A review of rechargeable headlamps has been published at Trailnamebackstroke. It may be of interest.

What do you want to do with the GPS? Simply navigate or tell you where you are? Do you want to capture other data such as cadence and heart rate? Do you want to plan a route say at HTTP://ridewithgps.com, download it to your GPS and then ride the route with navigation prompts?

Maybe have a look at the Garmin range and see what is available in your price range and what it does and if any of that suits you requirements.

Bumping an old thread. Bikepacking.com have posted a blog post on going tubeless along with a couple of videos. Probably nothing particularly new but for me it has me taking a second look at my repair kit which is not a bad thing.

i pieced together a 29+ wheelset for my 2015 Mukluk 3 and have been happy with it for bikepacking. The rims were from Chain Reaction - Easton Arc 35 - and set up tubeless with 29 x 2.6 Nobby Nics - IMO a good choice for a bit less weight and a bit more fast-rolling than a 3" tire. Front hub is a Hope Fatsno (135mm spacing) and Salsa Mukluk 3 rear hub (170mm). My local shop laced em up.

Looking good and an idea to go a bit narrower.

With the exception of a recent bikepacking trip where I used a Wahoo Elemnt (now sold and replaced with a Garmin Edge 1030) and a bikepacking trip a year or so ago when I played with a Garmin 60CSX I have used Garmin Edge models going back to the Garmin Edge 305.  Both of my experiments with other options had less than ideal outcomes and hence I have gone back to the tried and true Garmin Edge.

My touring bikes and even my endurance bike are dynamo powered so my approach is to top up my cache battery during the day and then use that to recharge the GPS overnight in the tent. Has worked well for me in the main. Mind you I carry more electronics now days (phone, tablet, GPS, camera...) so the cache battery seems to be growing in size.

I don't use my phone as a bicycle GPS because

(1) I find them hard to read in bright sunlight and that is pretty common here in Western Australia;
(2) I prefer to tour in remote areas, often on 4WD tracks and the like where the likelihood of an off is fairly high;
(3) I want my phone ready for emergency use (assuming range of course) so prefer to not putting battery life at risk during the day;
(4) I am often out of range so if I want to or need to re-route etc it often becomes a pain trying to do this on the phone or with the Wahoo Elemnt which relies on the phone.

My preference for the Garmin GPS is:

(1) Robust. All mine have coped with their share of offs;
(2) Easy to read in bright sunlight;
(3) Re-routes if I go off the route or if I want to change my plans for the day. Being able to do this on the unit without stuffing around with the phone is real big bonus to me;
(4) Tracks reliably all my riding data from the day and syncs without intervention with Strava/Garmin Connect and then with Taprik to whatever other tracking website I want to use;
(5) Battery life up to now has been good. Yet to properly test the Garmin Edge 1030 but.

I tend to budget with 3 litres for riding and 3 litres for camping. Generally works out about right over a few days.

Thanks Aushiker. How did you do that?

Downloaded the jpeg, edited it for size in Lightroom and re-uploaded and posted it here. You need to to simply edited it for size in a suitable application. I use Lightroom because I am into photography but I am sure there are other programs you can use.

Whoa! How do I make the pic smaller?

Fixed it for you

Thanks Aushiker!

I have a question for you... do you ever ride without a drybag in the holder for the PR Mr Fusion? I won't always need to have the added carrying capacity and my concern would be what would the holder do when I'm riding with it unloaded. I guess I could just remove it when I don't need it, but I'm just trying to see from all angles. I've seen the holder for the Seatpacker, and it is reasonably small and doesn't move so riding without the bag on isn't really an issue.

I am currently   It is fine, I just pull the straps tight to avoid them hanging and off I go.

Second candidate is the Porcelain Rocket Mr Fusion.
https://porcelainrocket.com/products/mr-fusion?variant=32551022727
I like the removable drybag option, however as noted above, availability might be a problem. I would have to order these from PR directly, however since I live in Canada getting this shipped from Calgary would be relatively painless so that's a big plus as well.

I have one; lost my bag last month due to my stupidity, no problems contacting Scott to get it replaced.  Really like this piece of gear; rock solid; ideal size. Forget it is there

I have an Apidura Backcountry saddlebag on my endurance bike. Not to the same quality or design but then the price reflects this. Tends to move a bit at times. All up just not as a good design, not as stable and not as functional.

Thanks @bmike-vt for your suggestion. I think I am now sorted a local as in Australia having a Andrew the Maker Camera Sack for sale. The sizing is good etc so looks like it will solve my problem.

It seems that Scott is no longer making the DSLR Slinger or Mini Slinger and Andrew the Maker also does not show his Lens Sak on his website anymore.

See http://www.bikepacking.com/gear/bikepacking-accessory-bags/ for these bags.

I am looking for something along these lines to carry my Olympus OM-D E-M5ii and Olympus M.Zuiko 14-150mm combo with the lens attached to the body, so ready to shoot.

I have been using an Alkpit top-tube bag but the camera combo is really too big for it plus it is not that stable.

Any suggestions ideally on a behind the handle bar bag along the lines of the two models above or a XL top-tube bag.

Oh this is a bikepacking setup so the rest of the cockpit space is taking up with bags etc and no I don't want a different camera combination nor use a backpack.

Just throwing some ideas around in my head with a 1,000 km+ "gravel grinder" bikepacking type ride in mind. I have a choice of going on my Surly Long Haul Trucker or the Salsa Mukluk but if I went on the Mukluk I think I would like to go with a narrower faster tyre (currently running 4" tyres). I suspect that have 3" tyres would just give me the edge and a few more options in the more remote parts of the ride.

So I am exploring the idea of going with 29+ tubeless rims and tyres [it will need to be a build as I will run a SON 28 150 15 dynamo].

Any suggestions on the way to go with a 29+ build? Rims? Tyres options?

Amongst the Grass on the Telegraph by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 1: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. Telegraph Road, Esperance. Having left the minor road, now on the track part of Telegraph Road heading through to Murray Road.

Nice write up and photos. Thanks for sharing 

Barker Inlet Beach by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Pink Lake [not] by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Apologies if these have been mentioned before but these Hiplock Z-Lok Security Ties look interesting, particularly for quick stops at shops etc.

You are presenting two completely different cooking styles.  Choose the stove that matches your cooking.  Alky stoves are slower to boil but simmer... OK.  Canister stoves are super fast and simmer spectacularly.  Funny that most people I see simply boil water with a canister though...  If you are confused, then match your stove to your cooking style.  Boil in a bag, go with canister.  Like the slow route, go with alky.

I am well aware that they are two different stove systems. As to cooking style, no sure I would agree with that argument. I can just as happily boil water with a gas stove as I can with a alcohol stove and have in fact done one or the other over the past 20 years.

Trangia ... mmmm.  I did start out with a Trangia system all those years ago but that went bye bye quick smart as I worked to reduce both my carried weight and the bulk of my kit. Today I just wouldn't go back to Trangia even on my touring bike which at is max is using six panniers for outback expeditions (got to carry water).

My here question is more about stove choices (not cooking styles), i.e.,a  replacement for my alcohol stove and to find out what are the gas canister stoves of choice as I haven't been following developments in gas canister stoves for a few years.

I have sorted a replacement alcohol stove (gone with Zelph's Starlyte) but I would still like to have a gas canister stove option so if you have suggestions for a good stove that is light and packs down well I am all eyes.

My short list is now a Kovea Spider or a Fire Maple FMS-117T as my pot of choice is tall and narrow so I like the lower profile of these stoves (packs well in my Salsa Anything Bag). Plus they can be used with a windscreen safely for more efficiency.

The evernew stove is incredibly thirsty. I have one of these, and it's been quite a disappointment. I swapped for a Zelph starlite stove for when I use meths. It uses well under 50% of the fuel of the evernew for the same amount of boil.

That is interesting. I ended up going with a Zeph Starlyte so glad you have reinforced my decision.

The MSR micro rocket seems to be the winner these days. It's certainly on my list, just waiting for pay day.

Incidentally I really like the MSR fuel canisters, they have a nice gauge on the side. Stick it in some water, and based on where it floats, you can see how much fuel you've got left. Very very useful.

Will have a look at the MSR. I haven't made a decision on a gas stove as yet. The floating canister idea is an interesting one. Hadn't heard of that before.