you guys might remember from previous episodes that my gravel bike is
out of action global part shortage and all of that but we want to go backpacking this weekend
to scotland and there's going to be a lot of off-road so um
gonna have to start other mountain bike got some bags ready i haven't actually put them on here
before so i don't know if they're going to fit and i need to make some tweaks because currently it's
got the widest handlebars in the world and it's kind of making a small creaking noise today's
video is going to be dedicated to the setup first stop backyard bike shop carbon handlebars
haven't got carbon blade you've got to build up workshop tools slowly slowly they're expensive
i'm doing this outside because there's no mountain bikes in there yeah i i like mountain bikes but
servicing wise there's completely different parts differently kids different levers different bottom
bracket standards different tyres inner tubes it's just easier with specialized knowing road
and gravel i didn't even work on my own mountain bikes i was gonna wing it hopefully we don't you
heard him don't turn up to the shop with your mountain bike otherwise you will be turned away
oh wait i know why vacuum that was worth it
it is very bad form to go to a bike shop and then expect to borrow tools off them and do the
job yourself so just let nick do it i'll do it for you just there yeah i want it nice and aero
super aero one we've got a factor in that these grips add in about a centimeter of width oh yeah
on the end there five mold 760s you want to go to 720 yeah i think 720 is so that's four centimeters
off just take four centimeters on this side and then shuffle the bar along here shuffle yeah
my second favorite tool
let's fix mountain bike mechanics easy man thanks mate it looks a bit more normal now doesn't it
not narrow it's 72 centimeters it's still wide so especially for a little guy imagine jeremy on that
wait why have you got a brand new stanley it's a new stanley what's wrong with the
old one we're tired uh we're place accident yeah like just basically we overworked him
a bit and yeah it's disastrous i don't know i could show you but it's i'm not sure it's safe
i love stanley i mean it's happening nice many years ago
what happened but i mean yeah well south african health and safety i mean like
it's not existing i think at some point last week you set up fire you think yeah
here's a little tip for your off-road riding gt85 on your pedals after every ride because the
engagement is metal on metal they can get a bit squeaky and rough feeling unclipping can just feel
well really nasty a little spray of this when you're cleaning your bike to keep things smooth
goes a long way so here's a rundown of all of the stuff i'm taking with me this weekend i'm
probably going to forget some stuff aren't i biggest stuff first tailfin aero pack you've
probably seen this before they're a sponsor of the channel after using it in multiple bike packing
trips in the past essentially it's a seat pack but it has these two carbon in this case they
do an alloy one as well these attached to your through axle or quick release fits pretty much
any bike and this bit clamps to your seat post the claim capacity is 20 liters but of course you can
strap stuff to the top of it and just keep kind of going up we did it with vietnamese hats and pizza
they've also added cargo cage mouse so i've retrofitted a fidlock magnetic holder so i can
put an extra bottle on the back of the bike there i've gone with the off-road feed lock bottle with
the lid on because i imagine being at the back here on the bike it's gonna get sprayed with
lid so you don't get some weird disease inside here will be this sleeping bag 700 grams sleeping
mat which is uh one for my hiking brand and this out kit bivvy which is quite big for a bivvy
because it's got some special features which i'll show you in the following videos where we actually
use it i'm borrowing all of this gear from emily because i don't have any world camping stuff so
it'll be an experience these three massive bits of gear i'm gonna try and squeeze all
in the trunk of the tail fin uh because that'll be the least accessible bit of bike packing luggage
i'll have on me uh and obviously you'll only need these in the evening when you unpack so
if they can squeeze in that'll be great i've then got two panniers made by tailfit these
are 22 liters each and currently they're just full of bubble wrap i think nice thing about these is
that they clip onto the side of the existing tail fin rack really quickly just using this clamp to
access them they're just a roll top so packing them is really quick and easy and you don't
have to [ __ ] around especially if you're tired from riding i'm going to be taking
two cameras with me gopro for on the bike then this camera the canon eos r if it starts raining
this can go in one of the panniers so handy having the space because i'm using a full-size mountain
bike i'm guessing a frame bag is completely out of the question perhaps someone could make a custom
one that fitted uh but i think i'm going to have enough storage space otherwise if i'm using a bar
bag as well so i've opted for as much water as i could possibly carry inside the frame triangle
another fidlock with a lid and a fidlock without a lid i've then got another 600ml bottle which i'm
attaching to my fork with a uni-based connector and a unibase mount it's going to be 26 degrees
tomorrow which is very hot for english people so i want to carry as much water as i possibly
can the reason i'm only running one of these and not on both forks is because i've only got one
base connector thing i would be running them symmetrical if i could 29 of mountain bike
tubes butyl i don't mind carrying the extra weight always worth it just in case your tubeless fails
lazy mini pump stands tubeless dart thing tires are hutchinson kraken 2.3 with stan's race ceiling
inside mounted to velo elite carbon wheels made by my friend tom probably won't need lights because
there's so much daylight at the moment and we're heading north so the situation gets even better
but just in case garmin various front and rear is the ones with a sensor in that tell you when
there's a car coming fairly limited space on the integrated carbon handlebar from the villa erta
i guess it's a racing bike not a bike packing thing so it doesn't matter so much but it means
i've opted to not run a head unit because the light's there instead i'll be recording my
ride on this instead it does power and heart rate and jimmy's in charge of the route so
i'm just gonna follow him at the front of the bike skin grows back food pouch this is really handy
just to stuff all your gels and bars and peanuts and sweets and whatever you want just because it's
so easily accessible you can just straight to the mouth finally to finish off the bags upside down
attacker's bar bag i always like running a bar bag when you're bike packing because it's easy
to get the stuff out of so if there's instances where there might not be so many stops and you
need to stock up on food that's the place that i go to to put it in because it's in one zip you can
almost access it while you're riding if you uh if you're careful so that's all the basic stuff and a
rundown of the gear naturally we're taking a bunch of spares as well like little multi-tools chain
breaker all of that stuff all your usual stuff that you would take on a ride um if you don't
want to get stranded but really it's a chance to test out this setup to see if i wanted to use it
for future trips uh because there's quite a few trails up here like the i think it's the west
highlands way and a few kind of walking specific trails that really are in the middle of nowhere
beautiful and uh pretty good for xc mountain biking so a nice little test i'm not going to
set up my suspension and stuff this trip i'm just going to use it locked out for now because i want
to do some mountain biking next week and don't have to switch between but um get used to the
position and uh some time on the bike i think it uh can't be a bad thing stay tuned to this channel
for the next few days where myself jimmy chris and a special guest who has recently ridden his bike
back home from china will be doing a fun adventure in scotland thank you for watching and bye for now