Originally Posted by
max5480
I'm looking for any ideas people have on taking a 40L backpacking pack on a tour with them. I like then idea of going for an overnight hike while I'm touring to let the legs do their natural thing off the bike and on the trails. The only idea I have is putting the pack on top of the rear rack in between the panniers which is less than ideal and might interfere with thighs while pedaling. Any other creative ideas?
i had a backpack (50l kelty redwing - not a weight weenie pack), normal touring stuff, and a bear keg (the big, heavy, black plastic ones) on my xtracycle (with freeloader bags) a couple summers ago. the backpack and bear keg functioned as slightly heavy, bulky containers when not doing backpacky and bear keggy functions. i rode from lancaster metrolink to yosemite along the s-c route, doing overnight/multiday hikes at mineral king and yosemite valley. the abundance of food storage containers in yosemite parking lots let me lock my bike, stash most of my stuff in a bear container, pack my pack, and walk from the valley to lake merced, tuolumne meadows, clouds' rest, and back to the valley without too much stress. xtracycles can carry way too much crap, but sometimes that capacity is handy. lemme see if i can find a couple pics
edit: you probably don't have an xtracycle, so this probably isn't too helpful, but i'm putting it out there anyways
edit: found some pix, but they are too large. is there no faster way to do this? does bike forums not have some sort of auto-size tool or anything?
jesus christ it's not even a big picture. i give up