Full Suspension Mountain Bike Bikepacking

Riders who only had full suspension bikes wanted to go bikepacking too though and they quickly found ways to deal with that problem.

Full suspension mountain bike bikepacking.

Full suspension frame bag pack list bikepacking it often surprises me to see just how much can fit into a full suspension frame pack. I once gravitated toward hardtails and shorter travel full suspension bikes for bikepacking fixated on the fact that these are lighter and more efficient over smooth surfaces. There are a couple of caveats to this however. Bikepackers use everything from touring bikes to full suspension rigs on their explorations.

It s better to have a full susser with a bit of space in the front triangle and ideally a bottle mount the ibis ripley has two pairs of bottle mounts. This is especially well suited for an overnight trip. Plus our take on what s required for a full suspension bike to make a great bikepacking rig. Scott spark 950 13 9kg and us 2899 the scott spark 950 has everything you want out of a full suspension trail bike.

Not all bikepacking bikes have to oddball hardtails. A full suspension is the right choice for technical bikepacking trips lots of technical trails and rocky roads will be much more comfortable on a full suspension. A slack head tube angle a long top tube a short stem wide handlebars a dropper seatpost and clearance for 2 6 tyres. After demoing several different full suspension 27 5 bikes trying to find the perfect bikepacking trail machine the pivot mach 429 trail got the nod for gin s long term review.

It s perfectly doable to bikepack on a full suspension mountain bike. Here s my typical snug fitting bikepacking packlist. Bikepacking in its purest form explores off pavement roads and trails which makes a mountain bike an ideal choice for many riders. This bedrock frame bag made of x pac and dyneema was custom made for a large salsa pony rustler.

But really there s no one bike right for bikepacking. But after spending a week riding 14 000 foot peaks in colorado a few weeks touring from bike park to bike park in the australian alps and a month bikepacking.