My ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT Bikepacking Setup

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How to do your first lightweight road cycling bikepacking trip - and what to pack to keep your setup as minimal as possible. This is my complete gear run-through for summer riding, and everything I carried for a recent 865km solo ride through the Pyrenees Mountains.
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00:00 Intro
01:00 Bike
03:26 Wheels
05:36 Bag setup
07:55 Charging
10:01 Clothes
11:51 Front bag
14:18 Spares/tools
15:24 Nutrition
16:37 Insta360 camera mount
17:55 Attaquer kit
19:45 Bont shoes

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@baddaddyfish2271 2 ай бұрын

After going thru all the video regarding saddle bag, i found answer for what i need and a new youtuber to follow. Thanks man

@kevinmcilduff6037 7 ай бұрын

This is absolute genius this vlog. I’m doing something similar in a couple of months 3days, 450km, 3000m vert) and these tips will be invaluable.

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Epic! Stoked. Sounds like a fun trip!

@BrianDickert 7 ай бұрын

Bike-hoteling?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Credit card packing.

@BrianDickert 7 ай бұрын

My wife and I just took a train trip with our bikes, it opens so much exploration after the train drops you off. I definitly over packed! Just the GoPro for video, no mirrorless for this trip?@@tristantakevideo

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

The biggest thing I’ve learned doing a few of these lightweight trips is how little we can survive with. I didn’t run into any bad weather, thankfully, so there was nothing more I needed, and that was quite a fulfilling realization. No mirrorless for this trip..just the iPhone and 360 camera which worked well as a combo.

@rickg9827 6 ай бұрын

I want to start doing bike packing but exclusively on my road bike. It's cool to see you achieved this. I'm waiting for my bag to come in the mail and the weather to get a little better and I'm getting out there! Keep up the videos brother.

@newbarker523 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely love this. Thanks for the details and all the tips 🙏

@scugno 7 ай бұрын

All gold! Super Informative.

@vegandy 7 ай бұрын

Thats really cool! Thanks for the video 🤙

@reecedawson6113 7 ай бұрын

I loved the video, i just got back from my first time cycling abroad in Girona. Being from Britain the abnormal heat for the time of year and different sort of climbs were a bit of a shock. I mlwas mainly riding locally but one day i rode up to the French border at La Vajol, it was a great ride but the midday heat just battered me hy the end. Great place to live

@BobMcKerrell 7 ай бұрын

Great setup. Keeps motivating me to try something like this. Maybe an over nighter to start with

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

I always recommend a single night overnighter to start out with. Easy to achieve and you learn lots about what to carry. What’s great is once you’re confident doing one night away, there’s not much more you need for multiple nights away.

@richardwhalen4624 7 ай бұрын

Great video man. Learned a lot and when I summer bike pack this will be my reference

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks man, cool to hear!

@wendysuperfan1014 7 ай бұрын

thanks Tristan

@phoffen3829 4 ай бұрын

Most people take WAY too much stuff. You really don't need a lot. Some of us, of course, need space for meds/glasses/contacts but overall, super light is a lot more fun in my experience. Wash and dry clothes using the towel method and it dries very fast. If it is cold, you just have to get moving!

@MrSean8785 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely obsessed with your content man!! On this and on Instagram, when is the badlands video coming though? I cannot wait to see that!

@donball370 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Tristan, quality info and overview as always. Would have said g'day when I saw you in Girona but you were on a lengthy phone call while walking the City wall. Hopefully back soon for cycling on fantastic roads and respectful drivers, cheers, Don

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Don, funny you saw me that day..that was a pretty serious chat, that one. Glad you enjoyed riding here. 🙏🏼

@hackgolfer7352 7 ай бұрын

Another quality video, thanks. I love the Attaquer gear but need to wait until those cargo bibs are on sale! Keep up the content, thanks.

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. There’s a 20% off code for Attaquer in the description if that helps!

@hackgolfer7352 7 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, thank you. One day:)@@tristantakevideo

@sparkyspark503 6 ай бұрын

Bike touring not bikepacking. We can all pack light if we have a room and a restaurant waiting at the end of the day. Looks like fun. I'll have to book some cheap motel rooms next summer 👍

@n0twist1 7 ай бұрын

thanks for the breakdown. live in the Northeastern US and would like to do a similar ride in the late fall/winter so may need a bit more bags/gear but this sets some context.

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Glad you got something out of it. This is, admittedly, a very minimal setup that will only work in specific scenarios but if you can use it as a base, great. 🤝🏼

@Japan323i 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Tristan.. keen on the Apidura frame bag for my gravel rig..good tip on protecting frame from rub.. can you say more about the tape used to protect the BMC?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. This is just regular packing tape..a last minute thing when I realised I had no proper frame protection tape left, after putting it on the gravel bike and mountain bike. There are clear frame protectors designed by multiple brands out there, that are slightly thicker and designed for this purpose.

@m1les7 7 ай бұрын

This vid along with the ride vid are great! Looking forward to a badlands vid! 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️💪🏁

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks man 🙏🏼

@Rush-Media 7 ай бұрын

Just on my train home from my first bikepacking trip. Wish i saw this first! My weight was more like 35kg 😢😢

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Oooft that’s a lot. What did you take? And what would you leave at home next time?

@occyman 7 ай бұрын

Awesome mate …you did a video before about how to try your kit out (ie if it’s not summer)…you did something with a towel but I can’t recall which video it was.

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks man. Yeah that was on the credit card packing trip with Ben in France, from August 2021. It’s called “I love France, but…”

@GG-si7fw 5 ай бұрын

Reminds me of an article I read in a magazine in the mid 90's. Bicycling, I think. The guy rode 800+ miles over 6 days to visit relatives, staying at hotels every night. He rode a Kestrel CF bike with touring gears, flat bar with aero bars. The bike I think weighed 21 lbs and his gear was about 10 lbs. He carried a set of clothes to wear around at the end of the day with sandals and washed out his bike clothes in the hotel sink every night, hung it to dry overnight, and was dry by morning. He didn't have to worry about a cell phone back then. I think he didn't carry the food like you did and his camera to document the journey was analog. Great review as your trip brought out this memory of thos article. I think if he ran the trip again, his setup would be similar to yours as the focus was about traveling light on a bike.

@pierrex3226 2 ай бұрын

I did a week long trip like that a few years ago with friends. It's pretty easy to put together if you don't mind discomfort and sleep in Airbnbs and hotels. It's a great memory. So many mountain passes, after 15 or so we stopped counting.

@Eirikkinserdal 7 ай бұрын

Ridenow also have black valves now at a third of the price 😉 and do you heatmold your bonts?

@Tucsky 6 ай бұрын

I was there in August doing my longest bikepacking trip to date... but all the kitchen and sleep system on the bike lol Now I want to try hotels for sure, sounds perfect for this cold season... i'm only concerned about where to put the bike, what if they don't let me put it in my room etc

@hcarrer 7 ай бұрын

I bet the garmin 40 series idea came from that shot of the wahoo w/ cables mid ride hahaha

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Haha you know me well.

@andyking8464 7 ай бұрын

Awesome wrap-up, Tristan. The trip was amazing and pretty inspirational. How do you go maintaining the contacts - are you using daily or monthly sets?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Andy 🙏🏼 I run dailies so just two four pairs with me for this trip, plus the ones I was wearing on day one.

@andyking8464 7 ай бұрын

Cheers, T. After 50 years of specs, I'm trying contacts for the first time this week - a monthly set to begin with. Poking yourself in the eye to get 'em out is weird! Mate, the quality of your work is just outstanding. please keep it coming. @@tristantakevideo

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

It definitely takes some getting used to, the contact removal. I found over time my eyes have gotten less ‘sensitive’ to the feeling of having a finger pressed against them..that first couple of months is tough though! Glad you’re enjoying the videos mate! Thanks a bunch 🙏🏼

@HansComyn 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. You got a link to your plimsoll canvas shoes?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

I don't have the specific link, but if you type 'Zara espadrilles men' into Google you'll find a few very similar options. 👌

@RM-tp3gb 7 ай бұрын

hey Tristan superb video as always. I want to run my gopro off my garmin mount what do i need to do that? is there a special mount?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

There are a few different Garmin mounts with GoPro attachments on the bottom that can be used for this. K-Edge is one brand that comes to mind. Some have the GoPro attachment built in, others require an additional part. If you search “Garmin GoPro mount” you’ll find a bunch of options. 🤝🏼

@Everything_Bagel 7 ай бұрын

insightful video (y)

@shaunowen5829 7 ай бұрын

great vid and great trip, those flat shoes look like the 'answer' , can you remember what they are called/who makes them?thx

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Shaun. 🙏🏼 From memory I bought these from Zara.

@The_Normalised_Cyclist 7 ай бұрын

bro birkenstock all the way, ultimate shoe, jk really heavy, I run nike flyknit racers for bikepacking, super light and almost foldable shoes

@MitchBoyer 7 ай бұрын

That 53/36 chainring combo is such a good idea!

@veganpotterthevegan 7 ай бұрын

A 34 works too, you just can't shift under as much load. I have friends running a 34/53

@MitchBoyer 7 ай бұрын

@@veganpottertheveganthat’s the dream for me. I love super steep climbs and a 34-34 combo would be ideal ✨

@veganpotterthevegan 7 ай бұрын

@MitchBoyer I'm a SRAM guy and run a 32/48 with a 10-33 most of the time. If I'm climbing all day, I'll throw on my 10-36. I live about 5 miles away from the base of an HC climb and another HC climb is 3 miles south of that one. Really happy with this setup and I'm sure I'd run that 34/53 and an 11-36 if I were using Shimano. You can't have the chainring gap but there are people running an 11-40 with a 34/50 and I'm sure a 36/52 will work too. The issue with that isn't the FD but how much slack the RD can handle

@carlochannel5027 7 ай бұрын

Hey nice video, I’m planning a trip home from Amsterdam to Milan for next summer. How do you plan the route, do you trust 100% Komoot? Did you booked the hotels before or day by day? Thanks

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. I made this route using the Strava route building tool and a bit of my own knowledge from previous trips in the Pyrenees. This was quite a simple and popularly ridden route, but Komoot works great for less well known areas. I booked each hotel the morning of the day I was due to arrive. 🙏🏼

@greghart6310 7 ай бұрын

Wow, super minimal! I'm keen to do some bike touring but the thought of loading my bike down like a semi truck and lugging tons of camping gear around does not compute. This type of "slack-packing" approach is way more sensible.

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

It’s definitely a fun and hassle-free way of doing a cycling trip. It requires less organisation and I’ve found less stress..I planned the trip two days before going and it took 30 minutes to pack. It’s worth giving it a shot as a foray into doing something requiring more time and bigger investment in gear. 🙏🏼

@foodbymark 7 ай бұрын

Incredible riding but credit card touring! I was wondering what insane ultra ultra lightweight sleep/shelter/cook systems you had at 11kg LOL!

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

I’ve done similar summer trips carrying a bivy, sleeping bag liner, air mattress and jet boil in the past, but have found I prefer spending the € on a hotel and having a proper shower, etc, especially after a huge day on the bike. I think my bike setup for those trips was closer to 13kg. Both styles of travel are great though..no right or wrong way of doing it.

@KNURKonesur 3 ай бұрын

wonder what this would look like if you did the NC500 bikepacking in early march :D

@johnsmith-zf1fd 6 ай бұрын

I'm guessing that you run the evening wear shorts commando? I guess if you needed to you could wash the t shirt when you get back to the hotel after dinner- on a hut summers night it would dry by morning

@tristantakevideo 6 ай бұрын

I took one pair of underwear, pretty small and light. And yeah during August it’d definitely dry by morning. Didn’t really need to wash it but if I had needed to, for sure.

@piratepediatrics 7 ай бұрын

With that tire set up what pressure are you running? Nice to see someone else not going tubeless. 😂

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

I run 80psi rear, 75 front usually. Have tried tubeless a few times but just never found I liked the feeling that much.

@HansComyn 7 ай бұрын

Where did you find the Anker charger ...? I am looking to make sure I can charge - Elemnt Bolt V2 (different cable from v1) - Garmin Varia backlight - Iphone and/or MacAir It's hard to decipher online if your Anker would do the job, so I probably would need to see it live. Or do you know? Thanks again.

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

I bought it from Amazon. It would work perfectly for these. I use it at home all the time, as well as for trips. Anker is industry standard for fast wall charging sockets and powerbanks..never had any issues with any of them. Pricey, but well worth it. 👌🏼

@lchiang0007 6 ай бұрын

What kind of rain jacket are you using? Finding something lightweight, breathable and rainproof proving a challenge.

@pierrex3226 2 ай бұрын

Forget breathable, waterproof is never really breathable. Then it becomes much easier to find.

@AntonKomarov 7 ай бұрын

Hi, How to get sponsorship from bmc?

@suadmahmutovic6542 7 ай бұрын

Love your set up! How tall are you?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. 172cm.

@ppedromarta 7 ай бұрын

Any tips so the kit gets dry as fast as possible? I find that jerseys always get dry fast, the problem is the chamois on the bibs

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

I wrap the bibs up in a dry towel and then twist it up with a foot on one end, to squeeze as much water out as possible before hanging them up.

@bretprins4792 7 ай бұрын

If you stay in a hotel overnight, use the hairdryer in the bathroom in the morning.

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Hairdryer is also a great option!

@Alex-bh4um 7 ай бұрын

Dont wait too long to wash your kit , one of the first thing to tick when you off the bike and yeah the sushi roll technique in the towel is prime !

@saracen888 7 ай бұрын

Great set up! What’s your height to run a 51cm frame? Cheers

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I’m 172cm. But short legs, long arms, so I run a long stem for the frame size.

@saracen888 7 ай бұрын

@@tristantakevideo makes sense! Cheers for that

@johnnuanda 7 ай бұрын

Why not Mon Chasseral wheels for a ride with so many climbs? Thanks

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

The Hyper D45’s are a faster wheelset overall, even with the climbing. They’re stiffer, more aerodynamic and only weight 200g more.

@mydearriley 7 ай бұрын

Where'd you fit your tent?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

In the left hand cargo bibs pocket.

@gonza514 12 күн бұрын

what's the name of the multi tool set?

@kojie333 4 ай бұрын

What rear and front lights did you use?

@tristantakevideo 4 ай бұрын

I usually run a Garmin Varia radar rear light and a couple of different Lezyne lights for short rides, or a Supernova M99 B54 for full overnight rides.

@kojie333 4 ай бұрын

@@tristantakevideo thanks for the reply and great video. I used mainly apidura bags also and tailfin.

@hobog 4 ай бұрын

10:39 quick-dry is bad in dry climates, cotton is better for retaining precious water

@pierrex3226 2 ай бұрын

Lol, why, do you drink your own sweat?

@dansugardude2655 Ай бұрын

Were you able to store your phone in the front bag? If not, where did you keep it during the ride?

@tristantakevideo Ай бұрын

I carry my phone in the cargo bib shorts pocket. Or, if i'm not running those I put it in my jersey pocket.

@dansugardude2655 Ай бұрын

@@tristantakevideo Thanks for answering that! I wonder if the 2L version of that bag is better if one wants to store his or her phone in it? 1L I’m guessing is too small.

@tristantakevideo Ай бұрын

1L works for a phone, but it’s a little tight. If you’re planning to pop your phone in a frame bag, I’d recommend the 2L version for sure.

@dansugardude2655 Ай бұрын

@@tristantakevideo Awesome to know! I’ll use the 2L version for sure. Long live Apidura!

@Vismux69 7 ай бұрын

You miss the chaomis cream ;)

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

I don’t use chamois cream. Correct fit and good bibshorts make all the difference. 👌🏼

@lukebeveridge7344 7 ай бұрын

Thinking about getting a pair of AirPods but not confident they’ll stay in my ears safely… thoughts?

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Regular AirPods no, but AirPods Pro, yes. The issue with normal AirPods isn’t just them staying in, but also how bad audio quality is with the wind rushing over them as you’re riding. Whereas AirPods Pro stick in your ears properly and the noise canceling is great when going fast. Having said this, I only use mine on descents or very quiet climbs, and when climbing I have noise canceling turned off so I can hear cars. Hope that helps.

@lukebeveridge7344 7 ай бұрын

@@tristantakevideo thank you so much :)

@scugno 7 ай бұрын

The only thing I would add, is that when you’re washing your riding kit to use more than just soap, you should make sure it hasn’t anti-bacteria not just a regular soap bar to truly make sure that you get rid of all the bacteria that can build up and end up causing you problems in certain places

@tristantakevideo 7 ай бұрын

Yeah this is great advice!