so welcome back to the videos welcome to another beautiful morning in spain
today's ride is a little bit shorter so as we've got a nice chilled day i
thought it would be a good opportunity to go through my bike set up so without further ado
here is a weird bike packing setup an error bike with bags on it and one bite
so to start things off this is my scott foil aero bike and yes i'm bike packing on it because you
can bike pack on any bike there are no rules this is a scott foil 20 frame set in size small i've
done a full video on this bike without the bags and stuff on it so if you want to check that out
i'll put a link in the description down below this is a fairly new bike and there are a few
notable things worth mentioning in this bike packing video which will be affecting this trip
firstly it's got a hydraulic rotor one by group set on it because in the cycling industry right
now there were a few shortages of parts and it was the only thing i could get hold of but so far
it's been fantastic on the front i've got a 42 tooth chain ring and on the back an 11 36
cassette there's been a fair amount of climbing on this trip so far and it seems to be just about
right until you go over about 15 where it is a bit of a drag uh but perfectly doable still
wheels are parkour rondas these are their all road style wheels so slightly wider internal diameter
fitted with 30 millimeter tyres so a comfortable ride which kind of offsets the
fairly aggressive frame rotor disc brakes which are made in collaboration with magura these are
160 rotors front and rear so massive rotors really really strong braking performance which i'm very
happy with and very important especially when you have lots of bags on your bike weighing it down
in terms of bag setup i have a small atticus bar bag with tools inside of it i have all my tools in
one place in a tool roll like this so this has got chain breaker allen keys puncher patches tubeless
stuff i'm running these tubular so there's like darts in here if i need to fix them and inner
tubes in the front bag as well if the tubeless fails i also keep stuff that i need regularly
in here like passport every time you book into a hotel having these things on hand and easy to find
makes a big difference amazing recent upgrade to my setup has been this small speaker i think it's
called the jbl clip because it has a clip on it but it's really loud and it means we can listen
to music while we're riding along uh we tend to pause it when we go through towns and stuff though
because you don't want to disturb people i then have stuffed into the pockets on the other side
bits of food so these are cashew nuts and then two stem bags or food pouches which are attached to
the uh handlebars probably the neatest that i've ever done it you can see there more food these
are sweets and phone on the left hand side and then i've got my grill mount with the gopro for
filming these videos and yes this is how i get all the footage of me descending yeah ridiculous but
chris has got one too so it makes me feel less silly mounted to the frame i have two magnetic
fidlock bottles these are 600 milliliters i tend to refill them in the morning and then usually
i'm good for the whole ride except for the really long days tiny little design pump which does the
trick i would prefer my full frame pump but it doesn't fit that neatly inside the aero frame
after all this is not made for bike packing welcome to this very quick commercial break
this is a message to say that we're actually giving away a very good prize in today's video
all you have to do is comment below as to why you think you should win it the prize is a garmin 830
just like this one except your one will be in a box and brand new comment below why you should
win and thank you to garmin for sponsoring this video now back to the bike check pedals
i'm using my garmin rallies these are the spd sl versions these ones are double-sided power meters
and work with your standard shimano spd sl cleats which is what's on the bottom of my shoe i really
like having the power data when i'm riding a loaded bike because it's easy to get carried away
when you're on climbs because you are going so much slower without seeing the data in front of
you you can get a bit frustrated because you are going so slow and then you ride too hard and then
before you know it you've been doing sweet spot for like half an hour up the climbs so i really
like having the data in front of me looking at my power knowing what my zone two power is which i
can sustain for a long time and then just sticking to that in addition to that data i've also got
garmin fenix watch which gives you your heart rate data as well and loads more information
about sleep and recovery as well so i've been wearing this the whole time on the trip and it'll
be interesting to see how like your body battery drains there's also solar panels on the watch face
which extend the battery life which well don't often get used in the uk but when you're here
extra battery this is a simcross belcara saddle this is a short nose saddle with a nice big cutout
in the middle and i've actually been getting on with it really well this is the saddle that came
with the scot frame on the back of the bike i've got loads and loads of stuff a lot more
than chris i've been carrying his ipad that's why he's so much faster than me this trip as usual i'm
running a carbon tailfin rack so this is comprised of two struts which attach to any quick release or
through axle any bike and then it also fastens to your seat post there you can get different
ones if you've got an aero seat post one little change that i've made which is new this trip
is this seat post extender so this little stick here is longer you can buy that attachment
separately and then the top bag sits further back so you can actually unroll it completely
without taking it off the bike which is really useful if you're bike packing and you're not too
fussed about it all being super neat underneath your saddle you can just access your stuff better
and james was using it when we were in vietnam really loved it and i've copied him because
convenience on the telephone rack i've got two pannier style bags fitting on the sides they're
about 20 liters each and then the aero pack which is the top one which is also about 20 liters so
loads and loads of room obviously i'm carrying a lot of camera gear so in here i've got just my
laptop and then a bunch of cable salad so all the chargers and everything and then my normal clothes
in the other side i have cycling clothes including some clean kit when i eventually join team rebel
at the end of this bike packing trip chris's ipad and then some sweets and stuff which i'm carrying
just in case we end up stuck for food which can happen on a sunday in spain because everything's
closed in the aero pack i've got normal shoes a few extra normal clothes and a down jacket as well
which packs down really small on the back of the tail fin i've been running a garmin varia radar
this is not only a really strong backlight which is rechargeable but also tells you when a car is
coming up behind you so when i'm on quieter roads i've got this running and then i get an alert on
my head unit when there's stuff coming up behind when you're very tired it's very useful to have
that information i've had people ask me before how i mount this to the tail fin i'd actually
have the special fitting that they sell i just use the normal garmin one that comes in the box
with the elastic bands and loop it around the strap does wobble around slightly but it's never
been at risk of coming off then also have clipped on this nifty device which is a garmin inreach
mini now this is a new bit of kit and it has to be on the outside of your gear to work
because it basically needs to see the sky it's a satellite tracker which with a garmin subscription
you can also send and receive messages from people when you don't have any phone signal whatsoever
i'm going to flash up some pictures on the screen here of what the messaging looks like because i've
actually been messaging daisy through it to test it out because we've been without phone signal
in some of these national parks around here the other nice thing is that it tracks your
position the whole time it's running and the battery well i've had it on for three days now
and we're still at 80 percent once you've set it up you can send links to as many
people as you want and when they click that link they'll be able to see where you are
in the world and they can see a map of where you've been as well and how long it was
since you were in that position there are loads of settings to tinker with you can actually change
the intervals that it relays your position so if you're going somewhere high risk and you want it
to show your position more frequently then you can adjust that so there's a lot of settings to tinker
with i'll let you know how it goes in the next few weeks one more thing about the inreach mini
there is an sos button underneath this cap if you press that button anywhere in the world
then the local authorities will be alerted and they'll come and rescue you chris should we press
the sos button for the video we've got to show it as an example last but not least we are navigating
using garmin head units this is a cool trick and i've actually done something new here
where on the from from the home screen i can go on to the commute app so this actually runs
apps and commute is where we've planned all of our routes so i can select one
and literally download it straight from the device as long as it's connected to my phone it's always
good having a separate device from your phone to do the navigation because well it's kind
of like having a backup so you're draining the battery on this instead of your phone which you
might be relying on for other stuff during a bike packing trip now that pretty much sums things up
so now we've done the bike check thing this is actually a normal video as well
welcome to day three we have now got 10k left of our ride it's been pretty uneventful we've
just cruised along the coast through another national park yeah and another
real nice climb that we did everything's been steady everything's been good it's been hot and
they've also been laughed out for only wearing jersey and shorts by the people uh in the cafes
because it's winter here apparently legs feeling good chris feeling happy good times hi chris how
long did we spend looking for a white wall to uh to do my bike check today half of the day
the hotel is these towns are really nice on the coast but a bit less touristy in the jar
which is on the badlands room every time you mention badlands you're getting that carly