@_MrcStgt
Na klar #bikepacking ist eine #Religion, zu der sich nur die wahren #Adepten zählen dürfen. Nur wessen #Ausrüstung gesegnet ist, darf sich #Bikepacker nennen. Alle Anderen sind nur profane #Radler. Gilt wohl auch für das #Hirnpacking. Viel Spaß auf der #Tour 🚵🚵‍♀️👍

I’m a big fan of the r/bikepacking community on Reddit but not a fan of Reddit itself. Is there a nice alternative, preferably on #lemmy or #kbin?
#bikepacking #bikepacker #BikeTooter #biketouring

we stayed at the youth hostel (1500m) before we continued uphill. Suddenly a young #bikepacker caught up with us. Paul cycled together with us to the #Torre (1,993m), the highest point in #Portugal mainland. During a well-deserved #coffee break at the #summit, Marc and Fiona planned the next route section, a shortcut on a hiking trail... Paul joined us, and the three of us stumbled for 3 hours through scrub and bushes over huge rocks, uphill and downhill searching for a path. what an #adventure!

@Blackhound you're both a braver & fitter #bikepacker than I am! I'm a novice.

I do have have a Sea to Summit Ether Light XT for cold weather. It has an R-value of 6.2. But it's more bulky than most at that rating such as the thermarest neoair xtherm. I tried the latter but it was too narrow and too noisy with the crinkly crackling.
The Ether Light for me is very comfortable. I think most bikepackers would baulk at its pack size but I managed to get it into my alpkit stem cell

@Blackhound bold move in this weather. Bivvy and tarp or do you have a tent?

I'm a fair weather #bikepacker. My last trip was end of September. And I've not actually been wild camping I always find a campsite. Sounds awesome.

#intro
As I haven't done a proper #introduction yet...

#Husband, #Father, #Ally, #Veteran, #Army, #Tanker, #Professor, #Author, #Yooper, #Wikipedian, #Sage, #Photographer, #Welder, #Bikepacker, #MBA, #IT, #Programmer

Married to a mathematician. I worry a lot, so I try to focus on the positive. I refrain from commenting on people's appearance.

You do you
To each their own
Live and let live
Don't Tread on Me

An #introduction.
I am Geoff Meredith. I am a software developer in Vancouver, Canada. Among other things, I am an avid #cyclist and #bikepacker.
My two biggest trips were a 2012 ride across Canada and in 2018 finishing the Tour Divide race.
#bikepacking
#cycling