Hey, thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also subscribe to BikeHacks by email. Thanks for visiting!Over at back2dabike, Jason goes into excellent detail on how to build your own alcohol stove that’s perfect for touring. There are a fair number of instructions [...]

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As much fun as it can be to come up with your own hack solutions, every once in a while it is nice to have a company do the “heavy lifting” for you. Backpacks and panniers have positives and negatives. Panniers are great because you don’t carry the weight on your back and [...]

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If you commute a lot a good bike rack can be a huge bonus. A backpack or specially designed messenger bag can be great ways to haul stuff around, but it often turns into a sweaty and uncomfortable circumstance. A particularly heavy bag can also cut off circulation to your hands which can [...]

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Of course the easiest way to make a waterproof bag liner is to put your stuff in a plastic bag. Then put another plastic bag over that one, with the opening facing the opposite way. Then shove the whole thing into your backpack/pannier/whatever. Works great.

But maybe that’s too easy for you. Maybe you’ve got more [...]

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