We’re in the last day of our Kansai road bike bikepacking trip and we’re taking the shinkansen high speed bullet train back to Nagoya. In order to bring your bike on a train in Japan 99% of the time you will need a rinko bag (輪行袋).

They are usually about 3,000~5,000 yen and come in various sizes/colors.

TIOGA Rinko Bag (the one that I own) (タイオガ)

DOPPLEGANGER 輪行バッグ

Both of these are large enough to carry a road bike, but you need to take off your front wheel.

Some extra tips
– take off your pedals (though not necessary)
– strap your front wheel to the frame to prevent movement
– if you’re on the shinkansen, there’s plenty of space at the back of each train car.
– For regular trains, aim for the front or back of the train. Peak hour times on crowded lines are not allowed, so be careful to avoid this situation.

Any other questions about bringing bikes on trains in Japan, leave them in the comments.

Kansai Japan Bikepacking Trip Playlist

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We ended up buying a lot of North Face goods, including some jackets, hiking shoes, socks, hats, waist pouch bags, and more. We’re not sure if this is real north face or not, but the quality appears to be really good and we saved a lot of money by our calculations (included in the video).

Can’t wait to use our new sports equipment and north face gear on our next adventure! Thuong especially likes her new bright orange jacket and North Face hiking shoes.

For me, I’m most excited for these North Face waist pouches, which will be useful for light hiking and bikepacking trips.

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Bombtrack, The Company

Before seeing this bike, I did not know about the Bombtrack brand. Apparently they are a fairly new bike company based out of Germany that specialize in making Steel / touring focused bikes. Needless to say, I quickly became a fan after seeing their Beyond 1 model in full bikepacking mode.

Bikepacking bags, bags, and more goodies

This bike had a wide arrangement of goodies and bikepacking bags attached to it… I was quite jealous to say the least..

Front handlebar bag – Porcelain Rocket Horton

Double Bottle Cage – Wolf Tooth

Other items on the bike..

Front rack – Kaddy Rack

Lights / Camera combo – Cicliq

Other bikepacking bags – Oveja Negra bikepacking bags

Other bikepacking bags- Bedrock bikepacking bags

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They come in two main sizes, 8 liters and 14 liters. The main difference being with the dry bag itself. We ended up going with the 14 liter option, so we would have more room in case we needed it.

One interesting thing to note about this saddle bag is that it is actually split into two parts. The dry bag (above) and the holster which attaches to the seat post and saddle (below).

Installing the Restrap Saddle Bag

Installation is quite simple. There are two main contact points which are very easy to attach. Two Velcro straps which go around the seat post, and two clips for each side of the saddle railings. Once the harness is attached, you just need to slide in your dry bag. Actually, if you wanted to, you could fit in other bags into the holster as well.

And voila, as you can see our new Restrap saddle bag is looking quite good with my black specialized Allez. I’ve done a few test rides with this saddle bag so far, and it’s been doing an awesome job and it seems to be very durable (can’t forget about waterproof as well!)

How to purchase

The bags currently cost about $110-$130, and you can purchase directly, through Amazon, or through a local distributor.

Restrap Homepage: https://restrap.co.uk/

Amazon Links: Amazon US /// Amazon Japan

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