the next thing that they can sell you will be a big fucking pack so I fixed my Dakine Apex and i'm ready to be stylin
Let's talk about on bike storage
Posted by: XXX_er
the next thing that they can sell you will be a big fucking pack so I fixed my Dakine Apex and i'm ready to be stylin
I had a few Dakine Apex bags over the years. Deadly bags. I still have one if need be. But it gets used more for trail work and hiking now. For rides that require more then one water bottle I have a Dakine fanny pack that holds two bottles and a salomon filter flask. Filter flasks are awesome. Did a larger Lord Of The Squirrels ride and just pulled water from the streams with the filter flask. Such a game changer.
the bladder was great in the desert but I don't need as much water around here so I just use the camelback bottles which don't leak and don't taste like plastic
yeah the quality of the Dakine stuff is great and we got them super cheap for 35$ at the end of a bike show
I think Dakine quit making the builders pack but i just found one on-line, its great for riding up the bluff with my saw cuz we get a lot of blowdown
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Posted by: XXX_er
the bladder was great in the desert but I don't need as much water around here so I just use the camelback bottles which don't leak and don't taste like plastic
yeah the quality of the Dakine stuff is great and we got them super cheap for 35$ at the end of a bike show
I think Dakine quit making the builders pack but i just found one on-line, its great for riding up the bluff with my saw cuz we get a lot of blowdown
The builders packs were a game changer. I still have an OG one. Hauled some crazy loads with it. They still make them they are just grey coloured now. I just scored some shapeshifter collapsible buckets and I am stoked to test them out in the fall. Pails are the worst thing to hike in. I get more looks with pails then I do with a chainsaw.
https://ce.dakine.com/pages/builder-pack?_pos=1&_sid=3af8db706&_ss=r
they seem to be out of stock or unavailable, the local dealer couldn't get em, he ended up pointing me at a site in quebec is how i found mine, its grey , i think originaly they were orange
I sure hated trying to carry a saw on a trapper nelson these are way better, my buddy ran line cutting crews for exploration and they gave their crews the builders pack
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Posted by: XXX_er
they seem to be out of stock or unavailable, the local dealer couldn't get em, he ended up pointing me at a site in quebec is how i found mine, its grey , i think originaly they were orange
I sure hated trying to carry a saw on a trapper nelson these are way better, my buddy ran line cutting crews for exploration and they gave their crews the builders pack
The OG bags are dark green with orange bits.
They make carrying a saw so much easier. The club just got an e-bike, so now it's super nice to remove deadfall in remote parts of the network. But I digress.
yeah the local association just made a request for some one with an e-bike to adopt the trails that are furthest up/ out, since I don't work and ride thru there alot I will remove deadfall or anywhere on the system actualy . To keep up on whats happening we use the Slack app with an entry for each trail so you can tell at a glance whats going on
Posted by: XXX_er
yeah the local association just made a request for some one with an e-bike to adopt the trails that are furthest up/ out, since I don't work and ride thru there alot I will remove deadfall or anywhere on the system actualy . To keep up on whats happening we use the Slack app with an entry for each trail so you can tell at a glance whats going on
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Posted by: XXX_er
the next thing that they can sell you will be a big fucking pack so I fixed my Dakine Apex and i'm ready to be stylin
You know it. Every time I go out with just a bottle I don't drink enough water and oh look the bottle is already empty. Next ride I'm back using the same pack I've taken on virtually every ride of the last ten years. I have in frame storage which I use: it's nice to have a dedicated pump/EDC/plugs in each bike and I never forget to bring what's necessary but I always bring a pack so I don't really need the frame storage and would be 100% fine without it. The stronger I am in the gym the less I care about the weight of the pack, which is to say never.
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Posted by: heathen
New bike presents new storage challenges. There is not much room between the shock and the mount.
I currently have the 76 Projects .3L piggy bag. Looking for smaller bag. Basically flatter. What have you seen?
This bag is an old under seat type with some straps and internal plastic stiffeners removed. It's held in place with a Wolftooth base and strap which might let you shift your cage up a little.
Or if that would limit bottle size I'm sure you could bodge up a strap to squeeze into the little triangle above the rocker.
I bought a few used bags like this cheap for experimenting with, they're a good starting point.
Edit - zoomed in further and saw the mount bolts, sweet.
I'm using this little salsa bag
Currently I actually use it under my seat like a little seat pack.
It rolls up so it only takes up as much space as what you put in it and seems reasonably waterproof.
I keep a 29er tubolito, wolftooth 8 bit pack pliers, bacon strip kit, and the chain breaker/tire lever/spoke wrench portion of a one-up tool in there.
Since it's strapped on and rolled up I store a multiool separately for easier access, but for storing stuff you need to have but don't always need, it's been perfect.
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