Show Us Your Cockpit - Photo Thread

[jbphilly]

Surly Troll cockpit. Surly Torsion bar, Ergon GR2 grips, King Cage top cap bottle mount also serving as a cue-sheet-holder. Computer on the right side, Garmin eTrex 20 on the left side. Revelate Sling holding my bedroll, Revelate Pocket around it holding other odds and ends. Handling was not adversely affected by the several pounds of stuff lashed to the handlebar, I was pleased to find.

[Chunt]

Chunt - is that a GoPro I spy on your bike in the first photo...would love to see some footage from that spot. I bet it's cool watching the front tire do its thing.

Correct, although it's a fairly vulnerable position for the camera, as that's where I've heard a lot of rocks bounce off my frame! . I carry enough GoPro mounts for bars, downtube or seat tube angles. I don't move them around, just leave them in all those places, otherwise I'd never move the camera. The downtube angle is most of the last part of this video from a late summer Pisgah, NC trip I did last year.

https://vimeo.com/50855402

[caseygreene]

Awesome, thanks guys for the advise on the feed bags.

jb, cool way to hold your cues.

[12wheels]

I'm not a racer and use a sling, pocket, and top tube bag for most of my trips.  The sling carries my camping gear -down quilt, bivy, and light tarp- in a dry bag and the pocket is for gel, energy bars, and misc food.  It also has a seperate internal pocket for my camera and rain gear can be carried under the straps for easy access if the weather is unpredictable.  The top tube bag is for tools, patch kit, oil, and tubes.  I don't use gps and carry my maps and compass in a side pocket on my frame pack.  I usually have a simple Cateye computer on the bars to track mileage but the battery died and I haven't needed it for local rides.

[bigworm]

Jet9 from a few months back on my first BPing trip. Next one is next weekend will update with new gps and new bars ends. The plastic was getting a little uncomfortable. Completely love the cane creek bar ends though. Hated the the mount that gps had. Kinda glad it fell of the mount when I forgot it and loaded the bike on the car.

[Colorado Cool Breeze]

JPaks and JandD

[Long Haul Greg]

I went hog-wild with the full Revelate treatment up front last year.  I ended up abandoning the MT Feedbag well before TD'12 because it was retaining too much water in rainy conditions.  I ended up making my own pair out of DWR cloth sides and a plastic mesh bottom using a Nalgene bottle carrier as a rough template.  I kept the backside fully open with a triangle wrap using about 1 1/2" of velcro overlap.  Made one for each side.  They fared well throughout TD'12.  Rain/mud just drained right off.

  I paid dearly on the snow-traverses, though.  My front end, while handling well in dry conditions, augered into the snow, even hard-pack because of the weight concentrated over the front wheel.  This year, I'm scrapping the front yoke/drybag/Revelate pouch, and both home-grown feedbags.  I also went with a much smaller tri-extension setup than last year's full-bend Profile designs Air-Stryke aerobar.  I've got my rain gear in a 10l dry bag strapped over the forearm pads for increased padding, and then the electronics (GPS, computer, light).  That's it on the bars, plus a Fuel Tank at the stem.  Everything else is going back aft in the seat bag.

[JCruz]

Fun thread! Here are some variations:



On the Arizona Trail.


New England Bikepacking on the Pugs.


Bikepacking in Bolivia on the Pugs.


Cheers,
Joe

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