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Attempting the first MTB overnight camping trip next month, sticking to mostly the dirt road 70%,
bitumen road 20% and trail 10% for one night out, taking it easy for the first one to see if it
is any good.
Any tips for a newbie in this area ?
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Trevor S
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein
Trevor S said:Attempting the first MTB overnight camping trip next month, sticking to mostly the dirt road 70%,
bitumen road 20% and trail 10% for one night out, taking it easy for the first one to see if it is
any good.Any tips for a newbie in this area ?
My only tip is wait an extra month!
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Cheers LB
Trevor S said:Attempting the first MTB overnight camping trip next month, sticking to mostly the dirt road 70%,
bitumen road 20% and trail 10% for one night out, taking it easy for the first one to see if it is
any good.Any tips for a newbie in this area ?
don't sleep next to the road - enough cars get taken out doing this.
AndreS.au ===> I ride therefore I am
Trevor,
If you are using panniers and the off road section is rough ensure that you have a good quality mounting. You do not want these falling off.
Take care with sticks in your rear derailleur, it is easier to rip a RDer off than you might think.
Ensure you have tools to break chain etc etc...
Only carry high octane liquor, leave the beer slab in the Esky at the car.
And make sure you have check the Topo map or use good notes.
Kevin
Quoted post said:Originally posted by Trevor S
Attempting the first MTB overnight camping trip next month, sticking to mostly the dirt road 70%,
bitumen road 20% and trail 10% for one night out, taking it easy for the first one to see if it
is any good.
Any tips for a newbie in this area ?
--
Trevor S
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein
Quoted post said:Originally posted by 22rev
Trevor,
If you are using panniers and the off road section is rough ensure that you have a good quality mounting. You do not want these falling off.
Take care with sticks in your rear derailleur, it is easier to rip a RDer off than you might think.
Ensure you have tools to break chain etc etc...
Only carry high octane liquor, leave the beer slab in the Esky at the car.
And make sure you have check the Topo map or use good notes.
Kevin
Make sure you are able to stay dry.
Warm clothing , tent etc.
Make sure you have enough water , especially if you're riding ontop of ridges or high altitudes.
I usually try to make sure I have access to at least 5 litres of water per day in mild conditions.
Take puritabs (water purifiers) if you intend drinking creek water , and access the quality of that water first.
Let someone know where you're headin.
If you're passing through private property you should try to gain consent from the owners first.
In some cases you may find it easier to use a backpack instead of heavy paniers , check the track conditions if possible , riding a sandy track is f##kin hard yakka😉 make the bike light as possible.
I'd still be crawling around the bush if I didn't have topographic maps , plus they're fun😄 you can plan the trip easily , make alternate routes if the track becomes too hard , estimate time it'll take to get from A to B, gradients , find interesting places or spots to camp etc
Take nice whiskey or port🙂
The most important thing though is to have fun.
I'm headin out next weekend , overnight.
cheers
and please don't mention the drop bears!
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Quoted message said:22rev said:Trevor, If you are using panniers and the off road section is rough ensure that you have a good
quality mounting. You do not want these falling off. Take care with sticks in your rear
derailleur, it is easier to rip a RDer off than you might think. Ensure you have tools to break
chain etc etc... Only carry high octane liquor, leave the beer slab in the Esky at the car. And
make sure you have check the Topo map or use good notes. KevinMake sure you are able to stay dry.
Warm clothing , tent etc.
Make sure you have enough water , especially if you're riding ontop of ridges or high altitudes. I
usually try to make sure I have access to at least 5 litres of water per day in mild conditions.
Take puritabs (water purifiers) if you intend drinking creek water , and access the quality of
that water first.
I had planned on carrying 6, plus half way along I can top up at a cabin.
Quoted message said:Let someone know where you're headin.
Wife and cops ...
Quoted message said:If you're passing through private property you should try to gain consent from the owners first.
Nope, gazetted raods/tracks.
Quoted message said:In some cases you may find it easier to use a backpack instead of heavy paniers ,
Yeah, I had been thinking that
Quoted message said:check the track conditions if possible ,
Did it last wekeend, rode the route on a off road motorbike...
Quoted message said:riding a sandy track is f##kin hard yakka😉
Oh yeah, 6 km's a couple weeks ago ... like ya said fark that ! 🙂
Quoted message said:make the bike light as possible.
Oh yeah ! 🙂
Quoted message said:Take nice whiskey or port🙂
Don't drink tea, coffee or alky-hol ! , so no problems with those dieuretics 😉
Quoted message said:The most important thing though is to have fun. I'm headin out next weekend , overnight.
Best of luck ! 🙂 I am a virgin at doing it on a bike (so to speak) so just wanted to see if there
was anything obvious I had not thought of.
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Trevor S
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein
22rev <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:
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Quoted message said:Trevor,
If you are using panniers and the off road section is rough ensure that you have a good quality
mounting. You do not want these falling off.
Bike shop dude said the same thing...
Quoted message said:Take care with sticks in your rear derailleur, it is easier to rip a RDer off than you
might think.
I am actually worried about breaking a spoke, I am a large lump of a lad, combined with the weight
of even lightly loaded panniers and i have visions of busted spokes 🙁 I did get the rear spokes
beefed up not long after I got it... but...
Quoted message said:Ensure you have tools to break chain etc etc...
Already sorted
Quoted message said:Only carry high octane liquor, leave the beer slab in the Esky at the car.
And make sure you have check the Topo map or use good notes.
I will have a GPS, whcih will have the entire route loaded in it, and a backup GPS carried by my
companion, it has the entre route in it, gives an excellent guide as to distance to various points
so we know how far to go! and I have ridden the route on an offroad motorbike numerous times. I will
be leavig a map of the intended travel route with my wife and one with the cops near where we start.
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Trevor S
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein
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Quoted message said:and please don't mention the drop bears!
Drop Bears ?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Trevor S
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein
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Don't drink tea, coffee or alky-hol ! , so no problems with those
: dieuretics 😉
I am a coffee lover. This is a common well believed urban myth and I believed it to until recently.
Cut from www.snopes.com. The definitive urban legends page. They are a well researched site and give
references to medical studies, documentary evidence etc. All their references can be confirmed.
snip-----> "Regular coffee and tea drinkers become accustomed to caffeine and lose little, if any,
fluid. In a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of
Nutrition, "
snip ---->
It continues with more thorough explanation.
As a matter of interest of common misbelief... 80% of Australians believe that chickens are given
hormones. This is also false. Australia banned this in the 60's and continues to run random audits
of chicken farms to test for hormones.
(I used to be part of the 80%)
Peter
Quoted post said:Originally posted by Trevor S
Best of luck ! 🙂 I am a virgin at doing it on a bike (so to speak) so just wanted to see if there
was anything obvious I had not thought of.
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Trevor S
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein
You'll forget something😉
You won't really know you've forgotten it until..........
after .......
you've done a ........
sloppy.............
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Quoted message said:snip-----> "Regular coffee and tea drinkers become accustomed to caffeine and lose little, if any,
fluid. In a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of
Nutrition, " snip ---->
Hmm.. I've been a hardcore tea drinker for 20+ years, and I always need to visit the dunny ~45
minutes after a cup..
Maybe Australian bladders are a little different. 🙂
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Chris,,
Quoted message said:Take a real compass as well...GPS is great, even if you take two, but you never know...
I ended up buying a Palm M105 PDA rather than the Sharp Zaraus I was drooling over a while back, and
I'm now using a program called "SunAngle" for when I (admittedly rarely) need a compass bearing.
Thankfully the program provides the source code (ya GPL!), and something I'd like to do is hack it
to give a compass bearing from the Moon, for obvious reasons. 🙂
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Chris,,
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