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wrote: Besides http://www.crazyguyonabike.org check out http://www.kenkifer.com and http://www.downtheroad.org Thanks What's everyone opinions on bags vs a trailer? |
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Ultra-light bike tournig methods?
Their is also a yahoo group
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightbiking/ that may prove useful. Ken kifer http://www.kenkifer.com had a great approach to cycling. Sure miss his posts . Dave http://www.noweldrecumbent.com wrote in message ... Was recently reading an article in Adventure Touring abt how when touring people take too much stuff.... and methods of taking less (ultra-light). Curious what others here do to keep the clutter and "stuff" down on tour that includes both camping along way and some staying in motel. Example..... if a person had only say a rear rack only...could you use a compression sack for major gear....and what else? Just looking for some ideas on how to NOT take everything and the kitchen sink along and keep the bike and tour light and lively but at same time have what you "need". |
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wrote: " wrote: Besides http://www.crazyguyonabike.org check out http://www.kenkifer.com and http://www.downtheroad.org Thanks What's everyone opinions on bags vs a trailer? Trailers really make it easy to take too much stuff! This isn't all that complicated and you seem to be making it much more difficult than it is (assuming all the questions are being posted by only one person using a fake e-mail address). There's a danger in spending so much time and energy getting ready that you never go. Just go. If the equipment you have isn't perfect, so what? You'll have a ball anyway. Thousands of people rode across the U.S. in the 1970s on 40 lb Schwinn Continentals with a Pletscher rack and their stuff in a nylon bag strapped to the rack with bungie cords. They had a great time. It's not about the bike. All the bike has to be is comfortable and reliable. A tour is about the places you see and the people you meet. I've toured on a cyclo-cross bike in the Alps, and on an "all rounder" in the Mississippi River Valley. I've ridden both on brevets. I've done brevets on my racing bike. I've done long distance rides on my single speed. It doesn't matter. They were all fun (except the the 200K ride with 8 1/2 hours of rain at 42 degrees F and a 25 mph headwind for the last 63 miles. That wasn't fun, but which bike I rode would have made no difference). Pack light. Two sets of cycling clothing, one pair of SPD style shoes that you can walk and cycle in, one set of lightweight casual clothes that you can wear to a restaurant and to the laundromat. A rain jacket and a cycling hat are a necessity, arm warmers, leg warmers and some light weight long finger gloves. I have a couple of medicines I carry (aspirin, migraine medication) and a small hiker's first aid kit from REI that is in a very small pouch. Sunscreen and lip balm, too. ID, credit card, ATM card, small amount of cash. Also a phone card versus a cell phone- the former weighs less but is often useless in an emergency. Take enough tools to fit all the fasteners on your bike plus tire levers, patch kit, a spare tube, a foldable spare tire, a spoke wrench, two spare spokes of each size. I carry a Ritchey CPR 9 or a Cool Tool for most of those tools and a Crank Bros. Speed Lever for the tire lever. The above will get you through weeks of minimailst credit card touring, will fit in a Carradice Nelson saddle bag and will weigh less than 10 pounds. Your bike will feel normal after a couple of days. If I was camping, I'd take the same list of stuff plus the necessary camping gear. Ultralight backpacking gear really is often very light and quite suitable for cycle touring. I'd use a bivy sack rather than a tent. |
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says... If I was camping, I'd take the same list of stuff plus the necessary camping gear. Ultralight backpacking gear really is often very light and quite suitable for cycle touring. I'd use a bivy sack rather than a tent. I was a bivy-sack tourist until I got married. Now that we have three kids, our lightweight tent is a six-person, three-season dome. If we're packing really light in the summer, we can skip the thick air mattresses and inflator pumps and just take Thermarest pads. On the other hand, the tandem plus Trail-a-bike has *lots* of cargo capacity. -- is Joshua Putnam http://www.phred.org/~josh/ Braze your own bicycle frames. See http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html |
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If you are going to bike/pack a combination of self contained backpacking,
and cycling - trailers can be great, the trailers are big enough to carry a extended trip backpack in. I do this with a bob coz "no longer made" it is a waterproof tupperware container single wheeled trailer. The nice thing is that the trailer fits perfectly inside the tub for air/bus travel. For family trips we take a bykaboose folding trailer 2 wheeled. For solo or just plain trips bags are the easiest to handle on tour. Hope this helps, David http://noweldrecumbent.com wrote in message ... " wrote: Besides http://www.crazyguyonabike.org check out http://www.kenkifer.com and http://www.downtheroad.org Thanks What's everyone opinions on bags vs a trailer? |
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Joshua Putnam wrote: In article , says... If I was camping, I'd take the same list of stuff plus the necessary camping gear. Ultralight backpacking gear really is often very light and quite suitable for cycle touring. I'd use a bivy sack rather than a tent. I was a bivy-sack tourist until I got married. There is that. I was assuming that "me" would be doing a solo tour, but that of course is an unfounded notion. Now that we have three kids, our lightweight tent is a six-person, three-season dome. If we're packing really light in the summer, we can skip the thick air mattresses and inflator pumps and just take Thermarest pads. On the other hand, the tandem plus Trail-a-bike has *lots* of cargo capacity. And a good thing, it sounds like! |
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Joshua Putnam wrote:
I was a bivy-sack tourist until I got married. Ok So any advice on what brand/model bivvy sack to get? |
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says... Joshua Putnam wrote: I was a bivy-sack tourist until I got married. So any advice on what brand/model bivvy sack to get? I never had any complaints with my Outdoor Research bivy. -- is Joshua Putnam http://www.phred.org/~josh/ Braze your own bicycle frames. See http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html |
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Tim McNamara wrote:
There's a danger in spending so much time and energy getting ready that you never go. Just go. If the equipment you have isn't perfect, so what? Understood But I'm on a really really tight budget here. So have to make sure the stuff I purchase is as "right" as I can get it. |
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