How to setup a tarp for bikepacking using your bike (Flying Diamond Pitch) 

it's funny how I keep trying to figure out how to set this with the side of my bike and never thought of the front handle bar. thanks a lot!

Hey Guy, just wanted to say thanks for your video. Loved the idea of using the bike for the rig. Tried a slight variation of this last night in the Peak District, Derbyshire, UK. Thankfully had a broken wall to provide some added shelter. Top tips you mentioned that made this work, find a way to keep the front brake on. Mini carabiner and guy lines attached to saddle. This was so Ace ! Was able to keep front bag and bar stuff dry in the rain. Was able to pack everything away under the tarp, then just pop out at the end to load and finally just the tarp to take down. Having the bike staked and braked made it easier to reload saddle bag. Really great. Thanks mate 👍 👌

That's awesome! Have a great time. I'm hoping you take that stove with you! I'm glad I hooked up with you the other day. Be safe and have fun! I'll be watching for your videos.

This setup is a true revelation - I'm totally in love with this idea.

Dude, have a great time! I'm glad I hooked up with you the other day! Have a safe trip and I'll be watching for your videos. I'm hoping you take that stove on your trip! Take care buddy.

This makes my little bushcrafting heart happy! 😁

I was looking ways to use my hammock setup as a bivy while touring and you saved my life sir! Please keep on sharing similar content, there are very few people using such setups.

Fantastic, clear instructions and demo. Thanks a lot!

What a great setup !! Thank you for sharing 👍. rgds from germany

Thanks a lot for the shared info, I found it very handy for my next trip. Cheers!

WHAT? No taught line hitch. You are crazy. What are you doing? Who let you out of the.....oh wait made up for it on the trucker's hitch. All good. Keep up the good work. I always wanted to figure out a way to use my bike as a part of my sleep system. Aside from using my front tire as a pillow I never got a good setup. Your setup is perfect. Thanks.

Dravo cemetery! Camped out there two nights riding the GAP. Raccoon got into my bottle/feed bags and ate my peanut bars. Thankfully his claws didn’t rip my bags! Excellent campsite still! Excellent video as well! I use a duplex but like all the ground cover a tarp provides... another idea to play with! 🤙🏽

Genius ! Thank you for sharing 👍

I'm gonna try this. I live in Canada and ALTHOUGH the weather isn't camping friendly right now, ( camping is where you go outside and stay there until the next day ) I'm gonna go ahead and go try this by the river

Very nice setup, thanks for sharing it!

Nice setup, I will use it as my new set up , thanks

Parabens! Menos é mais. Comecei a praticar a ideia da Bike como estrutura Tarp, inspirado em seu video

great and different way of setting up ..good job shared to my facebook page bikepacking

nice video. Clear, concise, useful.

For more stability and less head room in bad weather you can remove the front wheel. That should leave the pitch lower to the ground and make the bike more stable as your fork can bite into the ground.

Wicked set up mate, deffo gonna be using it

Awesome Setup and ideas! never thought of staking out the bike... brilliant. So here we have a simple Diamond-fly tarp. I think it could be easily improved by turning it into a half cone fly. If the tarp is long enough, you could even do an arrowhead setup with this. I've heard of a fella with a longer tarp 8x12ft, who used his bike as center poles for the tarp, and set up the thing as an A-Frame over the bike. In bad weather he set the tarp paralel to the bike, giving better coverage, and lying on its side. in better weather he set up the tarp perpendicular to the bike, doing sort of a dining fly setup. I imagine you can have pretty much a bivvy bag with the tarp going under and over you, using the bike on the outside to lift the tarp off of you. With a big enough tarp you might be able to cover both youself and the bike, leaving only one open end, but i do not know if the tarp guy lines would be enough to secure the bike upright.

Depending on frame geometry this will be more or less steady. To fixate the handle bar I have made a line with two prusik knots that slide up and down the line. I make a larks head with the line around the seat post and then put the prusik knots on the handle bar on each side.

great job chap!

love it. my first tarp set up will be this.

Hi.Bikepacking in the States looks great - it’s much more restricted in England (but not Scotland). I set up a tarp by taking the front wheel off the bike, putting it at one end secured by two guy ropes and having the bike fork in the ground (to give stability) at the other end - the tarp then gets attached to each end. Less chance of touching the tarp but a bit more exposed.

Brilliant. Me and my motorcycle works great ❤.

Good idea!! I will try.

Great video. Waiting for Fall riding weather to ditch my tent without being eaten by mosquitos!

Awesome setup

Great idea, thank you for sharing :-)

Hi , I'm your new subscriber 😄👍

Over the top!! good idea for my future trips..... the problem is with mosquitos.. i think

Hi, what handlebar harness are you using?

Brilliant, thanks for sharing

This is cool

Way cool!!

What happens if its windy

guyline details?

Hey Ryan, thank you for this! Do you have a video or thoughts on pitching a tarp using your bike for stormy weather? I'm imagining something where the bike is on the ground and the tarp is pitched quite low. Thanks for any advice/suggestions :)

Nice vlog, but I don't believe that is the trucker's hitch I believe what you show is just terminating with a half hitch on a bight. A real trucker's hitch is used to tension a rope without a knot before tying it off.

you sir are a boss! ......... 1:58 do you say Cuban Fibre? Company link?

1,,great video. 2, Nice hat

Nice setup Kodak! I think you could of used an extra in your video though! Be safe my man.

That was the easiest tarp set ever saw

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Nobody seems to ask the obvious question. Bugs?

maybe amazingly easy to pitch a tarp in pooring rain, god gear. OH WAIT... :D

Clever idea! Thanks for sharing. If you get a minute please check out mine. Cheers 👍

it took only moments to set up

may God guild your journeys safely