As much as I hate to admit it, a lot of my projects live in a barely started or half-finished state until they are desperately needed for a trip. My shoulder season Apex quilt was no different. I’d love to save weight and use down in my insulation pieces, but for as long as IContinue reading “An APEX quilt”
Author Archives: Elliot DH
Woodlands
Nobody needs more than one bike, realistically. Get one that can handle the worst stuff you ride over and use it for everything. In practice, this isn’t always super fun. I did buy and rebuild this bike to be able to handle the worst stuff I ride over, but I don’t plan on selling myContinue reading “Woodlands”
The Duffel
There was a gap in my travel arsenal between the 90L Patagonia black hole duffel my parents had bought me as a high school graduation present and a 30L gym duffel I’d bought with my own hard-earned ice cream scooping money. I really don’t like checking bags when I travel, mostly because I hate standingContinue reading “The Duffel”
The Backpack? Not quite
It started as it always does: with an idea. I wanted to lighten my pack for the 2022 iteration of the Bob Marshall Wilderness open. I didn’t want to spend $400+ on a very nice backpack from any number of excellent small, cottage pack-makers. I did want it to be lighter and smaller than myContinue reading “The Backpack? Not quite”
A bar bag for Korbi
A good friend of mine has the coolest full name I’ve ever come across. I won’t type it all out here, because I’m not sure that he wants his info all over the internet, but I feel like “Korbi” is a good teaser. And it’s what he goes by anyway. Some exposition: Korbi was theContinue reading “A bar bag for Korbi”
Dirt bike frame bag update
You may have seen my first ever post, detailing ideas I had for a frame bag to put on my bicycle. It’s been over a year and a half since that post, and I have not kept up the frequency of posting I had planned initially. Who would’ve guessed. I now find myself looking atContinue reading “Dirt bike frame bag update”
Cross-Body Bag
My Granite Gear Crown 60 has some custom Zimmerbuilt hip pockets that the previous owner added to the hip belt, but I needed more storage for quick access to my phone, snacks, maps, etc. I liked the idea of a cross-body bag and had some spare materials lying around, so I decided to take a crack at designing one to fit my needs.
My Gravel Bike *eye roll*
I’m well aware that everybody and their hamster has a gravel bike at this point, and I generally try to stay away from things that are SUPER trendy. But I needed a quarantine project for the spring of 2020 and I spend a lot of time in northern Minnesota where the dirt roads far outnumber the paved ones, and can lead you to far more interesting places besides.
Gravel Bike Frame Bag
This frame bag must be able to do the following:
– Mount snugly within the front triangle of my gravel bike (I’ll write a post on the bike soon)
– Hold snacks & food for 60+ miles, arm warmers/rain jacket, external battery pack for lights & phone, maybe some tools as well
– Be able to be unzipped and re-zipped with one hand while riding
– Be mostly water/weatherproof
– Allow me to access my water bottles
Elliot DH 