Your mountain bike setup to be under 12kg.
Lightweight bike touring setup.
Handlebar bags are great because they allow you to access your important and most used items in a.
This is far from lightweight compared to the ibera bicycle triangle frame bag but it can carry up to 12 liters 9l larger than the ibera in m size.
For your ultralight kit aim to have everything under 20kg including the bike.
The bridge club frameset has got all the braze ons you can think of including mounts for the surly 8 and 24 pack rando racks.
I began touring way back in my teenage years on a 26 mountain bike.
Tour road s m l and trail mountain s m l.
The best lightweight bike touring setup.
To start let s take a look inside the handlebar bag.
Lightweight clothing and accessories sub 200g but the total suite can add up bikepacking and light touring bikes.
Below is a brief history of my bike touring equipment showing a general progression towards a lightweight setup.
It comes in six different sizes geometries.
This is trek s longest running touring bike and bicycling s editors deemed it one of the best trek bikes of 2018.
With a steel frame rack and mudguard braze ons and a wide range of gears.
For an all round touring setup you could fit some fat 2 4 schwalbe super moto x slicks and fenders and this bike will be great on a dirt road tour too.
This is a lightweight affordable bike touring set up that you can use for local bike tours or or long distance cycling adventures around the world.
The medium touring road bike frame bag costs a bit more and weighs 13 1 ounces.
It s just 9 2kg 20lb.
My recommended lightweight bike touring setup.
This hilite touring bike will suit the minimalists who like panniers.
Read more kevin s lightweight gear list for bike touring in europe.