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Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 17:58:58 No.1406929 View View Reply Original Report

Does anyone here do long term bicycle camping?
Mods please dont delete this thread. Not sure what the new rules are and there have been so many thread deletions but this topic is well within the scope of this board.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 18:08:24 No.1406934 Report

Quoted By: >>1406940

>>1406929
Bicycles are mostly over on >>>/n/ though with tons of autism on the topic, which is sometimes pretty good and other times terrible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 18:14:34 No.1406940 Report

Quoted By: >>1406943 >>1406973

>>1406934
This thread is meant to be about camping though.
Seems to me that you dont need to go nearly as light and its better to get gear that will last longer.
I am thinking about doing the baja trail with a small trailer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 18:17:59 No.1406943 Report

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>>1406940
There's nothing wrong with posting in two places when both are legit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 19:33:54 No.1406973 Report

Quoted By: >>1407039 >>1407086

>>1406940
Going light and stripped down is the first thing you want to do if you want to tow a metal box behind you

Also fuck these tiny wastes of money. Condensation traps, stinky, can’t go truly off-road, will be asked to move on in most places or you’ll end up paying for a hitching. Plus they have a tendency to be blown over in storms, stolen, smashed up for a laugh, rolled into a lake or clipped by a car (=kablamo).
Get a tent or a tarp or a bivy pal, suck it up, you won’t look homeless if you have a bike outside it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 21:05:33 No.1407039 Report

Quoted By: >>1407086

>>1406929
Seconding >>1406973
This anon has it right. Fuck that micro trailer bullshit. You can fit everything you need for camping (even long term multi season camping) into panniers and onto a rack.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 22:23:35 No.1407086 Report

Quoted By: >>1407107

>>1406973
>>1407039
I meant just a cargo trailer , not a camper like in the pic. I need to be able to carry two weeks food and everything to cook it. This food will be from mexican grocery stores so not ultra light in any way. I also need to carry at least three gallons of water.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 22:57:20 No.1407105 Report

Quoted By: >>1407122 >>1409186 >>1409384

This is my home, anon. I started with a trailer (cargo, not camper), they are shit. You want to be able to get your bike into wooded areas without some extra shit dangling around behind you snagging on everything, just for starters. Get front and rear racks (good ones, especially with a front that has a top to strap things to...many only have side panels), and a set of panniers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 23:00:18 No.1407107 Report

Quoted By: >>1407122

>>1407086
OP, I've rode from Denver to New York City over the summer.

Where are you going to be camping that you need two weeks of food and three gallons of water? If you're going to go camping, just drive a car there. If you want to travel slowly and experience the rhythm of the world, then take your bike on a long trip, not an extended campout.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 23:22:55 No.1407122 Report

Quoted By: >>1407135 >>1407281 >>1407346

>>1407107
I have done this in a jeep (not this exact route) and its no joke even then.
The three gallons of water is so I dont die!
>>1407105 How much water can you carry with that setup ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 23:36:44 No.1407129 Report

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OP here, I should add that I am not going to be doing this trail at a fast pace. I will be stopping at remote beaches here and there to fish and take it easy. This is when water is really scarce.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 23:51:36 No.1407135 Report

Quoted By: >>1407175

>>1407122

About 10 gallons + 6 liters with the containers that are presently on / in it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Dec 2018 01:23:26 No.1407175 Report

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>>1407135

I should probably clarify that with that being the total water capacity of all containers, but I wouldn't actually ride with the 10 gallon dromedary bag filled, so 6 liters max, whilst mobile.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Dec 2018 05:07:57 No.1407281 Report

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>>1407122
If you're riding through Baja, you don't need to carry two weeks of food; just stock up at gas stations and grocery/dollar stores. And for water, you'll need a gallon, or 6 quarts at most. With a bike, you can easily cover 100 miles in a day if you're in good shape over flat terrain, so unless there are 100+ mile stretches on your route without any source of water, you'll be fine. And if there ARE 100+ mile stretches without water on your route, then you might want to rethink this trip.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Dec 2018 09:55:52 No.1407346 Report

Quoted By: >>1407349

>>1407122
I'd want more than 3 gallons if I was biking this. I've only been on the drive from la paz to cabo san lucas, but I remember the whole way was pretty barren and arid. having worked from like 7 to about 6 in the nevada high desert for field work in 40C weather I think we averaged around 7 x750 mL water bottles a day trudging up and down the hill/mountains. apparently that works out to 1.4 gallons. Mind you this was excluding fluids consumed at the hotel in the morning and at night. Add 1.5 L then to that. that's about 1.8 gallons. I'd estimate having 3x that for 3 days if needed. So that comes out to 5.4 gallons. Unless you are planning to refill water daily on the way.

It's also be nice to have some kind of awning and cot setup for siestas in the mid day. to that end I'd recommend looking into the helinox cot one. easy to pack, takes up very little room and weight, and you're off the ground.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Dec 2018 10:03:25 No.1407349 Report

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>>1407346
sorry I over estimated the size of the bottled water since I normally don't drink them and also am not good with imperial. the bottles were about 500mL or 17oz. It looks more like 1.3 gallons per day, so 3.9 gallons for 3 days. based on my experience in physical activity in hot dry weather, that's what I'd suggest

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 06:27:43 No.1409186 Report

Quoted By: >>1409197

>>1407105
Front tranniers that look like they barely scrape the ground.
That rear monstrositoy behind your seat.

You must only move a km a day on the most level graded paths in the world, otherwise you are walking beside that bike and maybe, maybe, sitting on it on a gradual downhill.

Explain what is beind the seat taking up so much room and where you live that any community lets you live like this without being arrested / moved on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 06:50:07 No.1409197 Report

Quoted By: >>1409269 >>1409313

>>1409186

kekness!

The front panniers are low, but not as low as the photo angle appears. I have to keep them pretty low to balance the C of G a bit, or steering will be too unstable.

The thing behind the seat is my backpack, with tent laying in the hip belt.

All the police I've run into thus far have been pretty cool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 12:11:24 No.1409269 Report

Quoted By: >>1409353 >>1409355

>>1409197
Serious though, anon. I want to know how far you travel a day/week on that bike. What is the terrain like, where do you camp?

I am very interested because it seems somewhat unfeasible unless you are taking very flat asphalt bike tracks a few km a day between stops.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 14:59:07 No.1409313 Report

Quoted By: >>1409353

>>1409197
have you ever been diagnosed ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 16:40:54 No.1409353 Report

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>>1409269

I don't have to do a lot of distance presently, but I did before, and will again, coming up. I don't usually "count miles", but I know for sure I've done around 20 a day plenty of times. I mostly try to stay on roads, but sometimes near town on a highway where there's more car density getting bottlenecked, I ride off into the shoulder grass.

>>1409313

No, but I've heard and made some guesses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 16:43:18 No.1409355 Report

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>>1409269
>where do you camp

Forgot to address this. I've camped in many random places, in woods, in yards, on porches, wherever.

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Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 17:06:37 No.1409384 Report

Quoted By: >>1409394

>>1407105
I've had great success with my bob trailer. It's not the best on singletrack, but it does great on 95% of terrain.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 17:21:17 No.1409394 Report

Quoted By: >>1409395

>>1409384

Yeah, if I was going to tolerate a trailer, it would be a BOB, were I to be able to afford one! Being single wheeled and pretty narrow, they are probably a lot easier to push through wooded areas when in search of camp spots.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Dec 2018 17:25:29 No.1409395 Report

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>>1409394
Yep, I think they're great. You can usually pick them up for $150 or less off craigslist too. I only paid $100 for this.

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