Bikepacking on a Vintage Road Bike - My Camping and Riding Gear
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2020
- This is everything that I will bring with me as we spend five days riding the Ohio to Erie Trail and camping at State Parks & private campgrounds. We will be starting in Cuyahoga Falls, picking up friends Downtown Akron and having a friend join us in Columbus before finishing in Cincinnati.
We have a slight side trip planned that is adding one more day than we did last year.
I filmed this with my Canon 5DIV
There will be a few videos of the trip when i return.
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Your bike is beautiful !!! Vintage, with style, reliable components that is what i love !!!
Thanks!
*Looked at a lot of options for getting my **Latest.Bike** . Great find in SAVA. Super light, nice components, really good value as it comes with many options only found in much higher priced bikes.*
Really Interesting! Thanks for sharing. I'm getting into bike packing myself right now. Working out the optimal kit is a fun challenge!
For sure - and something to keep refining over time!
Looking forward to seeing video footage from this trip!
Love it. Nice and simple.
Thanks!
Wow! That’s efficient packing. Very nice! Hope you’re having a great trip!
Thanks!
Very nice breakdown. I thought wow that is a lot of gear for an overnight trip, then you said 7 days of riding and then it all made sense.
Yeah - I really like putting on dry clothes - always a struggle to decide what to bring. For me the camera decisions are tough too.
Amazing!!
Safe travels. Love the music in this video, couldn't get Shazam to recognize it.
Thanks - I go it off a royalty free site and can add a link when I get back home.
@@TimFitzwater Love this too - do you recall which site it came from?
Love the channel, just subscribed. I’m preparing for my second c&o canal trip 🎉
Heck yeah! Thanks! Hope you have a blast!
mann just found your channel from the zwift video you did. loving your vids! good stuff
Thanks so much - I always have fun making them.
Awesome thanks
For sure!
id swap some of the extra clothes for a mini U lock. Cable locks are how bikes get stolen, and you could rip that one apart with your bare hands. I see it happen every day in my area with tourist bikes even when people are just making quick stops, and a local campground has been targeted repeatedly by bike thieves to the point staff warn visitors.
Yeah - everyone can make those choices for themselves. These days we tend to lock all of our bikes to each other with all of our locks if they will be out of sight for a bit - we rarely leave them out of sight though.
We usually just take turns for quick trips in gas stations.
When we were in New York City we brought u-locks. I’m not gonna carry one on regular tour though.
@@TimFitzwater Totally, especially in a rural area. If you ever visit Burlington VT, or know anyone heading that way bring U locks.
Very nice 520!
Thanks - I love it!
Very nice 👍
Thank you 👍
Stroopwafels 👊
Always!
Hey man really interessting stuff! Thinking about upgrading my steelbike too. What rims are you using and have you upgraded your breaks too?
The rims don’t have a name on them but the whole wheel set are Trek’s from my 2007 Trek 1500. I am using the original brake calipers - I was lucky they were able to reach the 700c wheels since the bike is originally 27inch. The brakes do ok but I do have to be careful when I really get going on a hill. This video details the upgrades
czcams.com/video/Gh96Qwd2KII/video.html
Very cool. Just realized we both live in NE Ohio :) just started watching you.
Awesome! I’m on the Cuyahoga Falls/North Hill Akron border.
@@TimFitzwater I’m 25 or so miles south of Akron…pretty much live right off of the towpath
Canal Fulton area?
@@TimFitzwater yup
Lovely setup! How did you attach the rear panier to the top of the frame? They look like p clips and I’m curious to know if they will work on my vintage frame :)
These ones are attached to the rear rack bag - they simply fold down. Topeka is the brand - they make a sliding rack system.
great,useful vid Tim.How did you find those pedals?
My local bike shop has them but they are easy to get. Fyxation Mesa Pedals with Gates straps. The Fyxation website has them but so do Amazon and eBay.
Hay buddy I was wondering how I can tell what kind of bike Schwinn bicycle I have I don’t know what kind of bike I have a bought it about 20 years ago at a yard sale but I remember before I sanded it down and sprayed it too it’s nice yellow it is now it was really bad shape the rear was green the middle was white and the front was red it was a three-step paint job from Schwinn and I don’t know what bike it is because when I sanded it down that’s the colors I seen originally it was all spray-painted black now it’s looking like a actual bicycle I just wish I knew what bike it was thank you guys is there a tell tell sine
All the Schwinn catalogs are online. If you remember the original color and roughly the year with a little bit of research/Googling you should be able to figure it out. I did the same thing to nail down the year of this old Trek and other vintage bikes I own.
Like it 👍🏼
Thanks for letting me know!
@@TimFitzwater nice to see an old bike I still use my diamondback topanga 1992 use it as my commuter bike best bike iv owned cromoly steel nice videos by the way 👍🏼
@@dazzasp3 A good steel bike can last a long, long time!
Nice. What tyres are they please?
The are Panaracer Race EVO Gravels - 32mm. I don’t believe they make this specific tire anymore.
What seat do you have on your bike? Thanks
That is a Brooks B 17. People seem to either love or hate them. I love them - they break in over time and become super comfortable.
What kind of tires do you use
Panaracer Pasela's 32mm
Hi Tim.What is the brand of the bag ?
The green waxed canvas frame and handlebar bags are Frost River - they make al kinds of outdoor bags beyond just cycling. The rear rack/pannier bag is a Topeak.
@@TimFitzwater Thanks for the answer 👍
Who make those button-down shirts, dude? I'm a big fan.
Oh man - those are thrift store finds! The one is a classic Wrangler though. I love riding in them - #gravelcasual as Path Less Pedaled would say. : )
@@TimFitzwater I love riding in casual wear. Easy transition off the bike and natural fibers are so much more comfortable. Keep rocking it, man. I really dig your work.
Thanks so much man! I’m all about feeling comfortable- I have no problem with people wearing spandex and going clipless but it isn’t for me.
Uh... the music is awesome...name please :D?
I usually link to it in the description - looks like I forgot. I will find out what I used for this one and get back to you! (and give the artist the credit they deserve)
@@TimFitzwater you forgot to get back, im interested too😁
What gloves were those?
I love them for the vintage vibe and comfort.
www.explorethousand.com/products/bike-gloves?style=de-franc
@@TimFitzwater thanks Tim! They look awesome
Kindred spirit! I take so much flak for wearing long sleeves. It’s not really hotter, you never get sunburn, and if it’s outrageously hot and you can drench the whole shirt somewhere, you are way cooler than anyone.
I worked on a farm for nearly 10 years - we almost always wore long sleeves. Those classic button downs(I used to find them at the thrift store) are way cooler(in both ways) than cotton tees.
Five days without tooth brush, paste and dental floss. Stink breath.
Lol! We brought hygiene products!
Cool, but try to avoid buying so much "sports nutrition" food. It's too much plastic that gets wasted. It's not necessary.
I tend to carry some on long trips for emergencies - but I prefer the more natural stuff like Ted King's Untapped products. Plastics are something I try to avoid in my everyday life as much as possible - but that has been extremely hard during the pandemic. On tours last year there were no water fountains turned on. We would buy gallons of water at the gas stations and fill up everyone's bottles to not have to buy a bunch of little ones but still very wasteful. Everything in this society is a compromise - we usually leave from our doors on our bikes - which is a way smaller carbon footprint than driving or flying - so a few pieces of plastic are far less impactful. Cheers!