Bike/Trek Training with full gear

Testing Gear
1.  Manta 30 litre pack
Worked superbly.  Way too big of a pack for something like today but this will be the choice for the 48hr race in WV

2.  Salomon XA 4 Chest pack rigged on the Manta
I had thought I would really, really like having this on the chest because of the access.  I guess I still do like it but it really made you feel like you were carrying a lot of weight.  During the bike portion it kept banking my knees so this will take some re-rigging.  During the trek/run portion it felt very secure and did not flop around at all.  I did love having all my food/nutrition right in front of me.

3.  Leki Ultralight Trekking poles
It's been a long time since I used trekking poles but I think I'm going to stick with them.  Really helps support the legs during walking and also helps to balance.  These poles are ultrallight so no significant weight increase to carry.  They will stay.

4.  6hr Food packs - This was reviewed in an earlier post.  Nutrition worked fine.  I think next time I'll separate the beef jerky from the trail mix.  Kind of a weird combination.


5.  Mountain House dehydrated Chili Mac
I bet this would be great with hot water to rehydrate it.  I had cold water (almost frozen!) and after 15 minutes it was still not fully rehydrated.  Looked and tasted good but I don't like my chili mac "crunchy" !


Time:  6hr/12min
Distance Mountain bike:  38kilometers
Distance Run/Trek:  15.3 kilometers
Pack Weight:  18lbs 10 ounces
Calories:  5181

Nutrition for Racing......

One ziplock with beef jerkey and trail mix



1 ziplock with hammer products





Combined in one large ziplock



MTB Set Up

There have been a couple questions on bikes.

Right now I'm going with a 12 year old Hard tail Hara Escape.

I've got Manitou front shocks on the forks

Read the captions below.  The only things I'm looking at

changing may be adding a third waterbottle cage on the down

under side of the downtube.  I also may add another gel flask

attachment. 

The escape pod saddle bag holds a ton and then folds up.

All for now.

Todd



Carousel Designs Escape Pod Saddle Pack
Planet Bike Red Tailight with 3AAA Batteries

MagicShine 1400 Lumen headlights on left side of Handle bars
AR Nav MBO2 Map board mounted on right side



Close up of MagicShine LItes



Top Tube pack for supplements and food
Gel Flask Mount
Under Top Tube external battery pack for lights
2 Waterbottle Mounts