Bike Camping in LA: A Sub-24-Hour Bikepacking Overnighter

Sometimes the best adventure is the one you can start after work on a Thursday. My buddy Ryan and I loaded up the cargo bike, rode a few miles into the Angeles National Forest, and camped overnight to prove a point: you don't need a week off (or a plane ticket) to have a real adventure. What we didn't plan for was the creek crossing... or the visitor who showed up at breakfast. Thank you to ‪@Montirogear‬ for sponsoring this video. I tested the Montiro Wander Hawk 1-Person Bikepacking Tent on this trip. Full disclosure, I took it straight out of the box and set it up for the first time on camera (first try, no cheating). A couple things I genuinely loved: The rainfly rolls all the way open, so on a warm LA night you can basically turn the whole tent into a screened-in porch. The internal storage pockets are huge — big enough to get all my clothes and gear up off the floor Best night of sleep I've had in two months. (I'm sure that had nothing to do with not sharing a room with a ten-week-old.) My tarp-over-the-bike days might officially be over. 👉 Grab 10% off the Wander Hawk here: https://linkly.link/2pT5m ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 0:00 - The plan: Adventure on a Thursday 0:24 - Can you even bike to a campsite in LA? 1:37 - LA has a National Forest? 2:30 - Micro-adventures FTW 3:34 - The creek crossing... 5:17 - The trail gets technical (Ryan earns his keep) 7:05 - The Montiro Wander Hawk Bikepacking Tent Setup 8:37 - Tent Thoughts 9:10 - Beers by the River 10:10 - An unexpected visitor 10:47 - Adventure is a mindset Join the Dilly Dally Bicycling Club: 🚲 Merch & gear → car-free-chronicles-shop.fourthwall.com 📍 Strava club → strava.app.link/yWY0PBqko5b New here? Subscribe for more car-free adventures in Los Angeles. #bikepacking #bikecamping #carfree #LosAngeles #cargobike #microadventure #s24o