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Transcimbrica Issues – Clothes

18 Sunday Mar 2018

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As the weather conditions are kind of special for a bike race in Europe under winter conditions, I assumed to …

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Bike packing, what is it all about?

02 Friday Mar 2018

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Some years ago bike packing was nothing but a very upright position, bulky Ortlieb panniers and a handle bar bag …

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Komoot and Garmin

09 Saturday Dec 2017

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Two years ago I came across Komoot as a simple and really smart route planning tool. Over the time, Komoot …

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All weather preparations – fenders and mudguards

09 Saturday Dec 2017

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Searching the huge but ugly world of fenders and mudguards is no fun at all. Due to the various options …

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Rolling resistance versus puncture resistance

13 Monday Nov 2017

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The holy grail of ambitious cycling. Where can I save some grams or watts. My holy grail of endurance cycling …

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TCR No5 – Summary

13 Sunday Aug 2017

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Thanks Anna, thank you all to make this race possible once more! The Transcontinental Race, I rode it with plenty …

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Replacements and repairs after HardCro

06 Thursday Jul 2017

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There was no flat at all.   Supernova The Plug III Already before my departure I realized it was not …

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Carabao after its return from the north!

15 Wednesday Mar 2017

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This time my bike did pretty well in Denmark and on its way there, crossing Harz and visiting the baltic …

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Longer ride during winter time

11 Saturday Feb 2017

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Earlier this week I decided to give it a try, again. My idea was to cycle up to the Baltic …

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Bike bags and bottles

15 Monday Aug 2016

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As the maximum amount of bags is almost reached with my composition, some bags I left out in my arrangement.

There is no front bag that gets fixed at the handle bar.

Furthermore I left out the bag between the front tube and the seat post. All other standard bags are being used in my standard configuration.

I have seen very special combinations of bags, e.g. Frank, he used two bags at his handle bar and a special bag, where I have located my third bottle, between front wheel and bottom bracket.

My configurations as follows:

  • Frame bag from Revelate safe storage for all important documents, maps, manuals, money, batteries and cables. And tons of food, such as power bars and sugars.
  • Top tube/ head set bag stores cables, knife, phone during the rain
  • 2 chalk bags from Mammouth for food (Haribo and any kind of nuts) and coke or coffee cans
  • Saddlebag from Ortlieb. This bag just came out. By chance I read about it as I was searching on the Ortlieb website, ordered immediately and arrived in time. It can be quite huge, but it is waterproof. The first of its kind that I found. After two days in the rain with my revelate bag, thing got wet inside, which was not nice at all. After 13 days with this bag in the hills, I can confirm that this bag makes sense. On top you can wrap some food, which also was important for myself as I always need some stock!
  • 2 bottle holders that allow you to access the bottles from the side.
  • 1 bottle holder next to the bottom bracket as third bottle, I needed this one every single day. Getting this bottle out and back in is a little tricky, but you have to get used to this bike anyway.

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