I considered starting a new thread, but decided to just continue this one. (Note to administrators, if you think this should be a new thread, please make the change.)
If anyone wants to see the latest in bikepacking bikes, some of which look REALLY expensive, look at these links:
https://bikepacking.com/bikes/2023-t...e-rigs-part-1/
https://bikepacking.com/bikes/rigs-o...divide-part-2/
No, these are not typical. These are built and packed with gear for those that want to suffer for a few weeks. I doubt that there is a single camp stove carried on any of them. Maybe the one with a trailer has a stove? I suspect bivy bags outnumber tents.
I only looked through about a third of the photos, I will look at them more later. But I was surprised at a few topics:
- A lot of bikes have rear racks, very few look like metal, I think Tailfin has a near-monopoly for those that use one.
- A couple have full size rear panniers. The 70 liter Ortliebs seem really out of place here. And one bike with full size rear panniers also has fenders and I think that bike has 40 spoke wheels.
- The latest in wide range 1X systems appear to be prevalent, huge number of cassettes that look like 10-51 or 10-52.
- There are a few double and triple cranks but you almost have to look for them to find them. There are a few single speeds too.
- Pinion and Rohloff are just barely represented. Word search found one pinion and two Rohloffs, both chain and belt were used.
- I was surprised how many solid forks there were, don't get me wrong, there are a lot of suspension forks too.
- Almost no rear suspension.
I found that if I just wanted to page through the photos, I could click on any photo except the first, and then I only got the photo on the screen without text. Could page from bike to bike photo by clicking the right or left arrows.