My First Bikepacking Trip... a 460km epic through Slovenia!!

Experience an epic bikepacking trip through the alps, lakes and valleys of Slovenia's West Loop in Europe. On board my Vitus Rapide, I took on 8 days with 460km distance and 9500m of climbing for my first bikepacking trip. It was tough but an amazing adventure and I loved it!

Happy to share (and take!) tips on my experience as a newbie on setup, bikepacking gear and anything from the route. We had some wild weather with a heatwave at the start followed by severe rain and thunderstorms... literally got it all! The route had many high mountain passes to climb and also a good bit of singletrack and offroad paths too. In this video you'll see the full route from the Julian alps across through the Adriatic sea and all the wonderful forest trails and clear blue lakes in between.

I was glad I chose an XC bike for the route as there was a decent bit of loose or rough terrain each day and it was way more versatille! Especially being able to lock everything out for the climbs. It was a toss up between this or a gravel bike. We camped 6 nights from 8 and had no shortage of places to stock up on food and water each day! I had my own tent rather than sharing which was a good decision for me!

Hope you enjoy the vlog! I'll definitely be doing more bikepacking around Scotland and Europe now! Maybe need to up the gear for the cooler weather! If you're new to the channel then vlogs on here are mostly enduro but with trips and different adventures like this featuring too. Hit subscribe for gnarly trails, races and adventure vids!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro, Gear & Route
01:55 Off we go
03:27 Day 2
03:57 It got gnarly!
05:04 Lake Bled
06:13 Day 3
06:44 Waterfall!
07:47 River crossing & mountain pass
10:45 The Soca river
13:08 Air Bnb!
14:45 Towards Italy & more gnar
16:20 River FAIL!
16:29 Italy!
17:52 Caves
18:16 Final Stretch
19:50 Outro & thoughts

Bike: Vitus Rapide FS 100mm suspension
Tyre choice: Michelin Wild XC
Filmed on: Go Pro Hero 11 Mini

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