Full Suspension Mountain Bike Bikepacking

Full suspension frame bag pack list bikepacking it often surprises me to see just how much can fit into a full suspension frame pack.

Full suspension mountain bike bikepacking.

Full suspension mountain bikes were originally rejected by bikepacking purists primarily because of the difficulty of mounting bags on a bike with a back end that moves relative to the frame. Riders who only had full suspension bikes wanted to go bikepacking too though and they quickly found ways to deal with that problem. It s perfectly doable to bikepack on a full suspension mountain bike. Being able to run.

Scott spark 950 13 9kg and us 2899 the scott spark 950 has everything you want out of a full suspension trail bike. But really there s no one bike right for bikepacking. But after spending a week riding 14 000 foot peaks in colorado a few weeks touring from bike park to bike park in the australian alps and a month bikepacking. I once gravitated toward hardtails and shorter travel full suspension bikes for bikepacking fixated on the fact that these are lighter and more efficient over smooth surfaces.

Plus our take on what s required for a full suspension bike to make a great bikepacking rig. Bikepacking in its purest form explores off pavement roads and trails which makes a mountain bike an ideal choice for many riders. Somewhere in the middle a hardtail is an option and a rigid will prove to be a bad choice considering the circumstances. It s better to have a full susser with a bit of space in the front triangle and ideally a bottle mount the ibis ripley has two pairs of bottle mounts.

A full suspension is the right choice for technical bikepacking trips lots of technical trails and rocky roads will be much more comfortable on a full suspension. This is especially well suited for an overnight trip. A slack head tube angle a long top tube a short stem wide handlebars a dropper seatpost and clearance for 2 6 tyres. Not all bikepacking bikes have to oddball hardtails.

Bikepackers use everything from touring bikes to full suspension rigs on their explorations. There are a couple of caveats to this however.