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1  Forums / Trip Planning / Need a partner / Re: Marrocco on: August 02, 2013, 09:17:31 AM
yeah! i have red this! inspiring! thnx anyway!
2  Forums / Question and Answer / Re: Dilemma on carrying gear on: July 24, 2013, 01:46:07 PM
Thanks!

I was wondering if the possitioning of weight will make a big difference on the road? when i gonna downhill the trails from the mountain i want o put all the weight on my back to have more control over the bike.
3  Forums / Trip Planning / Need a partner / Marrocco on: July 21, 2013, 03:38:02 AM
Hi!

Any of you guys have experience in bikepacking/mtb touring in Morocco? I wanna go there in mid October, to ride around country, visit Atlas mountains and maybe the desert. Share your experience with me Smiley
4  Forums / Question and Answer / Dilemma on carrying gear on: July 21, 2013, 03:33:31 AM
Hi guys n girls! Long time no see Smiley

I'm planning in august to make an endurance bikepacking/hiking trip. To from the coast of Mediterranean sea from Barcelona to the highest summit in Pyrenees Aneto (3404m). I want to make a distance from Barcelona to Aneto basecamp in one attempt. It is aprox 300km on the road. Recover one day and the climb the Pic de Aneto. I was there last year with my partner, but the weather turned bad on the way to summit so we had to quit. http://cyclosapiens.blogspot.com.es/2012/11/zelta-rudens-pirenejos-aneto-3404_4106.html

It think i'll have as little gear to fit it rather on front or on the back of the bike. And the question is: what would be the best place, to fight the gravity and to have comfortable ride? I'll have at least 5 many kilometer climbs on the way and descents also 
5  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Scotland Coast to Coast on: November 26, 2012, 10:51:24 AM
wow.. Scotland is super-mossy! Smiley Nice mountains also!
6  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Anybody from Europe here? on: November 21, 2012, 09:59:57 AM
2 Dusza

I donno any good webs here. I even can't login to Barcelonas MTB forum Sad They have weird rules there Smiley

But if you find any web info - let me know!!!
7  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Anybody from Europe here? on: November 20, 2012, 03:44:03 AM
Bikepacking Sierra Nevada would be awesome!!! I was there last spring on touring on road bike with my g-friend. We went mainly down the bigger roads, but at one point we got lost in the woods/mountains with no pavement. We had to push our bikes coz gradient was toooo steep for loaded road bike. But it would be nice to go there one more time on MTB and explore trails. I know couple of places there with wild hot springs, some caves to stay for a night.
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If someone goes to Spain/Andalucia/Sevillia - notifiy me! Maybe we'll make a team trip!
8  Forums / Bikepacking / Anybody from Europe here? on: November 19, 2012, 02:42:02 AM
Maybe Spain? Smiley
9  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Cold feet!!! on: November 19, 2012, 02:39:41 AM
what is this chemical to warm up hands and feet? i was thinking maybe to make some kind of extract from chilly peppers. Coz they have substance that makes blood circulate better around body. Now I usually ingest them, makes me warm, but not my feet Smiley I wonder should i make alcohol or oil based extract. That would be cool DIY solution to my problem Smiley
10  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Did you get out and bikepack lately? with weekly updates on: November 19, 2012, 02:34:59 AM
Finally I managed to write a story with all the pictures bout my bikepacking/trekking trip to Pyrenees. 9. day ride/walk with a goal to reach highest summit in Pyrenees on Spanish/French border - Pic de Anto (3404m)

http://cyclosapiens.blogspot.com.es/2012/11/zelta-rudens-pirenejos-aneto-3404_4106.html

Post is in latvian, but there is still pix and you can use google translate gadget buit in my blog

In the future as a member of bikepacking.net i'll try to make English posts also!
11  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Around the world on a bike. on: November 15, 2012, 10:52:59 AM
Can someone imagine around the world in bikepacking mode? Smiley

Could be pretty expensive adventure! I like this blog. This dude did a lot of trail through S. America! Nice pix and very inspiring!
12  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Cold feet!!! on: November 15, 2012, 10:23:28 AM
Thanks guys for advice! Newer heard of down booties, but i can imagine what it is. I will consider wool socks! My gandma used to knit awesome socks. Also what's cool bout wool is that it works also when it's wet!
13  Forums / Bikepacking / Cold feet!!! on: November 13, 2012, 06:51:06 AM
Hi! My first post!

I have this problem, maybe someone has the same and can share some thoughts Smiley

I think it's physiological, but maybe there is some nice 'cure'. My feet are freezing almost all the time when i go on a overnight bike trip. Body feels fine, but not my feet. I feel some discomfort because of this. Maybe i should use some warmup rub before sleep? Thick wool socks?

What do you think?
14  Forums / Bikepacking / Re: Introduction Thread on: November 13, 2012, 06:45:35 AM
Hey guys and girls!

My name is SX. Just registered here! I was reading this forum for a while, now i wanna to participate.

I'm Russian currently living in Barcelona, Spain. It's an awesome place to ride MTB and Road bikes. All year around. Coz here's no real winter. So I'm enjoying my stay here.

I live in a squat with my girlfriend, we travel a lot on bikes. Once in a while going bikepacking  - investigating sourrounding natural parks also Pyrenees are not too far from us. Smiley That's a lot of trails!

As we live in a squat, okupa as it's called here, we don't really have any work and/or money. We try to make everything DIY or recycle.

We have our blog dedicated ot travelling around Europe and recycling stuff - food, clothes, bike related stuff. It's in latvian/russian, but in the future we wanna work on ENG version. For now you can use google translate function buit in blog. Once in a while we upload som new adventures with pics and stories!

Thats all for intro!  Smiley

Cheers!
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