WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG - Accessory Bags

What’s in your bag? Jess Daddio, Joe Cruz, Miles Arbor, Devin Cowins and Neil Beltchenko will be unpacking their bikepacking bags live on YouTube. This informal chat series will showcase the bags everyone is using, what they carry in each, and why they carry those specific items in that location. In this video, we'll chat about what accessory bags we carry and what we carry in them.

Past Schedule:

As a recap, here are the bags and what we packed in each bag:

Devin Cowens
BIKE: ROVE NRB DL
BAGS:
The Spindle ATL Crusher Feed Bags:
BAG 1: LOTS of snacks - meat sticks, LARA bars, Split Nutrition PB packets, Luna bars, hand sanitizer, bandana, chapstick, Scratch Labs hydration packets
Bag 2: Fashion scarf - for off the bike style :), extra set of gloves - full finger, JBL mini speaker, ziplock full of trail mix, enough room for 16ml water bottle OR beer, depending on the day

Rockgeist Cache S Top Tube Bag: off brand recharge battery pack, wireless JBL headphones, charging cords cords for bike computer and speaker, phone charger, cell phone, bottle opener, USB wall charger, USB car charger

-Fanny or backpack? Yes
Swift Industries Sitka Hip Pack : Kryptonite U-lock, journal, pen, Patagonia thermal weight capeline baselayer, 2 mini pack of baby wipes, more Skratch lab hydration packs, more meat sticks

Miles Arbor
BAGS:
Randi Jo Fabrications Bartender Feed Bag: 1L Magnum Water Bottle
Rockgeist Cache XL Top Tube Bag: iPod Nano and headphones, GoPro Hero 8, LOTS of snacks

-Fanny or backpack? Yes
Porcelain Rocket Big Dumpling Hip Pack: Canon 6D / 50mm lens, Room for extra lens
BARTOP:
Bontrager Ion 1300 Light, Garmin eTrex 20X GPS

Jess Daddio
BAGS:
Oveja Negra Snack Pack: lots of snacks, sunscreen stick, Skratch Labs matcha flavor, pocket knife. Revelate Designs Mountain Feedbag (1 or 2 depending on trip).

-Fanny or backpack? Yes
Mountainsmith Tour Lumbar Pack: Canon 5D Mark IV + 24-70mm lens, Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter, spare camera batteries and charger, Lezyne High Volume Pump, mounted to fork
Topeak Ride Case, stem mount

Joe Cruz
BAGS:
Revelate Mag-Tank: Headlamp—Black Diamond Spot 300 Headphones—Sony sport
BARTOP:
iPhone SE in Lifeproof case connected to dynohub or cache battery
-Fanny or backpack? No

Neil Beltchenko
BAGS:
Salsa EXP Top Tube Bag: Foooooo! nothing but food, anything from snickers, to gummy bears, to bars, meat sticks, egg rolls, nuts.
Bedrock Bags Tapeats TOGO Bag: Electronics holder; Iphone, anker cache battery, Iphone and Micro USB charge cord, Garmin InReach mini, spare Sram AXS batteries, spare AAA & AA batteries for headlamp and GPS.
BARTOP:
Garmin ETrex 30 - Mounted to my stem with a homemade mount.

-Fanny or backpack? Yes
Osprey Raptor 10 Backpack - 3L Water, Good-To-Go Meal, Mini Tri-Pod, Sony A6500 with an Sony F4 18-105 lens, Dumonde-Tech bike lube in side pocket.

[donaldwalter]

You talked about charging a phone directly off dynamo hub, I couldn’t do that with my dynamo hub as the phone/ gps would constantly disconnect if I was going below 20km/hr or any other device directly connected to hub via USB port. What I had to do was charge my power bank off hub and thence power devices from power bank. The power bank was not always charging below 20km/hr but it didn’t shut down like other electronics.

[BMad-weqf]

Apple story: My mother was moving to assisted living and I was in a rush with the movers so I accidentally left my iPhone 7 in a gorilla case on top of my car. It rode there for about 5 miles until up flew over a gentle rise. It flew off, was missed by the truck behind me and run over by the next one. The case shattered and everything flew in different directions. I found my phone, out of the case, pasted the shoulder in the grass. It was curved, the shape of the tire. And it STILL WORKED! The Apple store folks were blown away.

And thank you for reminding me that I have an iPOD! :)

[I_Am_Bone]

Great info for a newb just setting up! I'm quite surprised to see the proper full sized cameras. Especially Miles with that giant Canon and heavy glass. It's actually making me re-think, and include my EM1MKII, 12-40, and even maybe my 60mm macro.... The question is where on the bike would safest to carry it?

[jrbechthold]

Great info! And hilarious presentation!

[MrCamdube]

Momma Miles' "smiles for Miles" shammy cream was fantastic! had it on the Alberta Rockies 700 in 2016 and thereafter until I ran out....

[chasee]

love this series, so helpful to see the variety of solutions and hear the explanations behind them... Itd be cool to do again a year later with another panel so we can see more setups

[jaydavee]

I keep all my road cycling stuff on hangers in the closet. I have to hang the gloves too since I live in humid Georgia. If I were to do bikepacking trips, I would miss the hangers and the closet.

[Ey_up]

Good group chemistry made the series enjoyable. Thanks...ya fannies! (Scottish accent)

[billmaidment]

Okay can you do a segment on chamois free riding? Show us the products, pros, cons and how to make the transition. I’ve been on the Cham for 30+ years.

[bethcollins]

serious photography!! very impressive. Great series. I'm setting up for my first bikepack trip and figuring out how to pack is way harder than I thought. but no way would I have room for a giant camera.

[gnmatsu]

I was wondering if it was an age thing. I started mountain biking back in the early 80's. And I used "fanny packs" because I couldn't carry enough stuff on the bike. Needed more water. Then the camelback came along and it made sense.

[andrewstephenson]

Jess said she had a mount for that Lezyne pump. It looked like a MICRO FLOOR DRIVE XL. Jess, are you using straps or is there an actual mount made for that? It takes up unnecessary space in my frame bag and definitely awesome for fixing flats on a fat bike.

[cypriano]

again, best mtb/hike bike shoe= shimano m7! cant beat their warranty too. no other shoe has ever held up to the abuse alpine mountain biking, ie, walkin on sharp rocks, puts on them.

[danielklever]

Drink every time Neil mentions that he rides a full suspension

[fontpartners]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but what does 'She / Her' stand for? The 4 other participants are simply mentioned with their respective names.

[huwleonard]

Fannie packs used to be called bumbags. Much nicer.

[jacobjohnson]

Don't know if it has already been said BUT chamois butter and glide use different chemicals for men and women because women are more sensitive down there...

[alecfotsch]

I'm loving the video series, great work Neil and team!