# "Big Rubber" Adventuring **URL:** \ **Category:** Bike Packing\ **Created:** [14 April 2021 17:00 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/big-rubber-adventuring/132 "2021-04-14T17:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Francqlife](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/francqlife/32/72_2.png) [@Francqlife](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/Francqlife)\ **Post date:** [11 May 2021 20:21 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/big-rubber-adventuring/132/4 "2021-05-11T20:21:50Z")
This “Big Rubber” thread seems to be getting some hits. So let’s keep it going. I (we) originally planned to do the GNR on the May 24. But with the Lockdown being potentially extended another 2 weeks, the first bike-packing trip may have to wait until June. In the meanwhile, I thought I’d share one of my most coveted, curated and crafted lists. It is my Bike Packing Set Up for 2021. It is over-thought, over-wrought, and overly-indulgent. There are 109 items on this list. Probably cut it down from 200. It is version 12.0 and took approximately 5 months to collect, purchase, organize and test all this gear. Each line painstakingly considered, modified and yes…weighed. This is for a 5-7 day ride. I would pair it down significantly (half) for an over-nighter like GnR or C300. I kept myself busy all winter watching dozens (and dozens) of videos on bike-packing gear, read all the gear comparison websites and tips and techniques on how to back-pack and bike-pack and how to squish it all down into bags and shave precious grams off by cutting your tooth brush in half to using a trail bidet so you don’t have to carry toilet paper. I agonized over all the different components of the “sleep system” for about 5 months. I never want to watch another sleep pad comparison video in my life. But still…the list changes every week as I learn more. So, feel free to question, criticize, scoff, roll your eyes (Tabi) or otherwise pan my choices. Because one thing is for sure…one person’s Ultra-Cush Monster 2-person tent, camp stove, drop-bar MTB set up is completely wrong for another person’s ultra-light race-winning over-night bivvy rig. Personally, I aspire to be more like Mark Weymouth on his CX bike with 33mm tires a couple of water bottles and a $40 hammock stuffed in his jersey pocket for the 350km GnR last summer. As my Grand Mother used to say…To Each His/Her Own". And bringing it back up to the guidance from Matt K…ride what ya got…don’t be a weight-weenie or a gear-snob. Just ride your bike. Alain P.S. Turns out I can’t upload the actual spreadsheet or even a .pdf…so I’ll just dump a few screen caps…you’ll get the idea and can build and share your own lists here. ![Screen Shot 2021-05-11 at 4.08.24 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/1X/757292c645249b54daa9668371433ec32511e8e0.png) ![Screen Shot 2021-05-11 at 4.08.41 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/1X/625a685d29975c95b3d4f65ce67cdfbbf6e0dad7.png) ![Screen Shot 2021-05-11 at 4.08.56 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/1X/0c4d3e640aaafdf9bd076b148bac4265ad60a018.png) ![Screen Shot 2021-05-11 at 4.09.14 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/1X/e2cb496c54279ae18cb7daf9373f03fdeaf2fb16.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/big-rubber-adventuring/132)._