Dirt Roads / MTB Touring, Personal setups » Setup for Tasmania Trail (Devonport to Dover) 500km
by rodegarybike
This is my setup for up coming Tasmania Trail ride Devonport – Dover, 500kms 7 days -2 t0 14c
Bike: Specialized Camber Pro
Tyres: Maxxis Crossmarks front and back.
Frame Bags: Torpeak Large fuel tank, Deuter triangle bag.
Old converted canvas satchel as handle bar bag for carrying my Camelpak
Rear rack: Topeak Beam rack quick release A type, with Tioga delux rack top bag 17L
Caribee -0 Nordic sleeping bag
Explore planet Earth Spartan 1 man hiking tent
Explore planet Earth 3/4 self inflating mat
Beyond Limits 50L backpack
2L Camelpak water bladder
Katadyn hand pump water filter
Solar Monkey solar charger
Gasmate single burner with butane tripod adaptor.
4 x Butane gas cans
Aluminium fry pan
Collapsible bowl
Spork, plastic Sea to Summit knife
Leatherman wingman mulit tool
2 x 29.2 tubes
1 x 29er spare chain
5 x spare spokes
5 x Specialized self adhesive tube patches
First aid kit
1 box bandaids
Blister pads
Kathmandu travel towel
2 x Thermal long sleeve tops
2 x t-shirts
2 x baggy mountain bike shorts
2 x padded liner shorts
4 x sox
1 pair Five/Ten Spitfire shoes
1 pair wet shoes for river crossings
1 pair Torpedo7 removable legs
2 pair full finger mtb gloves
2 x beanies
Assorted Dehydrated Back country meals
500g Oats, Dehydrated mash potato.
More Chocolate than I should have.
Nikon P7800 camera
Assorted plastic bags for weather protection.
Nylon snatch straps.
Tea, coffee, powdered milk
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Hi Roger, have you done this trip yet if so how did it go I’m interested in the navigation of the trail and any opinions you have regarding the trail book, hopefully it went well and you had a blast Ooroo Andy
Really interested in the route conditions. MIght have a go at it in a couple months.
Hi conifir!
I’m a design student in the Netherlands currently working in a fictional project related to bikepacks. Since it is a flat country it is very hard for me to find mtb trekking users. I would love if you could answer me some questions about your experience. If you are interested, let me know in this mail please:
fh.bike.project@gmail.com
Thanks a lot!
Other users than want to help are welcome as well 😉
The trail is described for horses, mtb and hikers in saying that I don’t know how you would get a horse up some of the terrain, it’s steep and loose rock. Finding the marks wasn’t to hard most of the time but there was times we had to back track once or twice. There is a lot of pushing bikes up steep tracks and we did the detour up on to the Central plateau as the stated track up on to the central plateau we think would have been worse that what we had already done. In saying this the detour on the road was long and hard. I am half way through doing a trail review and will finish it soon. In short beautiful, very had climbs and river crossings but for those who want a true adventure it was great.