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Mounting Mini Panniers and Cargo Cages on a Quick-Rack
33 May 14 Josh Meissner / accessoriesLonging to bolt water bottles, cargo cages, or mini panniers to your rear rack? In this Gear Tip, Josh explains how to make the Ortlieb Quick-Rack and other racks even more bikepacking-friendly using nothing but included parts and a few extra bolts. Find a detailed walkthrough here…
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Bikepacking Hacks: How to Put a Bottle in Your Frame Bag with Fidlock
4 Nov 20 Miles Arbour / accessoriesMiles finally got around to installing a magnetic Fidlock Twist bottle inside a bolt-on frame bag, and the results have been game-changing. Take a look at his setup in our latest installment of Bikepacking Hacks here…
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Bikepacking Hacks: 3 DIY Seat Packs
24 Feb 15 Logan Watts / bikepacking-bagsSeat packs and saddlebags are quintessential pieces of bikepacking gear, but they’re often pricey. In our latest Bikepacking Hacks video, Neil walks through some simple and affordable DIY solutions for carrying gear at the rear end of your bike. Watch it here and find a list of options and notes we put together for other low-budget seat pack solutions…
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Bikepacking Hacks: Budget & DIY Handlebar Bags
23 Feb 9 Logan Watts / bikepacking-bagsGetting into bikepacking can seem expensive and overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. In our first Bikepacking Hacks video, Neil talks through a few free and cheap ways to carry gear on your handlebars…
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Installing Rivet Nut/Rivnut Bottle Cage Mounts
39 Jan 3 Logan Watts / accessoriesWe used rivnuts, aka rivet nuts or threaded rivet inserts, to add bottle bosses and attach an Anything Cage to a steel fork. It worked well, but here are some things we learned, and what we’d do differently next time. Plus, everything you’ll need to do it yourself…
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Bikepacking Hack: Extra Bottle Cages on a Surly ECR/Troll/Ogre
32 Mar 24 Logan Watts / accessoriesNeed extra water capacity for a big bikepacking trip? Here’s a hack to add two additional bottle cages using Surly’s do-all, horizontal slot dropouts—tested on rough tracks in East Africa.
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The Tubus Vega for the Surly ECR + Rack Mods for Extra H20
30 Dec 28 Logan Watts / accessoriesDoes the Tubus Vega fit the ECR, with 29+ Knards? Well, the answer is… kind of. A few people have asked and commented about the compatibility of the Vega with the ECR. Here are my thoughts.