After my last video in which I discussed my planned trips for the coming months, I was inundated with advice and thoughts on my planned setup and gear that I would be taking. I knew from my experience of sharing my plans for the GDMBR last year that the advice I received from my YouTube community was invaluable, and pointed me towards a lot of choices that really contributed to me having a successful and wonderful time riding that route, so I put out my initial gear video for the TransAm quite early with the hope that the same would happen again, and you didn't disappoint!
Todays video came about as a result of one of the most common comments I received, that I needed more space for food! This is a lesson I admit I should have learnt from the GDMBR where I regularly spoke about how I needed to improve my diet and nutrition on future trips, but the long winter seems to have been enough time for me to forget all the wisdom I held upon completing that trip. I therefore decided to make a half frame pack to fill a space on my Kona, and this should add to my food carrying capacity. This pack will be perfect for my trip into Europe which I set off for next week, and I will decide over the coming months if this will be sufficient for the TransAm, or if I need to commit to moving my water bottles to create the space for a full frame pack.
While I work on this pack I also discuss some of the other useful suggestions that came from you all following my last video. I tried to give a decent amount of detail about the process of making the pack in this video, but if you would like a more in depth guide on making your own custom frame bag then please see below the link to a video I made last year.
Thank you for watching.
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My review channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@matryderreviews
Making my previous custom frame bag:
https://youtu.be/kLP5xDN2t18