While the occasional trail will have overgrown bracken to push through,
almost all of my LCG is due to a combination of rocky/rooty and steep.
Certainly on the Great Divide MTB trail, which is mostly dirt roads, it's
grade that will make it LCG, but that should be rare.
With abandon,
Patrick
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I guess I haven't done that much hike-a-bike stuff. I've mostly ridden on fire
roads and other low-traffic or abandoned roads, rather than fight through
brush. On my local rides, I definitely push/carry my bike through some stuff,
but I'm not usually packing a sackville on those rides.
--
You
Huh. Perhaps the difference is frame size? Looking at my LCG photos, I'm in
front of the SaddleSack. Perhaps that's possible because my frame is 62cm
and thus has a longer top tube? But I'd think proportionately you'd have a
similar fit for a bike that fits you? I prefer to get tucked up inside
Deacon & Jim, I asked because I have a large Saddlesack (great product) on
one of my bikes, which I ride off-road, and I have noticed that my hip hits
the Saddlesack when I'm hike-a-biking. It's not nearly as bad as rear
panniers, which are definitely in the way when pushing, but I notice it.
On
Anne,
Here are two pics of LCG with the Large SaddleSack (this one and the one to
the right of
it):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/9981012633/in/set-72157635975329866
If you look through the other photos from that trip, you'll see the
configuration for SaddleSack only travel (I ad
Anne,
I've never had a problem with the Large SaddleSack or the TourSacks, used
independently or together with LCG. My problem is with my feet sacking into
the pedal unless I turn it to the 9 o'clock position (toward the front).
Considering the stuff I've gone through I fail to grasp the "need
Jim, when you use the large Sackville saddle bag for bikepacking, do you
find that it gets in the way when you have to hike-a-bike?
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <
thill@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you watch a movie like Ride the Divide or follow Cass Gilbert's blo
If you watch a movie like Ride the Divide or follow Cass Gilbert's blog While
Out Riding, you will see the types of minimalist bike-packing set-ups that are
being popularly marketed now. Personally I like a combination of a Revelate
Sweet Roll, Revelate frame bag, and a large Sackville saddle ba
Mike,
Agreed. I thought the same...give em time.
~Hugh
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep
moving.” ― Albert Einstein
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Mike Schiller wrote:
> Unfortunately, looking over their gear that i
