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How much should touring gear weight?
How much should the gear needed for a 3 week bike tour weigh? Here's
one opinion http://ebent.wordpress.com/2006/06/1...ing-gear-weigh. I would think modern gear would be lighter than this? Any suggestions other than sleeping under a tarp with no bag? Thanks ... Roland |
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How much should touring gear weight?
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In article .com, wrote: How much should the gear needed for a 3 week bike tour weigh? It SHOULD weigh about 5 lbs %-). However, I've never managed to get it much below about 35lbs just for a week and I'm a weight wheenie when it comes to backpacking gear. I tend to carry more tools and spare parts than is probably really necessary. Here's one opinion http://ebent.wordpress.com/2006/06/1...ing-gear-weigh. I would think modern gear would be lighter than this? Any suggestions other than sleeping under a tarp with no bag? If the 43lbs includes the weight of the racks and food that's not uncommonly heavy. I hung out on the Phred Touring list for a while and 90lbs bike and gear is fairly common for loaded tourers with a taste for luxories or a computer addiction. Since you don't carry it directly on your back, it requires more discipline to keep a bike touring load light than with a backpack touring load. The difference between a 80lb bike& load and 90lbs isn't that great when you compare the difference between a 25lb load and a 35lb one when backpacking. Camping is camping, so with a big wallet you could probably get the camping gear load down to 20lbs or so. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBRJa0oWTWTAjn5N/lAQFJIgP+KU3mGpD3KmqeWU4LHPGvA4pb6IXOvJgJ 7R0PivFvTRXsh6IRpBh4OsticW0gz9eOMeI4a/0QEG5IHYnJBPsLZdM2hOMfEmvK Y0XPbelP0gGHsmP/jGPFMJrMyqyN5CfxBRobP4YkgWh0d2dvqAe1MkyKxkw6nm4H UlW674AGL6I= =nGJu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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