Not sure if this has been done before but I couldn't find a thread on it.

So what is your bikepacking bike?

Also, if it was once a stock, off the shelf machine, what mods / upgrades have you made?

Bit of an old picture but you get the idea. Now with an alpkit possum frame bag to supplement the wildcat harnesses.

Salsa el maraichi with Fargo 2 forks. Singlespeed with slx hydraulic brakes and 1 inch rise bars.

Genesis Fortitude race.

Full set of Revelate bags. very.......ORANGE!!

Here's mine :) surly karate monkey with exotic carbon fork, shimano hydraulics and inverted Mary bars :D I'm yet to load it up with bags etc, but I love it sooo much :)

With winter sleeping bag upfront, but now I have a harness


If it's mainly off road or lanes


No Swift anymore.

But my one bike to replace these above is due in April

This is the thread you're looking for: http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... f=7&t=3032

Thanks Ian. Don't know how I didn't find that one!

Loving the Mint Sauce avatar btw!

I will also post up a pic of my bike, although not that it has seen any bikepacking action yet but it was the bike that got my interest back into it!

Pretty main stream and not particularly a bikepacking specific machine (although used for it by a fair few on mtbr) with a few minor tweaks for me - ie. grips, bar ends, pedals, seat collar, etc.

My soon to be completed new bikepacking bicycle ... quite pleased with the spray can finish

Does this count? Steel frame, the wrong sized wheels, frame bag and drybag? Have used it for a combined Bunkhouse/hotel trip in the Peak, bit of a canal pootle and bivi on top of a barge. No serious off road use though

My Charge Cooker.

Changed the bars to Mary's with inboard bar ends. MYOG bar harness shown as well.

Had to fit this mud guard thing as I was getting loads of mud thrown off the wheel into my face.


Upgraded the wheels to Stans Crests tubeless on Hope straight pull hubs saving over a kilo in weight and changed the gearing to 2x9. My second favourite bike of all time, the first being a custom built Dave Yates now sadly demised.

@ JohnClimber
So what's it going to be then?

Solo wrote:@ JohnClimber
So what's it going to be then?

Don't encourage him. He's dropped many a new bike comment over the past few weeks, and so far no-one has bitten. I think it's supposed to be a secret, but we're all looking the other way and pretending not to be interested

So what's it going to be then?

I'll tell you ... for a small consideration.

See I'm new round here and trying to be friendly

I never asked

Or we could start a guess the new bike game

Shand stoater ft??

I have been using my Canyon Nerve which rides brilliantly even loaded up.



However for a longer trip, I've just obtained one of these from those nice bearded folk at Surly. I'm slightly worried that going from full sus to full rigid will be painful, despite the 2.4" tyres...

Ive a 9;Zero:7, and, in a couple of weeks, will have a Fargo.
Also got a Vaya for any onroad type trips..

I've a Planet X Dirty Harry (just built up, haven't fitted bags to it yet), a 26" Stumpjumper hard tail that has had a good life doing all manner of races, endurance events and bike packing trips, and a FS Stumpjumper that is my more fun bike that's had lots of multi day trips. All great fun bikes!

Interesting to see a FS.

Haven't seen them often used for bikepacking, at least in the pics I've seen.

I also own a Spesh fs 26er BTW.

Started off with a Salsa Fargo using a rack, moved onto Bike pack.eu luggage pretty quickly. Haven't changed much from standard apart from wheel swaps for more appropriate tyres (tubeless) & fitting and exposure revo dynamo light. Plan to fit some spongier tape. It's become my commuter of late though with 37c tyres & full guards.

Last outing was on my SS Inbred, a bike that surpasses its bargain basement pricetag expectations by riding really well.

I love my Inbred 29er rigid SS. It's just about the only bike I ride at the moment. However, I do seem to have bought a second-hand Singular Swift, which will be built up geared and rigid for bikepacking duties.

I sold my Swift & bought the inbred. The ebb & geared dropout on the swift is better than just having trackends but regarding how they ride.....I can't tell the difference!

That's good news, as far as I'm concerned.

johnnystorm wrote: SS Inbred, a bike that surpasses its bargain basement pricetag expectations by riding really well.

Agreed