Idiot's guide to touring - Bike Forum https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/ Singletrack World Magazine Forum. Come for the bikes, stay for the boll**ks en-GB Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:11:58 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: Idiot's guide to touring https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415778 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:12:45 +0000 Don't do what I did this weekend. Carry a wetsuit,snorkel, fins and mask on a mini tour of Pembroke absolutely convinced that you're going snorkelling in the evening,when in reality you can only just walk to the shower block without collapsing. Carried the whole bloody lot 80 miles without dipping a toe in the sea :oops:

]]> Bike Forum houndlegs https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415778 Re: Idiot's guide to touring https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415777 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:07:19 +0000 decathlon do reasonable lightweight tents. Alpkit for a reasonable down sleeping bag or snugpak for synthetic. If you're in western Europe go with gas or meths for a stove. If you go gas get a stove that sits on the floor like this one. Much more stable.
e.g
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Compact-Camping-Gas-Stove-FREE-Gas-Adaptor-AND-Large-storage-bag-see-vide-/190884114492?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c7194703c

]]> Bike Forum TheBrick https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415777 Re: Idiot's guide to touring https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415776 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:01:36 +0000 Usually long since closed in my experience - survivors tend to be expensive now.

]]> Bike Forum fasgadh https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415776 Re: Idiot's guide to touring https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415775 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:23:19 +0000 don't bother with tents. use yha's. they are cheap and rather good nowadays.

]]> Bike Forum ton https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415775 Idiot's guide to touring https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/idiots-guide-to-touring/#post-5415774 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:13:20 +0000 It looks like I've been roped into organising a road bike tour of the Dales and Lakes in September.

I haven't toured since a post-GCSEs loop of the Lakes which consisted of rigid mtbs, YHAs, massive rucksacks and trying every pub en-route trying to get served booze by means of increasingly implausible stories of how old we were.

Things must have changed a bit since then...

I'm currently scouring eBay for 1-2man tents, racks and panniers. What do I need to know? What tips, tricks and cheap options are out there?

thanks!

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