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Durable Riding

Durable Riding

The new improved version 3.0 of my bikepacking rack arrived and I mounted it on my bike!

Version 2.0 with repurposed IKEA rods that turned out to be not strong enough to stop the panniers from getting caught in the spokes.
Simple rack for luxury hostel bikepacking when I just need flipflops, a bikini, a towel and a LBD.
This looks very elegant, but will the buckles fit through here?
Not the smaller top buckles …
Nor the larger bottom buckles. I guess I’ll have to use my hot knife to create some extra space.
The platform can slide nicely far back and is a bit lower down due to the bend in the tube.
Which is hollow! Extra storage space! But not more than 10 kg!
With the pannier guards on. It looks quite nice! I got this setup from the Cube store in Weinfelden, the very place where my pannier decided to give up.
All black accessories – matching. Should I bring a hammock with me? On no … don’t go down that rabbit hole!
Replacing the broken buckle, which allowed the pannier to detach from the rail, jam into the spokes and be violently ripped off. Bikes have some seriously powerful momentum!
New replacement hooks. You can just buy them, so I guess I’m not the only one with this problem.
It fits nicely.
No horizontal sliding. Are the clip diameter and rack diameter compatible or is a filler needed to make that tight? I don’t want it to bounce around and then break again.
Looks ok but need to find and test the filler bands they must have delived the panniers with. I hate looking for stuff, and I keep getting more.
This attaches nice and tight!
Lots of space so my heels don’t hit the panniers!
This looks great!
Exped has a solution. It’s a tight fit
But this would work. I’d need two more of these straps then. All my hard work for nothing if I use the small straps also for the big red pack. I’ll have to think about it. At least this already works for hot summer hostel bikebacking. Can’t wait!
A new skirt saddle … For durable riding.
It’s beginning to look like a motorbike! I’ll have to lower the saddle, and therefore also loosen the bikerack. It’s getting really hot.

Now all I need is a click-stand…

Something like this … No child seats are planned.

It could double as a tarp or tent pole … Stay tuned!

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