Konke Okufanele Ukwazi Ngaphambi Kohambo Lwakho Lokuqala Lokupakisha Ngebhayisikili

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• Yini iBikepacking, Impela?
• I-Bikepacking Gear Uzodinga
• Ibhayisikili
• Izikhwama ZikaBhayisikili
• Ikhithi yokulungisa
• Uhlelo Lokulala
• Izingubo
• Ibhodlela Lamanzi nesihlungi
• Izinsiza Zokupheka
• I khithi yosizo lokuqala
• Iyunithi ye-GPS yebhayisikili noma uhlelo lokusebenza
• Ungaqala Kanjani Ukupakisha Ibhayisikili
• Buyekeza kwe-

Sawubona, bathandi be-adventure: Uma ungakaze uzame ukubhuka ngebhayisikili, uzofuna ukusula isikhala kukhalenda lakho. I-Bikepacking, ebizwa nangokuthi ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, yi-combo ephelele yokubuyisela emuva nokuhamba ngebhayisikili. Uthakaselekile? Qhubeka nokufunda ukuze uthole amathiphu osaqala avela kubakhiqizi bamabhayisikili, kanye namakhono negiya okudingayo ukuze uqalise.

Yini iBikepacking, Impela?

Kalula nje, "ukuhamba ngebhayisikili kulayisha ibhayisikili lakho nezikhwama bese ulibangisa ekuzijabuliseni," kusho uLucas Winzenburg, umhleli weBikepacking.com nomsunguli we Bunyan Velo, umagazini wokupakisha ibhayisikili. Esikhundleni sokugibela, yithi, emigwaqweni yedolobha noma imizila yasemadolobheni - uya ezindaweni ezikude kakhulu, ezingafaka noma yini ukusuka emigwaqweni ewubhuqu ukuya emizileni yamabhayisikili entaba, kuye ngesitayela sakho. Cabanga ngakho njengokuhamba ezindleleni ozozikhweza, kusho iWinzenburg.

I-Bikepacking ihluke kancane ekuvakasheni ngebhayisikili - yize isuselwe emiqondweni efanayo. Yomibili le misebenzi ihilela ukuhamba ngebhayisikili nokuthwala igiya lakho, kusho uchwepheshe wamabhayisikili kanye ne-blogger u-Josh Ibbett. Abantu basebenzisa la magama ngokungafani, noma kunjalo kunomehluko ocashile ohlukanisa kakhulu phakathi kwalokhu okubili. “Abaningi bahlukanisa ukupakishwa kwamabhayisikili ekuzuleni amabhayisikili okuvamile ngokusekelwe endleleni odonsa ngayo izinto zakho nezindawo ozigibelayo,” kuchaza uWinzenburg. Abavakashi bamabhayisikili ngokuvamile baphatha izinto eziningi ezisetshenziswayo ezikhwameni ezinkulu ezinamathiselwe kuma-racks, uthi, kuyilapho abapakishi behamba nemithwalo elula. Abagibeli bamabhayisikili baphinde bafune imizila eqhelile, kuyilapho abavakashi bamabhayisikili ngokuvamile benamathela emigwaqweni eyitiyela. Abanye abapiki bamabhayisikili bakhetha ukukhempa ngenkathi abanye bethembela kokulala ngesikhathi sohambo.

Awudingi ukubanjwa kakhulu nge-semantics, njengoba ingekho indlela "elungile" yokupakisha ibhayisikili, kusho uWinzenburg. Ungakwazi ukuhamba ngemigwaqo ephakathi kwezivini e-Italy (ukudinwa) noma uthathe imigwaqo emikhulu yezintaba eRockies. Noma ungenza uhambo olusheshayo lobusuku obuya endaweni yekamu yendawo. Futhi uqagele ini? Konke kubalulekile. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Uhambo Lwe-Backpacking Trips Lungokuhlangenwe Nakho Okungcono Kakhulu Kwesikhathi Sokuqala)

Ukupakisha ibhayisikili sekuphenduke ngokuhlanya edumile eminyakeni yamuva. Ngokuya nge-Exploding Topics, ithuluzi elilandelela amagama asemqoka athrendayo kuwebhu, ukuseshwa kwe- "bikepacking" kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-300 kule minyaka engu-5 edlule. I-Winzenburg ishaya lokhu kuze kufinyelele kubantu abaningi ukuluma ukujabulela imvelo nokunqamula kwizikrini. "Ukugibela kukuvumela ukuthi uhambe ibanga elide ngosuku kunalokho ongakwazi ukuhamba ngezinyawo, ngenkathi uhamba ngesivinini esifanelekile ukuze ucwiliswe ezintweni, imisindo, nomlando," uyanezela. Kuthengisiwe.

I-Bikepacking Gear Uzodinga

Ngaphambi kokuthi uqale ukupakisha ibhayisikili, uzofuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ulungile. Lesi akusona isimo sezikhiye zocingo.

Cabanga ngezinhloso zakho kuqala, kusho uJeremy Kershaw, umdali nomqondisi weHeck of the North Productions, inkampani ehlela imicimbi yokuzijabulisa ngamabhayisikili. Zibuze: Uhambo lwami luyoba lude kangakanani? Ngizopheka noma ngidle phakathi? Sithini isimo sezulu esilindelekile noma isimo sezwe esibi? Ukusuka lapho, ungathola umbono walokho okudingayo (nongakudingi).

Uma sekuyisikhathi sokupakisha, cabanga ngalawa macebiso wokukhetha igiya lokuhamba ngamabhayisikili elihle kakhulu:

Ibhayisikili

Isimanga! Uzodinga ibhayisikili. Ohambweni lwakho lokuqala, ibhayisikili elihle kakhulu lokupakisha ibhayisikili yilelo osuvele unalo noma ongaliboleka kumngane, kusho uWinzenburg. Kodwa "ngokuvamile, abantu abaningi basebenzisa amabhayisikili asezintabeni noma amatshe," uyaphawula. Futhi ngenkathi "amabhayisikili amaningi asezintabeni ekwazi ukusingatha ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukulingana kwebhayisikili nokuthi uzizwa unethezeke kangakanani ngenkathi uyigibela kuyizinto ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuhamba ngebhayisikili (nokuhamba ngebhayisikili ngokujwayelekile)," kusho uKershaw.

Uma ufuna ukutshala imali ebhayisikilini elisha, uphakamisa ukuthi uvakashele isitolo sendawo samabhayisikili esizokuvumela ukuthi uhlole amabhayisikili okugibela. “Ummeli omuhle wesitolo samabhayisikili uzokwazi ukunquma usayizi ofanele, iphuzu lentengo, izici, negiya elizokwenza uhambo lwakho lokuqala lube impumelelo,” kusho uKershaw. (Okuhlobene: Umhlahlandlela Wabaqalayo Wokuhamba Ngebhayisikili Ezintabeni)

Izikhwama ZikaBhayisikili

Ungathathi isici esithi "backpacking" ngokwezwi nezwi. Ngenxa yamaphakethe wesitoreji asetshenziswayo, awudingi ukuthwala noma yini emhlane wakho. Ngenkathi ukuvakasha ngebhayisikili kuvame ukusebenzisa ama-panniers amakhulu (izikhwama aka eziboshelwe ezinhlangothini zebhayisikili lakho usebenzisa ama-racks ensimbi) ukuhamba ngebhayisikili ngokuvamile kubandakanya izikhwama ezibushelelezi ezibizwa ngokuthi izikhwama zebhayisikili. Lawa maphakethe - avame ukunamathiselwa ngamabhande e-velcro - asebenzisa isikhala kunxantathu wohlaka lwebhayisikili lakho, noma indawo ezungeze ishubhu yakho ephezulu (ishubhu elinqamula phakathi kweshubhu lesihlalo kanye neshubhu yesibambo), ishubhu (ishubhu ediagonal ngaphansi ithubhu ephezulu), nesihlalo sethubhu. (I-BTW: Isikhwama esiboshelwe esikweleni esingunxantathu sibizwa ngokuthi yi-framepack, kepha abanye abantu basebenzisa igama elithi "framepacks" njengegama lesambulela lazo zonke izikhwama zebhayisikili.)

Uma kuqhathaniswa nama-panniers, izikhwama zohlaka lwebhayisikili zihlangene kakhulu, ngakho-ke ngeke kudingeke ukhathazeke ngokuthi umthwalo wakho usinda kakhulu noma ubanzi emizileni emincane. Kodwa-ke, izikhwama ze-bikepacking ziphethe kakhulu kunama-panniers, ngakho-ke kuzofanele ungene ku-Marie Kondo wakho wangaphakathi futhi uthathe indlela encane yokupakisha. (Amandla egiya lezikhwama zozimele ancike ohlotsheni nasosayizi, kepha ukubeka izinto kahle, amaphakethe amaningi angunxantathu ku-REI athatha amalitha ayi-4 kuye kwayi-5, kanti amaphakethe esihlalo angathwala noma yikuphi ukusuka ku-0.5 kuye ku-11 wamalitha noma ngaphezulu.)

Izikhwama zokuhamba ngebhayisikili nazo kufanele zifakelwe ibhayisikili lakho, ukuze zibize kakhulu kubagibeli bokuqala, kusho u-Avesa Rockwell, umdali nomqondisi eHeck of the North Productions. Uma ukubhajethi, khetha ama-panniers akudala, indlela ye-Rockwell ekhethwayo. Ungakwazi futhi ukubophela igiya ngqo endaweni yokubeka (uma unayo) noma kwenye indawo kuhlaka lwebhayisikili, njengezibambo noma ishubhu yesihlalo. Ukuze unamathisele izinto, u-Kershaw utusa ukusebenzisa izintambo zokuluka, eziyimicu eyisicaba, eqinile yendwangu yenayiloni enamabhande. Zama: Ama-Redpoint Webbing Straps ane-Side-Release Buckles (Ithenge, $ 7, rei.com). Izwi lesixwayiso: Ungafuna ukuyeka ukusebenzisa izintambo ze-bungee, "njengoba kuyaqabukela zihlala ziphephile futhi zinomkhuba omubi wokubuyela ebusweni bakho," kuxwayisa uKershaw.

Uma usafuna ukuthenga izikhwama zohlaka lwebhayisikili, uKershaw uncoma ukuxhasa izinkampani ezincane ezise-US ezihamba ngamabhayisikili, njengeCedaero. Ungathola futhi amaphakethe ngosayizi abahlukahlukene kubathengisi abanjengo-REI, njenge-Ortlieb 4-Liter Frame Pack (Ithenge, $ 140, rei.com). Noma ngabe isikhwama sakho sinjani, vumela ibhayisikili ukuthi lithwale sonke isisindo, kusho u-Rockwell. "Bambalwa abantu abakwazi ukuphatha ukuphatha ubhaka ngenkathi begibela ibhayisikili," uyaphawula, njengoba isisindo sesikhwama sizongena emahlombe akho ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ukugqoka ubhaka ngenkathi uhamba ngebhayisikili nakho kungenza kube nzima ukusonta nokuvula imikhondo - futhi kumnandi kuphi kulokho?

Ikhithi yokulungisa

"Ikhithi yokulungisa ibhayisikili lakho ibalulekile [ekulungiseni] noma yikuphi ukubhoboza noma izinkinga zomshini," kusho u-Ibbett. Ezinye zezinto eziyisisekelo zihlanganisa amathuluzi amaningi ane-breaker chain, i-wrench, futha, amashubhu ayisipele, i-sealant, amapulaki amathayi, i-chain lube nezixhumanisi, i-super glue, nezibopho ze-zip, ngokusho kwe-Bikepacking.com. Uma uhlela uhambo olude, letha nezingxenye zebhayisikili zokuphumula. Bheka i-REI yamathuluzi webhayisikili noma zama i-Hommie Bike Repair Tool Kit (Ithenge, $ 20, amazon.com).

Ngenkathi ukuyo, thuthukisa amakhono akho ayisisekelo okulungisa ibhayisikili njengokushintsha amathayi aphantshile, amabhuleki amaphedi, nezipoki. Uzophinde ufune ukwazi ukuthi ungalungisa kanjani amaketanga aphukile, uhlanganise amashubhu, futhi ulungise amabhuleki nama-derailleurs (amagiya ahambisa amaketanga). Bheka iBikeride.com nesiteshi se-YouTube se-REI ukuthola ukuthi ungakwenza kanjani amavidiyo.

Uhlelo Lokulala

"Njengamabhayisikili, ungenza ukuthi igiya lakho lamatende elivele likhona lisebenze ngenkathi uvivinya amanzi okuhamba ngebhayisikili," kusho iWinzenburg. Kodwa-ke, isikhwama sakho sokulala kanye nephedi kuvame ukuba yizinto ezinkulu kakhulu - ngakho-ke uma uthenga amagiya amasha, bheka izinhlelo zokulala ezincishisiwe kuqala. Zama: I-Patagonia Hybrid Sleeping Bag (Ithenge, $ 180, patagonia.com) neBig Agnes AXL Air Mummy Sleeping Pad (Ithenge, $ 69, rei.com).

Ngendawo yakho yokukhosela, hamba netende lokupakisha ibhayisikili elingasindi. "Amatende anamuhla anesisindo esingaphansi kwekhilogremu (cishe amalitha ayi-2.2) futhi abekwa kalula ebhayisikilini," kusho u-Ibbett, otusa amatende akwaBig Agnes, njengeBig Agnes Blacktail & Blacktail Hotel Tent (Buy It, $ 230, amazon.com ). Awuyena umlandeli wokulala phansi? "I-hammock ne-tarp encane ithatha indawo yetende nendawo yokulala," kusho u-Rockwell. Mane nje ubophe intambo ngaphezu kwesando sakho kulezi zihlahla ezimbili ezifanayo eziyimisayo. Hlanganisa i-tarp ngentambo, bese uvikela amakhona amane we-tarp phansi ngezigxobo, futhi uzitholele itende lokuzenzela. Izinketho ezilula zifaka i-ENO Lightweight Camping Hammock (Yithenge, $70, amazon.com) noma i-Outdoors Way Hammock Tarp (Yithenge, $35, amazon.com)

I-ENO DoubleNest Lightweight Camping Hammock $70.00 ithenge i-Amazon

Izingubo

Phakamisa sengathi uzoqwala izintaba, kweluleka uWinzenburg. Inhloso enkulu ukulungiselela noma yini - isb. imvula nesikhathi sobusuku bonke - ngaphandle kokulayisha ngokweqile isitashi sakho. U-Winzenburg uphakamisa "ukuletha okungaphezulu kancane kunalokho ocabanga ukuthi ungase ukudinge, bese ukuphinde ukuhlanganise" njengoba uthola ulwazi. Ukhetha izingubo ezijwayelekile (cabanga: izikhindi, amasokisi woboya, ihembe le-flannel) kunamagiya aqondene nebhayisikili, njengoba ethokomele futhi emsiza ukuthi azizwe engekho esimweni lapho edlula emadolobheni.

Ibhodlela Lamanzi nesihlungi

Uma uhamba ngebhayisikili amamayela (namamayela), ukuhlala u-hydrated kubalulekile. Ama-Bikepackers ngokuvamile akhetha amabhodlela epulasitiki angasetshenziswa kalula, njenge-Elite SRL Water Bottle (Ithenge, $ 9, Perennial Cycle). Ungabophela amabhodlela ebhayisikilini lakho ngekheji yebhodlela noma ubhasikidi njenge-Rogue Panda Bismark Bottle Bucket (Yithenge, $60, Rogue Panda) futhi uwagcwalise ekupheleni kosuku.

Ukuze uguquguquke ngokwengeziwe, bamba isihlungi samanzi esiphathekayo njengeKatadyn Hiker Microfilter (Ithenge, $ 65, amazon.com). Basusa amagciwane abangela izifo emanzini aqhamuka emithonjeni yangaphandle (njengamachibi nemifula), okwenza kuphephe ukuphuza.

Isihlungi Samanzi se-Katadyn Hiker Microfilter $65.00($75.00) sithenge e-Amazon

Izinsiza Zokupheka

Uma ufuna ukupheka ukudla kwakho, uzofuna ukukufaka lapho upakisha. Ngokusho kuka-Ibbett, kulula ukuthola izitofu ezigoqela ubhaka, kodwa "ingxenye ekhohlisayo iphethe imbiza yokupheka." Utusa imikhiqizo ye-Sea to Summit, eyenza amabhodwe okupheka agoqekayo okulula ukuwagcina ebhayisikilini. Zama i-Sea to Summit 2.8-Liter X-Pot (Yithenge, $55, rei.com). (Okuhlobene: Ukudla okulula kakhulu okuhamba ngezintaba ukupakisha akunandaba ukuthi ngabe uhamba ibanga elingakanani)

I khithi yosizo lokuqala

Ukuphepha kuqala, zingane. U-Ibbet uphakamisa ukuthi athathe "uhlu lwamabhandeshi ayisisekelo nezingubo zokugqoka, izidambisi zezinhlungu, nokhilimu oqeda ukungcola kanye nezinto zokusula." Lokhu kufanele kukuvumele ukuthi uphathe ama-bangs kanye ne-scrapes esivame kakhulu ohambweni, uthi. Khetha ikhithi engasindi, efana ne-Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight / Watertight Medical Kit (Thenga It, $ 19, amazon.com) noma wakhe owakho usebenzisa lo mhlahlandlela wezinto zokuqala zosizo okufanele ube nazo ngaso sonke isikhathi.

I-Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight Watertight .5 Medical First Aid Kit $ 19.00 ($ 21.00) uyithenga e-Amazon

Iyunithi ye-GPS yebhayisikili noma uhlelo lokusebenza

Uma ungena endaweni ongayijwayele, uzodinga i-GPS elungele ibhayisikili. I-GPS yokuhamba ngebhayisikili inikeza izinkomba zomzila, kanye nedatha efana nokuphakama nejubane. U-Ibbet usebenzisa amayunithi e-Wahoo GPS, athi athembekile futhi asebenziseka kalula. Zama: I-Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt GPS Bike Computer (Ithenge, $ 230, amazon.com). Ungasebenzisa futhi i-smartphone yakho ngobuchwepheshe, kepha kuzofanela ubhekisise impilo yebhethri lakho. (Ukuze wenze lokhu, vula "imodi yendiza" futhi ukhawulele ukusetshenziswa kwefoni jikelele.) Ngisho nangaphandle kwensiza, i-GPS yefoni yakho kufanele isebenze inqobo nje uma ulanda kuqala amamephu womzila. Abaningi bamabhayisikili abapakisha kuwebhu bathanda i-Gaia GPS, uhlelo lokusebenza olukuvumela ukuthi uzulazule kusevisi yasemuva ngaphandle kwe-backcountry.

Uma ukhathazekile ngokuthi i-smartphone yakho izosinda ohambweni, i-GPS yokuhamba ngebhayisikili ingase ibe indlela yokuhamba. Kunoma ikuphi, letha ibhethri eyisipele futhi uzijwayeze uhlelo lwakho lokuzula ngaphambi kokuphuma.

Ungaqala Kanjani Ukupakisha Ibhayisikili

Ngakho-ke, unayo ibhayisikili, igiya, nenkanuko yokuzijabulisa. Kuhle! Hhayi ngokushesha okukhulu, noma kunjalo - uzofuna ukwenza uhlelo ngaphambi kokuhamba.

Qala ngokukhetha umzila. Ungathola imizila eyenziwe ngabahloli emhlabeni wonke kumawebhusayithi wokukhulisa amabhayisikili. Isibonelo, iBikepacking.com inemizila ehlanganisa amazwe angaba ngu-50 futhi enamamayela angama-85,000 ephelele ngezithombe namathiphu, kusho iWinzenburg. Imizila ifaka yonke into kusuka kuma-overnighters amafushane kuya kumathrekhi wezinyanga eziningi kuwo wonke amazwe, ngakho-ke kukhona okuthile kwawo wonke umuntu. URockwell uphinde wancoma i-Adventure Cycling Association yabashayeli bamabhayisikili bokuqala ngqa. Lapha, uzothola izinsiza ezifana nemizila, amamephu, nohambo oluqondisiwe oluhleliwe.

Ungakwazi ngisho noku-DIY umzila ngamathuluzi aku-inthanethi afana neRide ngeGPS neKomoot. Zombili lezi zinketho "zikuvumela ukuthi udwebe imizila yakho noma ubone ukuthi abanye benzani eduze kwakho," kusho iWinzenburg. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, "hlela umzila lapho [uzothola] umthombo wamanzi ekupheleni kosuku, kanye nesitolo noma indawo yokudlela ngemva kwezinsuku ezingaphezu kwezimbili zohambo," kusho u-Rockwell.

Uma usukhethile umzila, hlola ukugibela ibhayisikili lakho ngaphambi kohambo lwakho lwangempela, kusho u-Kershaw. Ilayishe ngegiya ohlele ukuletha futhi ugibele emzileni ofana nohambo lwakho oluhleliwe. Lokhu kungukhiye wokuthola ukuthi ukusetha kwakho kudinga ukulungiswa. Uzozibonga ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

Ngesikhathi sohambo lokupakisha ibhayisikili, iningi labantu lingalindela ukugibela amamayela ayi-10 kuye kwangama-30 ngosuku ukuze liqale - kodwa ibanga eliphelele lincike ezintweni eziningi, kusho uKershaw. (Isibonelo, isimo sendawo, isimo sezulu, nezinga lakho lokufaneleka konke kudlala indima.) Qala ngokugibela okufishane futhi uzivumele ujwayele ibhayisikili negiya; ungahlela uhambo olude ukusuka lapho. (Okuhlobene: I-Best Bike Tours Emhlabeni Wonke)

Uma sekuyisikhathi sokuvula ebusuku, iningi labagibeli bamabhayisikili bayamisa. Kodwa-ke, ukunquma ukuthi uzolala kuphi kungukuzithoba okukhulu, kuphawula uKershaw. Ukhuluma ngokulala ngaphandle noma nini lapho ekwazi, kodwa "akukho hlazo ekutholeni i-motel, ihostela, noma ihostela - ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokuhlala isikhathi eside ekamu noma ukusinda kwesimo sezulu esibi," esho. Ekugcineni, kungcono kakhulu ukwenza lokho okukwenza uzizwe ukhululekile futhi uphephile, ikakhulukazi uma ugibele wedwa.

Uma umusha ekupakisheni ibhayisikili, ukuhlela uhambo kungase kusabise kakhulu. Zama ukuhamba ngebhayisikili nomuntu owake wakwenza ngaphambilini (noma ukujoyina uhambo oluqondisiwe), okuzokwenza ukuthi isipiliyoni singakhathazi kakhulu - futhi sibe mnandi ngokwengeziwe. Kwazi bani, ungavele uthole indlela entsha oyithandayo yokuhlola okungaphandle okukhulu.

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