Author Topic: Fully Loaded - Touring Bikes (Read 232303 times)

Ruthie · « **Reply #475 on:** 28 October, 2015, 09:31:59 pm »

Can you see the wind in this one?

Northwest Highlands 2015 012 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

mcshroom · « **Reply #476 on:** 28 October, 2015, 09:39:13 pm »

hujev · « **Reply #477 on:** 13 November, 2015, 11:02:09 pm »

Here we are... Now, wth is the Pub?

In the Upper Peninsula (aka "UP", Michigan), October 2015.
surly LHT with 'mostly good parts', but the frame etc. being replaced next tour with Woodrup on order!
More about ye bikke: http://rjl.us/velo/2005LHT.htm
Where?: http://upbt.org/whyup.htm

Ruthie · « **Reply #478 on:** 27 November, 2015, 06:32:12 pm »

Northwest Highlands 2015 002 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

Pingu · « **Reply #479 on:** 29 November, 2015, 11:23:14 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 27 November, 2015, 06:32:12 pm

Northwest Highlands 2015 002 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

vantage · « **Reply #480 on:** 10 January, 2016, 10:21:26 am »

2nd failed attempt at touring last year. Got 20 ish miles from home before the gps got me lost (clearly technology was to blame), chickened out and returned home

Ruthie · « **Reply #481 on:** 10 January, 2016, 10:26:03 am »

I did that once, too. I was using the same panniers as you!

vantage · « **Reply #482 on:** 10 January, 2016, 12:12:19 pm »

That's an Avior X2 on the back too which I believe was what you used touring with mcshroom

woollypigs · « **Reply #483 on:** 10 January, 2016, 01:34:23 pm »

Quote from: vantage on 10 January, 2016, 10:21:26 am

... before the gps got me lost ...

Clearly not lost enough since you found your way home

Nice looking bike and set up

bumper · « **Reply #484 on:** 10 January, 2016, 01:44:44 pm »

It was a good shakedown to see how your kit was on the bike

Kim · « **Reply #485 on:** 10 January, 2016, 01:52:21 pm »

Quote from: woollypigs on 10 January, 2016, 01:34:23 pm

Quote from: vantage on 10 January, 2016, 10:21:26 am
... before the gps got me lost ...
Clearly not lost enough since you found your way home

It's not a bug, it's a feature. GPSes are second only to NCN signage for taking you to places you'd never normally explore.

Tomsk · « **Reply #486 on:** 10 January, 2016, 08:39:50 pm »

Quote from: vantage on 10 January, 2016, 10:21:26 am

2nd failed attempt at touring last year. Got 20 ish miles from home before the gps got me lost (clearly technology was to blame), chickened out and returned home

But...getting lost is how you happen on the unexpected and interesting, and sometimes bad - yes, I know. In life as in cycle-touring...

Deano · « **Reply #487 on:** 10 January, 2016, 09:25:21 pm »

That looks a decent (if heavy) setup, vantage.

I've done the same thing a few times - I've got the bike ready and taken ages packing everything, then gone "sod it" and went home. The most was Kirkby Stephen, which made for a near-100 mile day ride with a camping load

- the least was about three quarters of a mile into a headwind. If you're not in the mood, you're not in the mood.

Ruthie · « **Reply #488 on:** 10 January, 2016, 10:04:11 pm »

Quote from: vantage on 10 January, 2016, 12:12:19 pm

That's an Avior X2 on the back too which I believe was what you used touring with mcshroom

That was such a good tent. Great minds think alike and get lost twenty miles from home-alike eh?

vantage · « **Reply #489 on:** 11 January, 2016, 03:33:43 pm »

If the bathroom scales are accurate Deano, she was nearly 98lbs fully laden. I swear I caught her sinking into the tarmac at one point

Some lighter kit has since been bought...specifically that big stupid hulking mat.

Absolutely love that bike to bits though

vantage · « **Reply #490 on:** 11 January, 2016, 03:35:14 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 10 January, 2016, 10:04:11 pm

Quote from: vantage on 10 January, 2016, 12:12:19 pm
That's an Avior X2 on the back too which I believe was what you used touring with mcshroom

That was such a good tent. Great minds think alike and get lost twenty miles from home-alike eh?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #491 on:** 11 January, 2016, 04:52:06 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 10 January, 2016, 10:26:03 am

I did that once, too. I was using the same panniers as you!

The bags of misadventure!

BobScarle · « **Reply #492 on:** 18 February, 2016, 09:40:31 am »

I don't like winter! Now it's staying lighter a little bit longer each night, I am convincing myself that spring is on the way. So with these thoughts in mind I have started looking a another tour for this year. But before I do I thought I should post a picture of my bike. Why? Because I want to.

Last year I rode from Redditch to Mid-Wales via this bridge in Ludlow, and had some lovely weather.

Now I have got my mind accepting that summer will happen again this year I can start to plan my route. I have seven days to play with so the tour will be a good bit longer.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #493 on:** 18 February, 2016, 10:39:24 am »

Quote from: BobScarle on 18 February, 2016, 09:40:31 am

But before I do I thought I should post a picture of my bike. Why? Because I want to.

The best reason! Equal first with 'Because we want to see it'.

phil653 · « **Reply #494 on:** 02 March, 2016, 07:37:51 pm »

Not mine. Spotted this in S. of France last week. Never saw the owner, but he or she sure is thirsty. 5.5l of bottles on board and another cage on the back of the stem. A neat idea I've not come across before. I wonder what happened to the low-rider front panniers: rack mountings present, load missing.

phil653 · « **Reply #495 on:** 02 March, 2016, 07:39:07 pm »

Edit: Make that 6 litres. Just spotted another 0.5l bottle under the saddle.

LEE · « **Reply #496 on:** 03 March, 2016, 09:40:55 am »

Quote from: phil653 on 02 March, 2016, 07:37:51 pm

Not mine. Spotted this in S. of France last week. Never saw the owner, but he or she sure is thirsty. 5.5l of bottles on board and another cage on the back of the stem. A neat idea I've not come across before. I wonder what happened to the low-rider front panniers: rack mountings present, load missing.

There's so much good sense in using bottle cages/holders that accept 1.5-2.0 litre bottles in hot countries that I may see what the capacity of my cages is.

It sure beats the decanting routine outside supermarkets.

Kim · « **Reply #497 on:** 03 March, 2016, 11:54:45 am »

Quote from: phil653 on 02 March, 2016, 07:37:51 pm

Not mine. Spotted this in S. of France last week. Never saw the owner, but he or she sure is thirsty. 5.5l of bottles on board and another cage on the back of the stem. A neat idea I've not come across before. I wonder what happened to the low-rider front panniers: rack mountings present, load missing.

That looks like the bike of someone who's had their panniers nicked.

Samuel D · « **Reply #498 on:** 03 March, 2016, 02:14:13 pm »

Or the owner, wherever they are, has the panniers with them. Probably at the supermarket picking up a few bottles of water.

phil653 · « **Reply #499 on:** 03 March, 2016, 02:54:03 pm »

Quote from: Samuel D on 03 March, 2016, 02:14:13 pm

Or the owner, wherever they are, has the panniers with them. Probably at the supermarket picking up a few bottles of water.

Clearly 6 litres of water is nowhere near enough and more bottles are required. Shame there were no shops in the vicinity. The bungee from the stuffsack and the lock bodged on to the rack makes me suspect that if the panniers have gone walkabout, they're not accompanying their owner.