The New BikePacking Set Up | Gunnar RockTour II

A breakdown of the bike I will be using for the Swift Campout - which will be a shakedown ride for our bike-camping trip in Michigan next week. The bike is a Gunnar Rocktour 2 Adventure running ten speed Shimano and Swift Industries bags. Bars are Velo Orange Granola Bars and the rest of the details are all in the video!
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[gonootropics.]

I had to rig my panniers in a similar way too because the tension hooks would slide on the rack. I took a stack of 3 pennies and electrical taped it on the rack, I like your zip tie idea so will probably do that if the pennies ever fail.

[jacobferrante]

In response to your crankset/chainring confusion, I feel the same way. I've been trying to convert an older XC bike to singlespeed and brought it down to my local shop and my buddies were just like we'll do this and that and you'll be fine! Crank/chainring standards are just so convoluted. This gunnar is probably my favorite bike of yours!

[christophercoupal]

Wondering what this “big trip” is going to be. Excited to see you do some more backwoods bike trips!

[ridewithwoody]

Love the vans grips! Put tan ones on my fiancé’s State fixed gear and she is a huge fan.

[riskyrax]

Nice selection of odds n ends gonna be a comfortable shredder for the long distance

[bobtilton]

So entirely utilitarian... love it! And yep went riding in my Vans today!

[kimrice]

Love, and own several pairs of, those grips.

[drbobjohnson]

Thanks for the vid, Whole lotta shakedown goin on. Enjoy the ride. Will be doing a 2 night shakedown leaving from home in San Diego, about a month from now. 20% off road. Kumeyaay Lake and Dixon Lake

[Mdsonic]

Watched your video instantly when I bought the same handlebars absolutely love them

[TheRickurb]

Dude! That is a sweet ride! Many happy miles to ya!

[michaelhayward]

Nice ride.
Imho, that bike is crying out to bin the trigger shifters and replace with MicroShift thumbies, bonus is you get friction for the FD - perfect trimming with every shift.
I run friction 42-16 on the front, same 16T gap as you, and a Sram derailleur, and shifting up and down is flawless..
Edit, 42-26...

[rustyshackleford]

Love how you do all the mix and match to make things work for you, even if you do have too many gears.

I'm always worried about panniers shaking loose on single track and rougher gravel. Let us know how that works out.

[andrewtran]

build and setup look super sick! if u don't end up needing the front rack platform for the panniers, a wald 137/139 basket like on the Team Marin might be cool? #basketpacking

[billyblazex]

Im always shocked at the lack of Gunnar/Waterford content on Youtube. Thanks for sharing, totaly cool. Thats an interesting color, do you know the name of it?

[vaquerosupreme]

I have the VO Granola as well. And the Soma Fabrications Portmann. I find the latter better, wider flat side than the Granola.

[carlp]

Love this setup, Tim! I am also a fan of the Zeitgest bag and use mine all around and for bike packing. However I use the Carradice seat-clamped rack so it's easy to take off and put back on. Also a bit of stability. Is there a reason you didnt opt for a rack for the rear bag? I would think it would wiggle around a ton.

[tmayberry]

The gravel cyclist calls the 3rd water bottle holder a cow sh*t catcher 😮 😂😂😂😂

[SeanLeach]

Link to that tool keg? I couldn’t find it on Dirty River’s site?

[gameorama]

Hey Tim how would you describe the Granola bar on the descent?

[robertgraves]

Keep in mind I mostly do full retard farty loaded touring when it comes to baggage. But I do lug stuff a lot on errands . Some axioms still apply with front wheel handling. I never put water on the front wheel, high or low. It sloshes, and fucks up the front vibe. But.... I'll do it if I'm close to camp, at day's end. Many times, the "dinner/breakfast" water is a Poland Spring jug, slung on to the back. With a road salvaged bungee. For local "gravel" and errands, I am in madly in love with GOOD *seatpost* rear racks now. 10 bucks at the junk Co-op . Taiwan - Tech that came and went . I just lugged two incredibly heavy Trail Creek Gaspipe STEEL redneck foldy chairs on it for 3 miles and survived . They were way heavy. Very little oscillation. Motor Drivers were like "WTF? Look at this freak!" These seatpost racks are NOT feeble! Even though they look like it. I'm not talking Bell from Walmart. If you have Tubus anything, I kiss your ring, Oh, Great Velo Master. Yes, I know you're gonna keep your current rig and not experiment . That costs more time and money. Most likely, that "worn out spring " in your FD was simply a cable tension/ stop screw issue. Send me the old one. At least it isn't a wireless SRAM. (hyuk!) Elon Musk has now bought the rights to all that. Be safe, Be sustainable!