does look rather fun

[video]https://vimeo.com/204068767[/video]

Grrr, can’t embed video, sorry.

Urgh…..other people.

Also, depiction of cycling with sunshine and dust appear 90% more fun than real world conditions.

It’s touring.

They’ve even got Ortlieb panniers!

OP delete the s from https

[video]http://vimeo.com/204068767[/video]

Ahhhhh, cheers jambalaya. That’s my thing learned today, can close my mind to all other new stuff.

See?
Even they call it touring.

Gravel adventure bikepacking gnarpoon?

It’s a tourer.

Multifunctional non-competitive personal transportation device?

No.
It’s still a tourer.
🙂

Anyone incapable of cleanly opening a ring-pull can and drinking the contents without covering themselves in sugary liquid is not someone I want to share a trail with.

I did wince at the beer opening cockwiffery, never understood why.

I need to refresh my brain now. 1 min 17 secs:

[video]https://youtu.be/WGYngjxJP1I[/video]

Edit: Watching the vintage footage puts me in mind me of why I go cycle touring – to enjoy the feeling of cycling, self-sufficiency, nature etc. To enjoy seeing and discovering the landscape. I might be in my late forties but I felt the same way at 15yrs, 25 yrs, 35yrs. Those people in the OP video seem to be more interested in themselfies? I could be wrong…but are they seeing the coltsfoot, the birch, the buff butterfly?