Packing for the GDMBR 2024- Final setup
Vložit
- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- This is the setup I will use for the 2024 GDMBR. Last year I rode to Helena, and this year I am picking the route back up in Whitefish. I waited until the last minute, so it's a bit rushed.
I was going to say a comprehensive tour kit, but you appear to have forgotten the kitchen sink. Only kidding. Wishing you all the very best for this 2024 return to the open trails. Thanks for inviting us along.
I watched all your videos last year - I’m from the UK…flying out early July to start in Banff. Mixture of awe and anxiety at present - the scale of the journey and the bears! Thanks for the gear video it all helps with preparation 👍Good luck with your trip this year…
You're going to love it! The scale and terrain is intimidating, but the days are long. Bears aren't likely to bother you, just keep a clean camp and store or hang your food and smelly stuff. Have a great trip and thanks for watching!
G’day Ron, I’m starting from Whitefish on the 28th June. I’ll keep an eye out for your orange frame pack. You and anyone else will spot me on my dual suspension Trek with blue pedals. Good luck on your journey. Btw, the pump is a Bontrager (I have the same one)😊
Excellent! I'll keep my eyes peeled for you. Thanks for watching.
I knew you'd have to be starting Phase II of your GDMBR soon, so I've been keeping an eye out for a journal on Cycleblaze. When I didn't see anything there, I remembered you seemed to be transitioning from bike literature to movie stardom. (You know you're a big star when advertisers have signed on to your videos.) Luckily, I decided to look for you again on CZcams. Nice breakdown on your gear, but you didn't mention where you were going to store your big brick of Velveeta. I look forward to your first video from the road.
Thanks Greg. I haven't figured out the Velveeta thing yet. It's a puzzler. I started June 23 and am having a great time despite the preposterous Montana forest road hills.
I am probably going to start the Cycleblaze journal after I get back, as I'm finding myself exhausted every day. Thanks for checking in! I'm updating every week or so on Instagram.
I followed you last year , and I am looking forward to this year's videos. Hope to do the GDMBR in 2025. Good luck
thanks for watching and the kind words!
Interesting to see you changed use to an Ogre from the LHT. I have been riding a Disc trucker on gravel. But am working on changing it up to a Ghost Grappler. Good luck on you adventure this year looking forward to following you adventures
Yeah, I was pretty adamant year that I would do it on the Trucker. It's my favorite bike and dis a great job. I've ridden hundreds of gravel miles on it. But the Ogre is just better suited for the terrain. I w heard people like their Ghost Grapplers. Good choice! Thanks for watching.
Congratulations on your setup. I leave Whitefish on July 10th to start my GDMBR tour. If you see and older guy on a 2020 Salsa Fargo with blue Wolftooth Waveform pedals, that'll be me. Good luck and be safe!
Thanks for watching, and I'll keep my eyes peeled for you. Have a great trip.
I am leaving Banff 2 July and picking up the ACA maps in Whitefish around the 8/9 July also on a 2020 Salsa Fargo see you out there.
If you're tubeless, looks like it, stash your plugger right on your bars with some tape or a rubber band. Immediate availability. Can be an hour saver.
Great idea! Thanks for watching
If you haven’t left yet….Beware of your REI quilt. That’s the same one I used on the divide last year. After 15-20 nights, the down in the horizontal chambers sloughed off to the sides and left me freezing until I got it replaced. Every night I would shake it back to the middle, to no use. I do toss&turn a lot , but it still seemed to me that there was not enough filling.
Mine was a 30 degree.
Thanks for the heads up. I've had this one for a few years and so far haven't had that problem. sounds miserable! My wife bought an Enlightened Equipment quilt after I bought mine and she loves it.
😂 I switched to an enlightened equipment quilt too.
Have fun out there!
Go the chair! We will be taking ours, just gotta check if there's a lighter one/good deal going in Calgary when we are there. Grum has green Surly Ogre he's called Fiona, he loves her 😆
Yes I'll be glad to have the chair. Love my Ogre so far, and if idea stop name it, it would probably be Shrek.
You have a great trip!
Good luck and looking forward to see how is Ogre performing as I have absolutely same bike size large
I've put a few hundred miles on the Ogre and it has been great so far. I think it's gonna be great! Thanks for watching.
Looks good Ron. Live a good story.
Thanks!
Thanks for taking time to go over your gear setup. My husband and I are headed to Banff in July to ride a section of the GDMBR similar to the section you did last year and I can't seem to get enough of packing videos. I'm very jealous of your lucky rock.
I'm pretty lucky with the rock! Have a great trip. The Canadian section is stunning
All looks great Ron. I have those same Arkel panniers for a few years now, and they work really well. I've used them for lots of different things, and they've really held up. Have a fantastic trip!
Thanks Bob!
I was just typing a bear spray? comment when you popped in with it. 😅 I'll be hitting the GDMBR in August and can't wait. Hope you have a great ride.
Yep, can't believe I left it out! Have fun on your trip!!
you're an amazing person man, i wish you happy adventures ❤
Thanks!
Nice set up Ron. I love those 'REI somethingother's' too. Good luck out there.
Thanks Mat!
I to am taking a chair its a knock off weights .9 kg and was only 24 euros so if it gets a problem will just dich it. Going through Whitefish 8/9 July see you out there maybe.
Have a great trip.
I like your style. You carry a lot of stuff. Gotta enjoy the ride. I also like to carry a lot of food.
Yes, I want to be reasonably comfortable and enjoy as much as possible.
have a great trip!
Thanks!!!
If you haven’t left yet….Beware of your REI quilt. That’s the same one I used on the divide last year. After 15-20 nights, the down in the horizontal chambers sloughed off to the sides and left me freezing until I got it replaced. Every night I would shake it back to the middle, to no use. I do toss&turn a lot , but it still seemed to me that there was not enough filling.
Mine was a 30 degree.
Thx!