(This review was written by a dude other than me a few yrs ago)
Don is a guy on two wheels who makes a kickass bedroll called the
Gypsy Biker Bedroll, which has seen the most hardcore mofos through
long road trips. Don often tells people that the Gypsy Biker Bedroll is
"a little past comfortable." I think Comfortable is a few miles west of
Albuquerque. It's kinda gritty.
According to Don, his bedrolls are not made for the rider who has
an itinerary and hotel reservations. The Gypsy Biker Bedroll is made
for the dude who is following the wind and "living the life." He has no
tent. He has no sleeping bag. He has the wind and somewhere, a cold beer
waiting to be turned into piss and hopefully, a loud fart.
The history of Don's bedroll started when he was a boy watching
old black and white westerns. Every cowboy had a bedroll on his saddle
but you seldom saw one open or be used. He figures sleeping cowboys did
not make for good TV, but he knew they were an integral part of a smart
cowboy's pack.
He decided to make a bedroll for himself last April. Don
searched for a waterproof outer cover and settled on a 10oz. cotton duck
tarp. It is the same kind of tarp he recalls farmers of his youth using
to cover their tractors. He folded the tarp in half and fastened the
bottom and half of one side with hand-driven copper rivets. For the rest
of the side he attached silver snaps to close it up. He found a couple
of Mexican-style blankets and placed them inside the folded tarp.
Rolled up, the Gypsy Biker Bedroll is around 8" in diameter and
24" in length. When unrolled, his bedroll is 4' by 6'. That's enough
room to get the rest of your gear inside in case it rains. Don told me
there have been times he's rolled up a change of clothes inside the
bedroll and that's all he traveled with.
Finding success with his first bedroll, and discovering others on
the road who were interested in one for themselves, Don decided to make
them for the minimalist rider who only needs something to keep him and a
change of clothes dry.
You can use the Gypsy Biker Bedroll in all kinds of weather and
for all kinds of things. Rolled up, it becomes a pillow for a short nap
in a grassy field. The bedroll has been rolled out to sleep in front of
an Auto Zone, waiting for them to open so one could get parts. It can be
used as a ground cover when helping a man fix his broken transmission
on the side of the road. One friend of Don's has slept in his on a cold
night he swears was 25 degrees in North Georgia. Another friend swears
that it was a Gypsy Biker Bedroll that protected him from bears in a
National Forest. That's a mighty fine bedroll, folks. I'll have to see
if it can also chase away tax collectors and Homeland Insecurity agents.
The bedrolls have been stretched out on many a living room floor
and many more back yards but was designed for extreme weather
conditions. This is a product that you can expect to hand down from one
generation to the next. For the cost of two nights in a hotel, you will
no longer wonder where you're going to sleep. That fact alone makes the
Gypsy Biker Bedroll a symbol of sticking it to the corporate man.
The Gypsy Biker Bedroll can be purchased through PayPal ( donwood223@gmail.com ) for $150.00, which includes shipping in the continental United States of America. For international orders, please
email
Don for additional shipping cost.
$150.00 includes shipping within the us. contact via email for international shipping costs..
paypal donwood223@gmail.com don't do it as a business. this is personal..
Peace&Grease.