PICTURES!!! Bikepacking Central Minnesota
03-27-17, 06:12 PM
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PICTURES!!! Bikepacking Central Minnesota
Last Friday and Saturday two friends and I set off on a three day bikepacking-ish adventure. We left from my house in Maplewood and rode northwest across the city hitting up all the bike trails along the way. About 20 miles out from our first campsite one of my friend's bike got squirrely while his hands were off the bar and we crashed into a curb. His Rolf shifter broke and my front brake lever cracked. After some duct tape magic we were able to make it to the Sherburn National Forest albeit he only had one gear the rest of the ride.
The soil in this forest was sand. Sand everywhere. I have never seen a forest grown in sand but I guess that is why they call this forest "Sand Dunes", haha. I had to push my bike a few miles because I was riding 45mm slicks (I just sunk in!), my friend with the broken shifter had to push his bike too. But the third guy was rocking a fatbike and he rode to the campsite with a big smile on his face, haha.
Night temps were just above freezing but there was no rain or wind like the forecast predicted so I slept like a rock.
On day two we decided it was safest to avoid the elevation changes and head home since one of us only had one gear and the other (me!) only had one and a half brakes.
This trip was supposed to be a lot of gravel riding and trail riding but most of the gravel roads ended up being paved and the majority of our trail riding was going to be on day three so some of our gear was a bit overkill.
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1 - Framed Minnesota, handlebar mounted boombox, and diy rivnuts everywhere!
2 - Surly Karate Monkey 29er, retroshift levers, and a home made framepack.
3 - Specialized Awol, Son dyno, Rolf hub, Jones H bars, Brooks & revelate bags.
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looks like an awesome trip.
03-28-17, 04:44 AM
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Nice. Didn't know the monkey did weekend tours in addition to the usual stomping around Minnesota!
04-02-17, 06:49 PM
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Mine was a DIY gathered end with a DIY full length climashield underquilt and a DIY 3/4 length climashield underquilt. I also sewed my 11x8 hex tarp. All of my stuff is brown/OD green for stealth camping. I have tried 5 different styles of hanging systems. This is by far my favorite. I slept like a baby and although I used to hate hammocks I now don't want anything to do with tents.
The black tarp was bought off ebay (don't know the name) with a primaloft UQ and a Hennessey hammock.
I am unsure what the other guy was using.
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