike that was £8 out a bargain store its only single skin so does not weigh that much, its the weight of drinks that always makes my bike heavy on tours. I suppose could take water tablets. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247590 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 08:38:59 +0000 gembo 247590@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo especially on a dry summer night </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247589 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 08:37:52 +0000 steveo 247589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe you could try a bivvy bag? Much lighter and adequate for single night trips. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247583 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 06:41:53 +0000 Nelly 247583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am up for it. </p> <p>Got a Carradice SQR block on my MTB, just need to get a light one man tent as my 2 man will be too bulky. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247565 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 20:16:49 +0000 I were right about that saddle 247565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or a unicycle and a designer handbag. Ain't no rules to bikepacking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247520 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 07:11:43 +0000 steveo 247520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or a cross bike and a Carradice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247518 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:10:37 +0000 I were right about that saddle 247518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Is bikepacking basically cycle camping on mountain bikes without pannier racks?</em></p> <p>Or a ratty hybrid with a trailer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247517 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:07:20 +0000 I were right about that saddle 247517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I am interested in the *idea* of bikepacking and wild camping</em></p> <p>Then you're probably hooked. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247037 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:34:30 +0000 gembo 247037@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax, I know what you mean but I find I get a lot of earache after those escapades from the family whereas the walk we did in the Dysyni Valley last week was much better received as it turned out the village ahead which I had guessed was tall-y-llyn (no OS map till next day) was in fact the one after tal-y-lyn called Abergynolwyn which was indeed where we were staying. Much increased striding and happiness when this was made apparent. </p> <p>Dem Welsh shepherds used to live at the top of the hills and indeed some of the farmers still have their sheep up there with the little lambies being born right at the top of cadair idris. Man I am sick of lambs, everywhere you go in north wales, lambs, feckin lambs gambolling and frolicking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247035 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:23:09 +0000 minus six 247035@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>sure, the books are no substitute for a local ordnance survey map and a sense of adventure</p> <p>unexpected deep river fording where a bridge should have been</p> <p>up to your knees in bog for miles on end</p> <p>its the trips full of adversity that are remembered most fondly </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247029 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:01:07 +0000 crowriver 247029@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax, aye, useful for walkers too. Be aware that the Storer volume is pretty out of date now, so worth checking the routes: one reviewer of Storer discovered a track had ditches dug across it every 5 metres, thus making it useless for MTBing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247026 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 16:33:15 +0000 minus six 247026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Peter D. Koch-Osborne's <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-D.-Koch-Osborne/e/B001K8CR48/">bikepacker books of the glens</a> are ridiculously cheap second-hand these days</p> <p>Not forgetting Storer's excellent <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Exploring-Scottish-Hill-Tracks-Illustrated/dp/0715302574/">Exploring Scottish Hill Tracks</a>, also to be had for a penny</p> <p>Invaluable reference material for those about to embark on the wild side </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247023 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:48:20 +0000 gembo 247023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well yes that sounds right arellcat. One on Tarmac the other off road. So Markus stitz's Pentland loop is 75 miles then camp then another 75 miles, all off road. Not how I would go round the pentlands personally.</p> <p>The drove road I am keen on as I like the history of such things. E.g.cattle from the highlands came down Loch Lomond then Falkirk then Carnwath and over towards elsrickle I guess? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247022 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:47:41 +0000 Arellcat 247022@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My old school mountain bike is distributed around the house in about ten different places. :-/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247021 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:44:53 +0000 dougal 247021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat From what I can tell that is correct, with the obvious inspiration of mountain bike allows you to tour wherever you would go as a backpacker. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247019 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:24:00 +0000 Arellcat 247019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is bikepacking basically cycle camping on mountain bikes without pannier racks? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-247011 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:36:37 +0000 crowriver 247011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal, indeed! I've done cycle camping before, but not bikepacking. I do like the idea, but I'm going to test out various combos of solo tent/bivvy bag first, in more easily accessible (by road/farm track/forestry track followed by short off-track push) first before attempting anything nearly as adventurous as the Borders Drove Road...</p> <p>To those who do venture across the Pentlands, God Speed! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-246993 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:47:32 +0000 dougal 246993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am interested in the *idea* of bikepacking and wild camping and such but I am not so experienced in the practicalities of camping and touring that I feel ready to combine the two in a minimalist fashion. That's certainly the direction I'm heading though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17614#post-246906 Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:35:15 +0000 I were right about that saddle 246906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fellow Roughians,</p> <p>Following discussions with @nedd1_eh and @Iain McR, I have a suggestion;</p> <p><strong>A CCE outing along the <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16198">Borders Drove Road</a> involving a bit of wild camping one weekend this summer.</strong></p> <p>Because everyone has such different attitudes to riding I don't propose to attempt to lead such a ride - just to suggest a camping spot and attempt to find a suitable date. That way navigation, logistics and indeed survival, becomes, as it should always be, the responsibility of the participants.</p> <p>I'd encourage anyone who's even remotely curious about bikepacking to give it a bash. Cycling on trails with a tent and a stove has been the source of some of the most satisfying and rewarding days I've spent on this planet. I can also vouch for the fact that you don't need a bike made of unobtainium, a tent made from spider silk or the legs and lungs of an SAS trooper to have fun doing it. A refitted nineties hybrid and the legs and lungs of an ageing office worker are quite adequate. (I actually do have a spider silk tent though.)</p> <p>So. Who would care to participate in such an outing and which weekend might be best? </p>