- Sometimes you're going to need to take some stuff
with you when you ride.
To be prepared, of course.
- You've got super lightweight or carry loads of stuff.
- Yeah, we'll tell you how we do it,
basically how you carry all the stuff you need
to get you out of problem if you're going for a big ride.
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- Let's start with the basics.
If I'm going for my normal type of ride,
kind of enduro-ey in my local woods,
I'm never going far from the car.
I'm sort of sessioning, downhill tracks then
Basically I'll take nothing aside from my phone
and maybe a drink of water.
However, if I'm going a bit further afield
and it's maybe more than half an hour walk to the car
if something goes wrong with my bike,
then I'll definitely think about taking a multi-tool.
Of course you could carry that in your pockets.
But I don't really like doing that,
it feels dangerous to me.
So I think of somewhere better to put this.
- If you're like me, you can put this in your bottle cage
just like that.
So you're body, it's not going to dig into your arteries
when you crash.
So that's my toe pick ninja bottle cage
with multi-tool carrier.
Simple, easy, but yet effective.
- Scary, another good lightweight option,
I've been using one of these loads recently,
is one of these straps.
You can strap a tube, tube canister, and have got
some tubeless plugs in there.
Obviously you need something to pop a tube
if you've got a problem.
These simply strap to your frame.
I use this a lot for racing enduro, I should say,
and on my cross-country bike.
I leave them strapped full time.
- This is my ass bag, fanny pack.
I think that's too lightweight.
I think I need to carry a lot more.
So this Camelbak fanny pack carried 1.5 liters of water.
Plus I've got a bottle on my bike if I need it,
if I'm going for a longer ride.
And I can carry an abundance of snacks just like this.
More multi-tools, inner tube, and a bigger pump
for more volume.
- Another good way of carrying your stuff on the bike
rather than on your body is a saddlebag.
In there you can fit a tube, multi-tool,
some tire levers.
It's a pretty backseat cross country rider
where you're not using a drop seat.
Don't work very well if you're putting the seat
up and down.
Quite often we use one of those and then a pump
mounted on the side, and my bottle cage like I used
at Solstice Ride last year.
- Now again if you're going for an epic ride,
that is too light.
From our big backpack just like this you can carry
a lot more water as well as on you bike.
There's three liters of water in here
and there is so much room you can even fit
a French stick in there.
Plus lots of stuff.
You've got kit in here, more snacks, more snacks,
tools, inner tube, and a bigger pump.
Oh wait, and more snacks, love the snacks.
Now what if you want to go on a massive adventure, Neil?
You need to carry a lot of stuff.
- Well we went backpacking last year around the Gower.
So we were carrying tents, spares, loads of food,
a sleeping bag, and clothes on the bike, weren't we?
- Yes, so we had a tent on the front,
mid-loader full of food.
- Loads of food. - Loads of food.
- [Neil] Loads of snacks.
And we had a rear tail loader as well.
It might have a sleeping bag, and more clothes.
I didn't actually wear a backpack for that.
- Now I carried a backpack, but I was carrying
more camera equipment and all that jazz.
- It's good when you do big days, if we're on a super
big adventure further than that, more than two days.
Having everything on the bike is really nice.
Makes the bike feel super stable.
Drop seat (voice is muffled), much more comfy.
- [Blake] Yeah, you did in Iceland?
- [Blake] I did around the Isle of Wight, Gower.
We need to do another one.
- We do, now I think there's two different types of people.
I like to be super minimalistic, he likes to carry.
- I like to carry every single thing in this world.
Even the kitchen sink is in the back there.
- Snacks and kitchen sinks.
So if you want to see a video where I said recently
about things you don't need to take.
- I might actually want to watch that one.
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- Over there there's a bike packing video from last year.
And I'll see you in the next one, see ya.