6 New Bikepacking Bikes You NEED To Know About! 

Sooo.... what innovative bikepacking bike do you think deserves more air time? 🤔🤔🤔

While the nerd in me loves the innovative and unusual stuff, it’s the entry level stuff I want to see more of! As a rule, there’s not a lot of money out there at the moment. Even my AU$1600 Merida Silex was a stretch and most people I know hesitate to go above $2K on a new bike. So, just to be contrary...more of the value bikes please! Meanwhile...love your work.

FYI chainstay adjustment on the TJ is optional on geared models & standard on single speed models.

Glorious.

Strange feeling... seeing my own bike and my photo here in a video....but thanks the internet: "i found something, i can use it...."

Six bikes I'll probably never buy.

I have a Q, why do vegans have to tell us they are vegan?? At least he did not say it directly.

Vegan shirt just got you an unsubscribed.

Alee, what do you know about the priority 600X? Thank you for all of the content.

Check out the Priority 600x. I would love to get your input on it. Thx you Doug

Fairlight is my favourite bike brand, really nice bikes. One day I'll have a Faran hanging on my wall and rolling me around the world.

Priority 600X. I would love it if you did a review of this bike.

Would like your opinion of the Priority 600x.

I think we can open a whole University for teaching about biking and its Science. 😎🤙

Best bikepacking channel on RU-vid

Alee, I'd love to see more wacky bikepacking bikes like the Titanosaur on this channel. Those are beyond cool! Great video!

I am curious to see the effect of 36" wheels on biking, they seem a logical evolution for long haul cycling.

Really enjoy your technical view and explanation and enthusiasm for the thing. Done a year myself and was thinking of this stuff whole the time. You have really nailed it.

Ok slight of topic. Would really like some more vids on catering. One pot cooking with dried stuff that can keep u fuelled for little weight. I have seen one little bit is a vid from South America but a show on that tpoic would be amazing. Maybe not all full vegan

Thanks Alee, awesome content as always. I'm looking forward to the 2021 touring bikes review. Btw - I reckon Kona should share some profits with you, I've bought the Sutra just recently, predominantly because of your video.

Hey, can you do a video about touring for beginners and what workouts you do to prepare for cycling long distances?

Hey! That’s my bike @8:40! Looking forward to finally get a chance to load it up this next week for a couple days out on eastern Washington “gravel”! It’s already proved to be an extremely stable and capable rig. Best part about these MaHall expedition gravel builds is that you can customize the frame to your specific needs for the terrain you ride.

I watch this channel, but I won't spend more than $1000 on a full bike. The highest I have spent so far is $150. I have 12 bikes, but I don't see the need to spend all that on one bike.

Guys from Wheels of wander did 25.000 km around the world with the 45 buck used steel frame based bicycles.

Great list. If I had to add a couple to the mix. Priority bikes makes an adventure bike packing hard tail bike 600x with a planetary gear set and belt drive. Also salsa released a single speed gravel race bike called the stormchaser designed for the muddy trail conditions. I think both can be great low maintenance bike packing bikes.

"Right up my Alee" Not sure how to take that one...

Hi, Alee. I was really excited when I saw your information on the KHS Grit 440 in your recent update to the Buyer's Guide, so I messaged KHS. They are unaware of an 11x42 & stated the Grit 440 has a rear cassette of 11x34. Below is the message I sent to KHS. They responded that you must have got your information from a source with a typographical error. I was really hoping for that gearing, but maybe it will come one of these years from SRAM. Little chance Shimano will ever get gearing correct for bikepackers. Btw, just read your entire Bikepacking Bike Buyer's Guide for 2021 & loved it! As an avid cyclist for decades, I still learned plenty, especially when it comes to bike fitment! Thanks for putting out high quality information I haven't seen elsewhere! BG Hello, KHS. I would like to buy the GRIT 440 Gravel bike that Aussie Alee Denham, author of The Bikepacking Bike Buyer's Guide for 2021 claims has a 48x32 crank chainrings & the Mullet rear cassette of 42x11. Alee just put out a youtube video updating his Buyer's Guide stating this information, but is it possible the bike is equipped with that gearing in Australia but not in the US? No bike parts company, including Shimano & SRAM or any bike manufacturing company have gearing options like Alee described on a stock bike, so I have my doubts. However, if you offer that version he describes, I want a KHS GRIT, & there will be thousands of others that feel the same way!!! What say you? Respectfully, BG

I like the list. Some really near bikes to consider. I'm still leaning very heavily towards the Priority 600x, though this is mainly because I own the Priority 600 and have been in love with it. I feel the 600x would work a bit better on a lot of the terrain I have near me, though I do intend to push the 600 a little more to its limit once the snow is melted on a lot of the trails.

It would be great if in future you could mention (also suggestion for your buyers guide) if these frame take road/gravel, mtb or boost chansets. A key selling point for me, is a narrow Q-factor.

Haven't seen much from you in awhile. Hopefully that is a good sign your doing well and enjoying life. Just wanted to say you inspired us(along with a bike touring friend) to chase a double dream of sorts. We wanted to buy a sailboat (combined with bikes) and so we bike toured the pacific northwest of the united states during the pandemic in the middle of winter. It was extremely difficult psychologically just being wet, cold, in the wind, and completely isolated, no coffee shops to stop in, no places to warm up, it was like a wilderness trek thru a populated place. We do have extensive biking and camping experience in Minnesota in the winter but being wet is a whole other matter indeed. We set off and biked almost to the Canadian boarder, then we met an Argentinian whom had an off shore cruiser he couldn't keep. Now we are working on her and getting her ready to take us to the dustra.

What do you think of the Salsa Marrakesh for a bike packing bike, I plan to by a used one.

How about the Santos Travelmaster 3+ rohlhoff? :-) Would love to see it compared too the Koga! Greetings from the Netherlands.

I have just found a new interest in fat bikes. I have recently replaced a narrow wide 30T to drive a 11 to 28 gear cog. I will be converting my bike to a backpacking bike and hope the gears will work on steep uphill road climbs. I like your suggestions on this topic.

Love your t-shirt mate 💪👊

How about a pinion 18 speed

The prospector & gear hub with a suspension fork would be a winner for me. With 2 sets of wheels. . Thanks all the bikes were excellent.

Awesome, as always. Happy to pay for your work because it’s meaningful and not fluff.

Thanks again my friend! Excellent and informative as usual...

Great content as always ! Keep on going !

What about the Otso Waheela C? I'm musing about this one for myself...if you 'mash up' the Waheela and Warrakin (very similar) they're available in Alum/Carbon or Stainless or Titanium. Also, one of the few bike manufacturers (they are part of Wolf Tooth) that still thinks threaded BBs are better (I do too!!)

Really like the Salsa TimberJack option which allows you to use a non side drop out so you can use a 14 spd rohloff hub… That would be great if this option could be used on the salsa cutthroat 2020 as would like to put it on mine. Can you switch a 29/27.5 wheel or is specific to the frame when ordering.

First time commenter, I reckon your video’s are amazing and informative cheers

velomobile. I would love to get your input on it. the milan sl is the way to go:)

It's funny how the things people have been doing for years have started to become trendy and catchy names like Bikepacking which used to be bike touring with bags. Overlanding use to be 4x4 camping. It's all good just remember your grandparents were just as cool maybe even cooler when they were doing the same thing.

Thank you! My 2020 Kenesis Tripster AT is fitted with Shimano 105 (11/32 cassette & 50/34 chainring). This is too high for off road climbing and your on-screen configuration summary for KHS bike has answered my dilemma! Great content and production!

I'm getting old. 21" isn't low enough for me. I dropped down to 17". Edit- I also started running 170mm cranks instead of 175s & my knees feel a lot better.

Hah! I‘m using the same frame as the KHS GRIT 440! I’ve got a white industries 42-24 Cranck and a 10-42t cassette. With 27,5“ wheel i have *15,5 gear inches in my lowest gear!* and 111 at the top end, which gets me up to 48kph @90 rpm! Super nice and wide setup! (There are more details about how to make it work, but it could go into the article: „ how to achieve a wide range Modern 2x drivetrain“ )

Curve GMX+ would love to see more on this bike

This channel has learned me a lot. I'm now more than ever convinced there is one bike that is suitable for everything I want to do with it; gravel rides, short ride to the city, bike packing and even a nice tour ride with road bike friends. But what do you think of electric bikes? My ideal bike is a bike with broad clearance for tires, gravel handlebars and geometry, Rohloff and belt driven, all of the packing possibilities with internal routing for dynamo etc, and I would have loved a electric motor in it too... best I can find for now is the Tout terrain with a Pendix aftermarket motor...

It's cool that you used Jeff Jones' footage but didn't include his bikes, I'm sure you checked with him if that was cool

Thankyou Alee. Liking those "wagon wheels" for everyday use on normal and potholed roads. For years I had wondered how much smoother rides could be. Those rippled Australian tracks were unusual. I wonder what caused that?

I so nearly purchased the Fairlight this year, sadly my budget would not quite stretch that far. I ended up with a Genesis Tour De Fer instead, which is a nice bike but not the Fairlight.

Oh, you are Aussie!😊

Great channel this.

Answering your request. You may talk about tilting tricycles and about the ASCENDU that is able to climb whatever you may think of, with low gear ratio and long chainstays, as the bikes showcased in this video. Cheers. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YDZprlhyfiU.html

gear ratio of 22-34 is not low enough.!!!..Ride a 4.8 inch tired steel fatbike, add 30 years of life more than yours, 40 pounds+ of gear and a 35 pound bike and a 22-36 is not low enough either. :( I will certainly give up a 36-11 for an easier gear. 100rpm is chicken feed for anyone who has ridden much. spin and tuck!! lol

Man, Bro!! - You're a tree! - And why do you wear Jeff's beard all of a sudden? Besides those; - why does an American bike manufacturer builds a frame especially around the Rohloff®-Hub without adding the possibility of using them with a Gates®-Drive? - It's kinda like stopping half way through! - Rohloff® and Gates® are siblings, and is there any stronger bonds than those between your brothers and sisters? - It kinda breaks my heart, really!

That khs is my argument for 2x . Why not always go ever wider!?

Hello nice to see and watch new video from you.. Nice content.. Keepsafe

Thanks for you being you & sharing a great episode.

When I was living in a little village in New Mexico, there was a corrugated gravel section of the road (only about 1km) long on my way to school that I would ride on a rusty old mountain bike each day. I cannot imagine riding that sort of road for days on a bikepacking trip! Give me the biggest wheels you can, please!! I was already on 29"!

Interesting list of bikes! No mention about the Nordest Sardinha?

I like your videos, but I find it rather remarkable that you promote touring bicycles with fixed non-replaceable derailleur hangers. Given the abuse these bicycles face, this is a major weakness and could easily compromise the longevity of the bike. Of course you can straighten a bent steel derailleur hanger, but this may lead to the paint flaking off and subsequent rust, not to mention progressive metal fatigue with repeated adjustments.

Для меня был, есть и будет только Trek 920! Это не просто универсальный грэвел велосипед, главное его преимущество в устойчивой раме трейлового гоночного байка. Для перевозки груза в условиях бездорожья, по любым лесным тропам, и спуске с неподготовленных холмов, он впереди всех!

The Prospector is about as close to my dream bike as currently exists.

I would NEVER buy touring or "bikepacking" bike with chain. Gates belt is THE ONLY option.

Love the gear ratios on that KHS, finally really wide range.

I love these videos, even the old ones, to open my eyes to a variety of bike brands. Being a heavy rider, I like the idea of a low geared bike.

Thank You for sharing update of the news in bikepacking bikes market. I've recently ordered Faran 2.0 frameset to build up a bike I'd need. Variant geometry was one of main selling point for me. While watching Your video, it got to mine attention that KHS Grit has a low gear ratio as well. I am deciding what drivetrain to use on Faran, so I am taking examples of other branded bikes combinations. I see, that KHS 48/32 chainrings and 11-42 casette give a total deraileur capacity of 47T while the Shimano states, that GRX 810 rear deraileur maximum capacity is 40T. My question, how is this possible to use this combination whilst exceeding capacity limit by 7T ? Is it safe to use ? (I assume, in this case, it's better not to accidentally go large to large combo here). Any modifications required to use these parts ? ThankYou

All sounds good except all the bike shops around here can't get any bikes. I was at a shop today and the shop would not take any money to order a bike. They simply said they can not even put orders in. Dam.

No one NEEDS to know about 6 new bikepacking bikes. Stop using clickbait titles. It's lame.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the new Knolly Cache.

36" wooow!

Thanks for all the information, love your work! Not in this video but I really like the tout terrain silkroad, if I had the money that's what I would buy. At the moment I have a cannondale caadx cyclocross [ tiagra ] which I'm putting the schwalbe nobbies it came with back on and getting some frame bags for weekend trips--appreciate your opinion. cheers Colm

2:00 that's stupid! why would you want your rear lights mounted at the rear axle? it's too low! most lights are mounted on the seatpost, saddle or at the rear of the luggage rack. the ideal height for motorist to see the lights.

Fantastic channel with eloquent fact packed delivery ! No BS you're in Top Handful of RU-vidrs ! Cheers..

...and the last bike is why I still want to 2x drivetrain for my rig.

then why don't all gravel bikes have good gear ratios for climbing hills?? :'(

Did have Raleigh tour bike ride in 90s that bike was very good bike talk me round . Was best one never add and still have Raleigh

Maaan why are u doing only super expensive bikes, none of these are affordable for normies.

Blacksnow. Are you interested to talk about blacksnow bicycle?

Is it good to choose walkie X3 pro bicycle for world travel.plz reply...

Arrrgh, gear aquisition syndrome run RAMPANT now.

Just found your channel and loving it 😊

Thanks for advice ❗️from germany jft ❗️👍

Heresy!!!! A 2x drivetrain?! What is this... 2004?! Just kidding, really liked all the bikes you have on here!

Mmm that Curve titanasor might actually fit me. Love me a go on that.

Hey, we love watching your videos and we're now planning our own bikepacking adventure but we're struggling to agree on a tent for us to share! Do you have any recommendations?? Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Have you seen anybody put an electric motor on a bikepacking bike?

Need to do one on the Jones Ti Space

Just got my hands on a Tumbleweed Prospector and love it.

I thought you would mention the Priority. Oh well, good video.

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For me goal is custom titanium frame, rohloff speed hub, 29er, carbon belt.

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Will this bike hold a 450lb 6'3" man?

A bike for pavées/cobblestones? Wagon wheels seem a bit too far, but in the right direction. Rohloff gears, belt drive, hydraulic disc brakes, dynamo lighting

Steel or Ali ??can't afford Titanium

any comments on the Priority 600x bike - I'm considering this bike - in your opinion is the bike superb quality for bike packing and touring

a great, fun list. mostly new to me!! the bikes I've checked on are sold out. make deposits now and hope for late summer deliveries.