I will probably have one bottle on a fork leg, with my sleeping mat on the other, so I liked the idea of having one in the frame so it's easy to get at when riding. But yeah I might actually make the next one myself and use the full triangle this time.

Cheers

Nick

Until I got my Fargo my On-One 456 was my go to bikepacking ride, the great thing about them is that for a fairly hardcore hardtail (it's running 150mm Revs now) it still has rack mounts.

Here it is with 130mm Revs, bags and a fair covering of sheep shit:


P1070394 by nickgilling, on Flickr

Enough kit there for 3 cold and wet days in Wales, with very little detriment to handling and general fun.

First proper myog project, although I can't claim to have made anything (my wife did the sewing), went pretty well and I do intend to learn how to use the machine, next up will be a gas tank.



I like bottles, which is why I went with an extended tangle type bag design, which did may it a little more fiddly to make, I've got tons of VX21 left so may make a full frame bag at some point.

Still it holds plenty of gear, in the pic it's got my full cooking set, golite poncho tarp, montane featherlite smock, first aid kit and a few other bits and pieces, could easily get more in too.

I based it on the excellent youtube tutorial, and the full write up is on my blog. We had good fun making it.

http://iwillbebacksoon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/making-frame-bag-for-my-salsa-fargo.html