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Other than our legs, the real heavy lifting on our Japanese bikepacking adventure was done by North St.’s bags, with the rear cargo held by Old Man Mountain’s Divide pannier rack .
We specifically chose this pairing because the then-new North St. Adventure Pannier bags were specifically designed to fit that rack. And their Roll-Top Trunk Bag perfectly fits on top, too. They’re designed to work well on any standard pannier rack system, too, but both brands were on board to support this trip, so we put them to the test. Here’s what we used… north st bikepacking bags on lauf road bikes. Both Lauf Uthald road bikes were equipped with: Adventure Macro Pannier (21L, two per bike) – $140 ea.
Roll-Top Trunk Bag – $120
Fuel Pouch – $45
Handlebar Pack – $95
Tool Roll – $30 Old Man Mountain Divide Rack – $168 Robert Axle Project 12mm thru-axle fit kit – $68 Total to outfit each bike as shown is $806. All pieces come with all necessary mounting hardware, straps, etc. The rack comes with bolts and everything to mount to any bike with standard threaded rack mounts, but we needed the appropriate fit kits to strap them to the seatstays and attach to a specific Robert Axle Project thru axle with extended mounting tabs. This setup is ideal […]
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