I've recently made the foray in to the full suspension world and am wondering where people store their extra water. If I'm running bottles when my frame bag is attached, I can put 2 bottles in stem bags and 1 under the downtube which gives me somewhere between 2L and 3L of water. This is fine when I can refill frequently but if I'm somewhere that there aren't any water resources I will run out pretty quickly. For reference I gulp up around 6-7L of fluids per day while bikepacking (I'm a monster).

I've seen a lot of write ups of people saying they carry an extra 2L or 3L bladder that remains empty until they run into a long stretch without water after which they fill it up. This seems reasonable on my XL hard tail where I have an enormous frame bag which can easily eat up a bladder. However, on my FS bike my frame bag cannot hold a full bladder and the only place to put it seems to be on top of my handlebar roll. I think this would work but it would add significant weight to the bars and I don't think I've ever seen a bikepacking rig with a bladder lashed to the frontroll so I assume that isn't the way to go.

I'd like to avoid wearing my 3L Osprey on my back if possible as my back gets pretty worn out on multi-day trips.

LOL -- It's almost like they made this post specifically to answer my initial question. I'm taking full credit for making this happen.

No but really -- That's great news! Sounds like they will be updating the Eastern Divide Project site in September and posting routes in the Fall at some point. Rock onnnnn

Right on -- Yeah I know that a decent amount of the rideable parts of the Eastern Divide have been mapped out by folks over the years. Logan at bikepacking.com was able to get his hands on the VMBT route and made a gpx available to the world (thank youuu). There are a couple of other tracks along the Eastern Divide on that site as well and in other parts of the web.

I guess my curiosity was piqued when I read this http://bikepacker.com/the-eastern-divide-project/ in 2015... And then I saw Kurt Refsnider founded a non-profit called Bikepacking Roots and their Website mentioned it in their projects under development at http://www.bikepackingroots.org/in-development.html ... But there doesn't seem to be any real info as to the status of it anywhere other than that it is under development and should be done soon.

Anyway there's plenty out there to ride as it stands now out here on the east sieeede... Was just hoping someone from the project would maybe be able to chime in!

Thanks!

Hey gang,

Just wondering if there is any news on the progress of the Eastern Divide Project? As in, how close is it to being finished?

The official Website just has a quick blurb about what they are doing and their Facebook page has updates of them route finding but I'm not really sure what to make of it. Really looking forward to see what they've come up with.