Istanbul by Bike
The Bike
Also on this trip I will be on the road with my Rose Backroad Gravelbike. Since I bought this bike with carbon frame 2019, it has become my absolute favorite bike. It combines the advantages of a MTB, with which you can ride many paths off paved roads regardless of the surface, and the smooth running of a classic road bike. This makes it for me the ideal bike for bike trips. Here are a few more details about the bike:
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Gearshift: Ultegra DI2 11-speed
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Gear ratio: compact crank 50/34, sprocket set 12-32
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Tires: Continental Terra Trail 40mmSchaltung: Ultegra DI2
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Outdoor-Camping-Equipment
On this trip I will be the first time also with tent on the road and hope to intensify the outdoor part with it and to expand the tour by another dimension. However, I will not spend the night exclusively in the tent and mix camping and hotel accommodation depending on the weather and mood. In order not to increase the equipment to be transported and thus the weight too much, I will do without a stove and the necessary kitchen accessories. So I will feed myself "cold" from the supermarket or just go to a restaurant for hot food.
Tent
Big Agners Copper Spur
HV UL2 Bikepack
2-person tent that ist made by its short division of the tent
poles a pack size of 34 x 18cm and a weight of 1.6kg
for bike travel.
Sleeping Bag
Sea to summit Spark 1 long
very light down sleeping bag with 360g; compressible to the size of a drinking bottle; as a summer sleeping bag to comfort temperatures of 9 ° C; in the "long-version" for heights up to 193cm
The Luggage
The setup of the last tours with a rear rack on which I hang two saddlebags, a frame bag and a backpack for valuables, has proven itself. This combination gives me enough space and the bike can still be ridden and controlled well.
The classic Gravel luggage setup with ass rocket (bags under the saddle) and frame and handlebar bag are too small for me from the storage space. In addition, I feel a bag on the handlebars as a foreign body that worsens the handling of the bike.
For the camping equipment I have mounted on the fork two Topeak VersaCage luggage holders by means of clamps. Here, the camping equipment is attached in waterproof lightweight Ortlieb luggage rolls (7l) with tension straps.
Let's see how that works over 3,500km.
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Black Creek saddle bag 15l
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Rose Custommade GT luggage rack
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Frame bag Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube
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RACE AIR bike backpack
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Topeak VersaCage pannier holder for fork
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DRY-BAG PS10 VALVE Ortlieb luggage roll
The Packing List
For those who are interested in the details of what I take and don't take on the tour, I have linked my personal packing list.
Concerning camping equipment I am rather inexperienced - you should know that. Except plates and cutlery I do without stove and kitchen utensils. Because I am traveling by bike and there I rather follow the principle:
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Travel with "light luggage"​
Foto & Video
GoPro Hero 10
For the high-resolution stuff,
time lapse movies....
I have my GoPro with me.
iPhone SE
For the "normal" pictures and movies I use my iPhone SE.
For editing the movies on the tour
I use iMovie.