Author Topic: Fully Loaded - Touring Bikes (Read 230865 times)

perpetual dan · « **Reply #700 on:** 29 May, 2019, 10:02:08 pm »

My old Trek, loaded up for a few days in Scotland.

lmm · « **Reply #701 on:** 04 June, 2019, 01:04:50 pm »

Azub six in Amiens at the conclusion of a gentle Belgium/north France tour

bludger · « **Reply #702 on:** 21 July, 2019, 12:14:23 am »

From my last tour and 400 in Belgium (left the sleep system and bar bag at the HQ for the brevet).

This photo is my phone wallpaper. It was from the last day, riding west on the Belgian coastline towards Dunkirk and the ferry.

People often remark that it looks like a parachute hanging off the back but it works 💁‍♂️

chopstick · « **Reply #703 on:** 18 January, 2020, 11:05:47 am »

My first cycle-camping trip in decades (last September) - just arrived at the campsite near Rutland Water (but no view of the reservoir from the campsite). Extra off-bike clothing and shoes taken for a family visit in Lincolnshire after the camping hence all the luggage.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #704 on:** 18 January, 2020, 11:21:08 am »

That certainly is heavily loaded. But heavy loads can be good too! Hope you enjoyed it and maybe are planning the next one.

chopstick · « **Reply #705 on:** 18 January, 2020, 09:28:30 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 18 January, 2020, 11:21:08 am

That certainly is heavily loaded. But heavy loads can be good too! Hope you enjoyed it and maybe are planning the next one.

Thanks

I'm hoping to do a couple of short trips with tent when I get the chance and, all things being well, I'm hoping to get a short tour in with my nephew in the summer.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #706 on:** 18 January, 2020, 10:01:26 pm »

Wing, I assume? Has been the venue of a fair few YACF camping weekends.

Moose57 · « **Reply #707 on:** 12 March, 2020, 11:42:00 pm »

I ~~hate~~ love you Butler

Ruthie · « **Reply #708 on:** 15 March, 2020, 08:35:50 pm »

Ooh that's some fancy-looking luggage!

andrewc · « **Reply #709 on:** 15 March, 2020, 08:57:54 pm »

You have to be "of a certain age" to get the Butler joke.

Sadly, I am.....

Paul · « **Reply #710 on:** 15 March, 2020, 10:13:19 pm »

Same here.
And my dad was a bus inspector, so he heard it a lot too.

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #711 on:** 15 April, 2020, 12:33:44 pm »

Long, long ago on the (wrong) way to Narbonne. I didn't really need that much stuff.

Luke · « **Reply #712 on:** 10 June, 2020, 06:37:39 am »

Lightly loaded for a couple of nights camping last summer. The carradice camper longflap living up to it's name.

Raleigh by Luke Hayes, on Flickr

And again but this time in January, with the required extra kit.

Raleigh by Luke Hayes, on Flickr

morbihan · « **Reply #713 on:** 22 June, 2020, 12:06:21 pm »

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflybicycles/albums/72157713532070897

Taking delivery of these guys we had built up for touring next week.
The trouble is that we are still marooned at home in Bermuda which is 20 square miles. We were supposed to be touring in France on them about now.
Ah well there is always next year!

hatler · « **Reply #714 on:** 22 June, 2020, 12:11:30 pm »

Are you worried about losing each other in a crowd ?

Stunning setups you've got there.

morbihan · « **Reply #715 on:** 22 June, 2020, 06:13:51 pm »

Quote from: hatler on 22 June, 2020, 12:11:30 pm

Are you worried about losing each other in a crowd ?

Stunning setups you've got there.

A mate described them as marmite bags.

Joe.B · « **Reply #716 on:** 20 August, 2020, 11:29:07 am »

Here's out tandem fully loaded for a Liverpool/Leeds tour.

IMG_20200817_131515155_HDR by Joe B, on Flickr

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #717 on:** 20 August, 2020, 11:58:54 am »

Very nice indeed!

Joe.B · « **Reply #718 on:** 29 August, 2020, 10:18:34 am »

Here's one from my recent (cut short after tent pole failure), tour through Norfolk and Lincolnshire with little Joe.

IMG_20200825_152921022 by Joe B, on Flickr

bristolgravel · « **Reply #719 on:** 12 April, 2021, 01:17:14 pm »

King Alfred's Way - Devil's Punchbowl climb.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #720 on:** 12 April, 2021, 09:03:20 pm »

Fully loaded? That's stripped for racing!

bristolgravel · « **Reply #721 on:** 13 April, 2021, 11:24:11 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 12 April, 2021, 09:03:20 pm

Fully loaded? That's stripped for racing!

I have a tent, quilt and mat in the saddle bag, a pair of shoes underneath it and clothes in the handlebar bag. Carbon tent pole strapped to the underside of the top tube. Clothes in the handlebar bag and tools/spares in the small top tube wedge. Odds and ends in the fork bag. All bags made by me to fit this bike.

Never done any racing, but like to travel light. More bag space just means carrying more, but also understand that people like to carry more.

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #722 on:** 13 April, 2021, 12:08:04 pm »

Quote from: bristolgravel on 13 April, 2021, 11:24:11 am

Quote from: rogerzilla on 12 April, 2021, 09:03:20 pm
Fully loaded? That's stripped for racing!
I have a tent, quilt and mat in the saddle bag, a pair of shoes underneath it and clothes in the handlebar bag. Carbon tent pole strapped to the underside of the top tube. Clothes in the handlebar bag and tools/spares in the small top tube wedge. Odds and ends in the fork bag. All bags made by me to fit this bike.

Never done any racing, but like to travel light. More bag space just means carrying more, but also understand that people like to carry more.

Wow! I have much to learn from you when it comes to packing light!

salar55 · « **Reply #723 on:** 13 April, 2021, 11:34:35 pm »

At the supermarche

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #724 on:** 14 April, 2021, 08:43:50 am »

Definitely not stripped for racing! Nice contrasts.