For reference, my current bike is a Trek FX-2. It’s more of a sports bike but I think it will get the job done. What parts and accessories do I need to make it a worthy bikepacking bike? Will it need any special modifications?
For reference, my current bike is a Trek FX-2. It’s more of a sports bike but I think it will get the job done. What parts and accessories do I need to make it a worthy bikepacking bike? Will it need any special modifications?
It depends on how you want to ride. Some just take credit card, stay in hotels and buy stuff as they need it.
As for the bikepacking you probably mean you need 2 things.
add rack or other mounting for your bags.
make it as comfortable as possible. Grips, saddle, pedals and adjust it to your liking. You may add some “horns” for more hand positions and stuff like that.
I would say that for shorter trips you just don’t need anything special. I helped my friends to go on bikepacking trip and one of them resorted to using backpack tied to rear rack by inner tube.
Really agree with this, looks like a comfort upgrade could be easily done, maybe also max out tire width, they looked real slim on the photo I googled.
*looks like default is 35mm tire width, that is actually quite good if you’re not off road all the time.