Hey all,

I'm Martijn from The Netherlands, born april 1979 and bikepacking for a few years now though not aware of it since last year.
After starting bikepacking in 2007 I started singlespeeding as well and now take my SS Waltworks 29-er on trips of 2-5 days and as much off the road a possible.
My other hobby is ultra lightweight backpacking so most of the gear I use is originally build for backpacking.
With the addition of some bike-only stuff I can manage bikepacking trips and be quite self supporting on my way.
The love for off the road trips comes from my love for mountainbiking, I ride mountainbike since almost 15 years and reinvented my bike riding with the purchase of a singlespeed Rig.
Since the I had a custom Waltworks 29-er frame + fork build and build it up myself with a range of parts.
My first bikepacking trips I made with a BOB Yak trailer behind a full suspension mountainbike with "kiddy wheels" but the new minimal approach when it comes to gears made me wonder if I could do without a trailer and just carry all my gear in a small backpack. 
I bought a Wingnut Adventure pack and packed it with the most ULW gear I had like a Minibull alcohol stove, titanium kettle, PHD Minim Ultra sleeping bag, Insulmat Uberlite pad and some more.
All fits inside the Adventure pack and I can manage trips between late spring till early autumn or basically as long as it doesn't get below freezing at night.
I'm still improving my gear and bike till now with new gear mainly bought with backpacking in mind.

I Dutch forum pointed to this site and I really like what I see and read:)

Best regards,

Martijn AKA Cubeman