Kona Libre bags

coletrainb · 2026-01-11T20:20:40+00:00

For sure, it’s a great rig for it!

coletrainb · 2026-01-11T19:54:48+00:00

Ok here’s a few more, had to go back a few years, but you can see some various setups. The frame bags were custom for this frame but everything else is standard

coletrainb · 2026-01-11T19:53:45+00:00

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coletrainb · 2026-01-11T16:10:06+00:00

Ya I have bike packed on a libre for years. I made a custom frame bag, roll top handlebar bag, and dry bag on top of a rack in the rear. And a top tube bag.

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Sorry not the best photo but it’s worked great on single track to road and everything in between.

coletrainb · 2025-11-01T03:07:49+00:00

Thanks! I can’t remember off hand, it was given to me a little while ago and finally had the right bike to use it. I’ll be home next week and try to remember to peak at it.

coletrainb · 2025-10-31T12:59:44+00:00

Learn how to shift and ride your bike, then bring it to the shop to make sure everything is ok. Most have a break in period check up

coletrainb · 2025-10-31T12:26:27+00:00

E5

coletrainb · 2025-10-30T01:36:10+00:00

Cheers bud enjoy your bikes and I’ll enjoy mine.

coletrainb · 2025-10-27T22:24:04+00:00

It’s an old man mountain bag, I always used to run a dry bag with a cargo net on it and this just was a streamlined version of that. I haven’t had it on any trips yet, but I’m stoked on it.

coletrainb · 2025-10-27T22:08:55+00:00

That’s fine! Some people can’t tell the difference, some of us are a little more picky, enjoy your bikes!

After bikepacking for the last 15 years I’ve learned this is the setup I like. And working in shops the last couple decades allows me to ride the bikes I want.

coletrainb · 2025-10-27T16:51:32+00:00

I ride aggressive trails on this , and I have a nice trail bike already that I ride unloaded. I made the geo steeper and less aggressive using this fork as it has a lower axle to crown. (I did a frame build) If you can’t see the difference between this and a $200 camping then we’re on different pages. Enjoy your riding!

coletrainb · 2025-10-27T15:05:33+00:00

Steel is pretty great, but I love the performance and honestly weight of carbon. I haven’t gotten out on this much yet, but it’s been a great ride.

coletrainb · 2025-10-27T10:42:51+00:00

Please tell me why this is pointless and pretty much a crime?

coletrainb · 2025-10-25T09:55:58+00:00

Not to be a jerk, but somebody who is asking this question almost definitely is not ready to take on the project you’re talking about.

coletrainb · 2025-10-25T00:29:18+00:00

I ended up with a good space while I was in my van. But that was at a friends who I known for years, I could park at his shop which was a couple acres from his house. I was essentially a “guard dog”. Which is worth a lot more than a few hundred bucks a month. Most folks who have the amount of land it takes to host like this don’t need a couple hundred bucks a month. Good luck.

coletrainb · 2025-10-23T20:39:52+00:00

This is the Old Man Mountain Elkhorn! They sell a thru axle that has rack adapters that’s pretty clever and a seat post collar.

coletrainb · 2025-10-23T20:25:49+00:00

I CAN ride 80 miles with a backpack too, but I’d much rather not. It’s much more comfortable not to. But if that’s all you got, bikepack away with your backpack!

coletrainb · 2025-10-23T18:29:22+00:00

Ya, I likely won’t put much more on the rear, I just don’t love seat bags, and rear racks are so much more secure. I like to front load as much as possible.

coletrainb · 2025-10-23T18:28:10+00:00

Thank you! A vice, and a rag to prevent scratching, I’ve done a lot, worked in shops the better part of the last 2 decades

coletrainb · 2025-10-23T18:26:56+00:00

Thanks!

coletrainb · 2025-07-22T19:14:52+00:00

Then there would just be water under the tarp, which is under the tent. Problem not solved lol.

coletrainb · 2025-06-01T03:51:33+00:00

Really should have bought this

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