Lightweight clothing and accessories sub 200g but the total suite can add up bikepacking and light touring bikes.
Lightweight bike touring setup.
Bike touring version 1 1997 to 2006.
For an all round touring setup you could fit some fat 2 4 schwalbe super moto x slicks and fenders and this bike will be great on a dirt road tour too.
The medium touring road bike frame bag costs a bit more and weighs 13 1 ounces.
Read more kevin s lightweight gear list for bike touring in europe.
I began touring way back in my teenage years on a 26 mountain bike.
To start let s take a look inside the handlebar bag.
This is trek s longest running touring bike and bicycling s editors deemed it one of the best trek bikes of 2018.
This is a lightweight affordable bike touring set up that you can use for local bike tours or or long distance cycling adventures around the world.
This culminated in a 3 month tour across norway in 2006 at the peak of my fully loaded setup.
This hilite touring bike will suit the minimalists who like panniers.
Handlebar bags are great because they allow you to access your important and most used items in a.
My recommended lightweight bike touring setup.
For your ultralight kit aim to have everything under 20kg including the bike.
Below is a brief history of my bike touring equipment showing a general progression towards a lightweight setup.
With a steel frame rack and mudguard braze ons and a wide range of gears.
It comes in six different sizes geometries.
Read more for more assistance with figuring out which gear tools equipment and clothing is essential for your bike tour please refer to the bicycle touring blueprint inside the book you ll.
The bridge club frameset has got all the braze ons you can think of including mounts for the surly 8 and 24 pack rando racks.
Your mountain bike setup to be under 12kg.
It s just 9 2kg 20lb.