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  • February 19, 2018 at 3:41 pm #920236
    Birru
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    Attention KOM hunting commuters! Apparently we’re leaving speed on the table by using backpacks and panniers. Saddle packs are the way to go. Or maybe it’s just a conspiracy by Big Bikepacker to get us to buy new luggage.

    [video=youtube_share;wdfB5fbVHck]https://youtu.be/wdfB5fbVHck[/video]

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  • February 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm #1084233
    LhasaCM
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    @Birru 174878 wrote:

    Attention KOM hunting commuters! Apparently we’re leaving speed on the table by using backpacks and panniers. Saddle packs are the way to go. Or maybe it’s just a conspiracy by Big Bikepacker to get us to buy new luggage.

    [video=youtube_share;wdfB5fbVHck]https://youtu.be/wdfB5fbVHck[/video]

    That’s a 20 watt penalty at 40km/hr! I wonder how much of a penalty the trailercycle is…

    February 19, 2018 at 7:35 pm #1084237
    hozn
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    If only my laptop, 1.7L lunch container, clothes, shoes, and towel would fit in a saddlebag … !

    February 19, 2018 at 7:43 pm #1084238
    LhasaCM
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    @hozn 174883 wrote:

    If only my laptop, 1.7L lunch container, clothes, shoes, and towel would fit in a saddlebag … !

    They used a very large bike packing saddle bag and frame pack…you might be ok with that. Barely.

    February 27, 2018 at 2:19 pm #1084607
    creadinger
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    If it was only about speed, I would just drive. #reversecommute

    February 27, 2018 at 5:34 pm #1084618
    FFX_Hinterlands
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    @hozn 174883 wrote:

    If only my laptop, 1.7L lunch container, clothes, shoes, and towel would fit in a saddlebag … !

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    February 27, 2018 at 5:38 pm #1084619
    hozn
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    @FFX_Hinterlands 175288 wrote:

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    Wow :-) well, that’d work …. but I’ll take the backpack. :-)

    February 28, 2018 at 1:35 am #1084632
    Rod Smith
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    Wanna get there quicker, take a more direct route.

    March 12, 2018 at 2:22 pm #1085322
    SurlyTed1187
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    @Rod Smith 175302 wrote:

    Wanna get there quicker, take a more direct route.

    So instead of riding up to 14th st bridge on the MVT, I should just get a pack raft to cross the Potomac/Anacostia from Belle Haven to get up to MoCo?

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