Decided to do a quick overnighter close to home at Cottonwood Lake and test some gear.
Ok, so maybe…..just maybe, I took the fat tires off a wee bit soon…. Yes, I know I had the option of running 29plus or fat for this trip. But the trail that would get me to the same place was mush and unridable late in the day even with fatties. So the road approach it was. The riding to get there was fine, the lake itself was an entirely different case…
Cold weather bikepacking is so much… bulkier. Hence the giant drybag on the rear rack. Don’t normally run a rack, but this was an experimental night for the new hammock setup. Along with the the 3season down bag, I also took a thermarest/bivy combo in case I had to bail out of the hammock at 2am and go to ground…
The front end however, is basically the summer setup. Smaller bar bag than last year, and with just bottles on the forks.