5 Bike Hacks for Bikepacking & Gravel

Here are five bike hacks I use all the time on my gravel rides and bikepacking trips. Use these helpful bike hacks to improve your ride and comfort and take your rides to the next level. These tips are super useful for both gravel bikes and your bikepacking rig. These are my top bikepacking hacks and gravel cycling tips. These bike tips are both fun and useful. Give these five bike hacks a try before your next gravel bike ride or bikepacking trip. Essential tips for any cycling tour.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Hack 1 - Single Serve Chamois Cream
01:24 Hack 2 - Carbon Fiber Aero Bar Bridge
04:32 Hack 3 - Powered Accessory Bar
05:40 Hack 4 - Strap-Free Top-Tube Bag
06:55 Bonus Hack
07:06 Hack 5 - Hydration Hose Management

#bikehacks #gravelbike #bikepacking

[mattalbee]

#5 is so cool! You saved the best for last. 👍

[livingsimplytosimplylive]

I do bike touring with an e- bike. It’s interesting to see the different ideas for the different types of bikes in different types of biking. I saw your link in Reddit so that brought me here.

[elbowspeak]

For anyone cutting or dremelling carbon, please for the love of god wear a mask so you don't inhale carbon fiber. For real.

[moof]

Cutting carbon tubes: If you have a tile wet saw, even a cheap $50 one from Home Despot, they cut through carbon tubing like a hot knife through butter, and leave a pretty clean edge without fraying. The water keeps the dust trapped.

[VABigRing]

I made a backer plate for our top tube bags too. I do not have a 3D printer, so I tried using a scrap of luan plywood with epoxy for my setup. I also coated it with epoxy. I also plastic welded one from a thick piece of pink plastic cut from a Barbie jeep pulled from the dump for my wife’s setup. I boxed one end to add ridigity…as you did. Both are holding up great.

[alonsomh]

I am so going to use the badge hack! Nice one

[thuggooch]

Great ideas and video. Thank you for sharing!

[JohnMFlores]

Good stuff. Subscribed. Good luck with the channel!

[paulverweij]

Bonus hack has a better solution, camelback has some magnets that are for there bagpacks/tube and they clip nice on the straps of a feed bag so if you use 2 feed bags you have 2 straps to magnet them on and loop over your handelbar !

[allgonewrong]

Would be neat to see some of your epic gravel routes documented. Background music sometimes is distracting. Great videos!!! Thanks!!!

[teddgram]

Do you have the 3d print file for the top tube bag stiffener posted somewhere?

[SenorGonzo]

I hate the term “Hacks” used my so many YouTubers. They use the word wrong as the mostly are just showing tips and tricks. But I guess those titles don’t get the views. You on the other hand are actually showing hacks: modifying things to serve a new/unintended purpose. Well done!

[midwesttreasureandrelicrec]

Some of the higher quality bags you don't have to have a strap for I have a 7 try 7 stealth top tube bag on my bike that has a semi rigid shell it does not have to have any straps just two bolts in the top tube very clean

[Bikepacking]

Hack 1 get good seat wont ever need chaff cream the rest of the hacks are very good ps use a magnet for hose it works great

[hapakek]

Never thought of the last hack! One problem with it is that I only have one and still use it for my office ID card.. Do you think resigning from my job will solve this problem? 🤔

[hoser]

More hacks please. These were all genuine, practical hacks.

[stevemullin]

You can get antichafe cream in stick form

[KuizinStudio]

promoting single use plastic, buying brand new handle bar to trash a large proportion of it, cutting carbon fiber without proper safety methods, sorry friend, this is rather bodge for me