Pictures of your loaded rigs?
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Off Road Loaded Birdy
Took the Birdy off roading (San Francisco Bay salt marshes) this weekend. Two loaded front Ortlieb panniers plus a folding table and two folding chairs strapped to the rear rack. Handled like a champ aside from sharp steep uphill turns in very low gears which caused the rear tire to dig in.
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Looks like a nice setup for a relaxing afternoon picnic.
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Hey [MENTION=27909]treebound[/MENTION] Definitely was. Pretty fortunate to live a few minutes ride from here.
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First time hanging all the bags on the new ride. Headed for a week in France in t-3 weeks.
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Gotta say I am really digging the new school combo of front rack/panniers with frame bags and oversized seat bag bag. Sort of a nice in-between ultralight vs fully loaded touring.
This is me a couple weeks ago on my AWOL Comp going ultralight for an overnighter in the desert. After this I just put a Tubus Tara Big Apple lowrider on with some Ortlieb City Rollers (not pictured). Because it turns out touring with a backpack sucks!
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This is me a couple weeks ago on my AWOL Comp going ultralight for an overnighter in the desert. After this I just put a Tubus Tara Big Apple lowrider on with some Ortlieb City Rollers (not pictured). Because it turns out touring with a backpack sucks!
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Been working great for the past 4 weeks/2300km. I had to take the second photo, forgot to remove the helmet.
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Here's a pic of my setup from a tour last year. imgur.com/a/A66x2.
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After a few days of commuting and a 6 days touring with it my thoughts are:
- Reasonable price. Banjo brothers is cheaper, everything else more expensive.
- Nice build quality. Feels burly.
- Stayed dry. I had multiple days with a few hours of steady rain. I don't think it is officially "waterproof" but things inside were in good shape.
- Good zippers which have nice little "hoods" to keep rain out.
- Expandable is nice, although it is a bit finicky when collapsing back up.
- Found the pocket arrangement to be very nice. Left pocket for pump (Road morph G)/levers/patches, main pocket held ulock/cable in back section, and phone/tubes/tools/lights in front section. Outside mesh pocket made for very handy multi-tool storage or a bit of food.
- Lots of places to attach.
Biggest downside to me is that all these features add up to a pretty heavy package. I'm not much of a weight weenie but YMMV here.
I also wish it came in a few more sizes to get the perfect fit on my large frame.
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Wheeldan bikes are amazing ! the randoneur he did on the homepage of his website is a dream bike . Just need to win at the lottery to place him an order.....
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