Riders who only had full suspension bikes wanted to go bikepacking too though and they quickly found ways to deal with that problem.
Full suspension bikepacking bags.
Being able to run.
I ve had multiple people buy bags for a hardtail then come back a few months later because they decided to ride their full suspension instead.
Plus our take on what s required for a full suspension bike to make a great bikepacking rig.
This is especially well suited for an overnight trip.
After demoing several different full suspension 27 5 bikes trying to find the perfect bikepacking trail machine the pivot mach 429 trail got the nod for gin s long term review.
Any bike can be a bikepacking bike.
For me trading some potential frame bag space in exchange for a bike that is more adept on challenging trails is a sacrifice well worth making and i ve.
Not all bikepacking bikes have to oddball hardtails.
Somewhere in the middle a hardtail is an option and a rigid will prove to be a bad choice considering the circumstances.
Here s my typical snug fitting bikepacking packlist.
This bedrock frame bag made of x pac and dyneema was custom made for a large salsa pony rustler.
Bedrock bags 1309 e 3rd ave room 208 durango colorado 81301.
Full suspension mountain bikes were originally rejected by bikepacking purists primarily because of the difficulty of mounting bags on a bike with a back end that moves relative to the frame.
Speaking from experience via my customers bikepacking on a full suspension is getting more and more popular.
The full suspension frame bag is designed to fit frames with horizontal shock placement along the top tube to allow you to fill up dead space on your bike and get weight off your back.
Full suspension carbon cross hardtail fat rigid almost any bike will do.
There are a couple of caveats to this however.
He spent a couple hours taking photos of our space and also of the smiley building the really sweet old junior high school where our space is located.
It s better to have a full susser with a bit of space in the front triangle and ideally a bottle mount the ibis ripley has two pairs of bottle mounts.
The only two drawbacks to bikepacking on full suspension bikes are in my opinion the reduced triangle space for framebags and the added complexity inherent in a bike with a linkage.
Constructed with the same materirials and bomber zipstretch zipper construction as our other frame bags these full suspension frame bags optimize otherwise.
Full suspension frame bag pack list bikepacking it often surprises me to see just how much can fit into a full suspension frame pack.
A full suspension is the right choice for technical bikepacking trips lots of technical trails and rocky roads will be much more comfortable on a full suspension.
