SOL Escape Bivy Mods

The SOL Escape Bivy is OK but can certainly be made better with some mods. My two biggest complaints are that it's too small and not breathable enough. There's not much I can do about increasing the breathability of the fabric but I did come up with a way to make it bigger.

Basically, I:

  • Got some foam sandwiched between space blanket;
  • Marked a centre line down the exact middle of the back of the Bivy bag from near the head to almost the foot;
  • Cut the bag done the centre line;
  • Opened the back of the bag up about 20cm and then taped it down from the inside to the space blanket backing using aluminised reinforced adhesive tape;
  • Cut the space blanket backing into a mummy shape matching the outline of the new enlarged bag;

Sources

I got the foam sandwiched space blanket from eBay and as for the bivy bag, the best price I've been able to find recently has been from Amazon for around $30.


Modified SOL Escape Bivvy

Related articles:

SOL Escape Bivvy

Vital stats:

Fandyfire / Solar Storm X2

The good

Rockshox Mag 21 Solo Air Modification

The Mag 21 has a really bogus air spring fill method. You basically use a fill needle to penetrate the top of the damping adjuster. In the damping adjuster there is a rubber pellet that is supposed to ...

2009 Rockshox Recon SL Solo Air Forks

Quick facts:

Changing travel on Rockshox solo air forks

Before solo air, it was very easy to change fork travel on the dual air forks using all travel spacers.

Converting Rockshox solo air fork to dual air

It is possible to convert some Rockshox solo air forks to dual air. There are some caveats though.