Just a couple of years old now, Hunt Bikes is a tiny company in Australia founded by avid off-road adventure cyclist Dan Hunt. Their concept is pretty simple – design and produce high value bikes & accessories to outfit cyclists on trail riding & bikepacking adventures – with a bit of an eco-friendly tinge. So far their catalog is also simple. The make a single modern 29+ rigid steel mountain bike with a good balance of attachment points and a set of bags to strap on that bike. But simple can be good…
29+ Bikepacking/Singletrack frameset
The one double butted 4130 chromoly bike that Hunt has developed so far is as straight forward as you can get for proper off-road bikepacking. Starting with what Hunt calls classic 29er geometry, they stretched out space behind the bottom bracket thanks to a machined chainstay yoke and the choice to go 1x only, and can fit in up to a 29 x 3″ tire (developed around a Surly Knard on a Stan’s Hugo rim.)