Re: [RBW] Re: S24O Packing & securing load

2011-09-24 Thread René Sterental
Nice adventure Manny. Are you joining us today? René Sent from my iPhone 4 On Sep 23, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Manuel Acosta wrote: > Learn how to tie some knots and bring some rope. > > > Previous trips > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623688777100/ > > http://www.flickr.com/p

[RBW] Re: S24O Packing & securing load

2011-09-23 Thread Manuel Acosta
Learn how to tie some knots and bring some rope. Previous trips http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623688777100/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623462389672/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623299331702/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/manny

[RBW] Re: S24O Packing & securing load

2011-09-23 Thread dougP
On of the most useful things for packing is the cargo net. Stretchy cord stuff of some kind, a hook at each corner. For an S24O, 2 panniers hold everything but my comfy, cushy, sleeping pad, & that gets lashed onto the rear rack with the cargo net. Nets are also hand for stuffing odd bits under

[RBW] Re: S24O Packing & securing load

2011-09-23 Thread Jay
One thing that has worked for me is to pack my tent poles separately from the rest of the tent. The tent can go in a pannier or saddle bag and the poles get lashed to whatever. Jay On Sep 23, 2:16 pm, "opa...@gmail.com" wrote: > I'm looking for how-to tips, tricks, guide, (good pictures would be

[RBW] Re: S24O Packing & securing load

2011-09-23 Thread William
That's the beauty of an S24O. If you try a load configuration and it is less than perfect, then you know for next time to try something different. Bring a few extra bungees, or Rivendell irish straps or REI webbing with fastek buckles or a ball of twine and a pocketknife. If anything gets loo

[RBW] Re: S24O Packing & securing load

2011-09-23 Thread Minh
Robert, Maybe you're overthinking this, but bungees are fine for securing to the rack. It sounds like the problem you have is that you cannot put something on top of the rear rack and attach the saddle sack. Depending on the sleeping pad (or is it the tent) you can mount that on the under-side o