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Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:35 pm
by Blackhound
Must remember to high-five mountainbaker next time I see him

Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:45 pm
by mountainbaker
Blackhound wrote:Must remember to high-five mountainbaker next time I see him

Haha Kev! I'd be fair chuffed.
Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:49 pm
by Bearbonesnorm
pushing down descents
In all fairness (to me) there wasn't really any pushing downhill. Uphill, yes, across, certainly ... but not down
The only thing I have against the 'Enduro crowd' is that they're the same b'stards who laughed at me for wearing a bum bag ... now they're all at it

Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:07 pm
by Cheeky Monkey
Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:27 pm
by mountainbaker
Cheeky Monkey wrote:It's all bikes and that kinda makes it great, though I don't expect to like or identify with everyone else just because two wheels are involved
This is how I feel I should view it all. I lose sight of that sometimes and get too opinionated about it I guess. Must. Calm. Down.
Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:32 pm
by Cheeky Monkey
Pffffffft. I've had a decade or more of advocacy practice and typing it isn't the same as not (sometimes) thinking "unkind" thoughts

Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:04 pm
by Blackhound
STW93 arrived today and double page inside front cover advert is a Genesis bike with Alpkit luggage attached. It is the future!
Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:20 pm
by Joshvegas
Can I just say.... I've taken an axe bike packing before...
Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:49 pm
by Kumquat
I haven't taken an axe with me but I have brought along a folding pruning saw.........
Re: Looks like bikepacking has gone mainstream
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:54 pm
by Joshvegas
Oh yeah I have an opinel folding saw thats comes too sometimes!