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touring? NO panniers!
FAIL!
Touring with nowt but a saddlebag?!? now that's lightweight!
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more http://picasaweb.google.com/trailratmtb/NewZealandCycleTour# &
www.terry-and-jayne-cyclenz.blogspot.com
trail_rat - Memberwheres your helmet ......
Its the new Giro Grey....
2 pairs of clean grundies for 1 weeks tour............. 8)
A while ago now but this was the last time i was touring in Scotland.
http://nicholasblades522.fotopic.net/c1027941.html
I really should try and get out more again.
a week on the isle of harris early june
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Sorry no still pics, just 8 minutes of big dummy touring. I am fully enjoying touring. I must be getting old, and hungry, and having some spare time to use before i get old and die.
I am surprised how unwound I am at 25 miles in (when i start re-enacting battles).. great therapy.
hey coastkid... that looks like a great tour. I assume there was a lot of sand riding. Sweet bike. Did you pack a fishing rod?
2 'gentlemen' on a tandem
wheres your helmet ......
Yes it does.......... doesn't it!
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Touring with nowt but a saddlebag?!? now that's lightweight!
Aye. 🙂
http://pompinos.blogspot.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/northmalvern/PompinoTrip
All the comforts of home included
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hey coastkid... that looks like a great tour. I assume there was a lot of sand riding. Sweet bike. Did you pack a fishing rod?
hi charlie about 16 miles sand riding along 35 miles of the west coast of harris,some hike a bike between small bays but great ride for such a short distance the water looks warm eh?,proberly about 3 degrees!! was hot wind during day cold at night but midge free,why i always take my 2 weeks hols in june,less midges and people,harris definitly getting busier though i saw 4 other people on luskintyre beach!! heres a wee film of some highlights
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Our trip from Sheffield to Prague
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldona/sets/72157605938134705/ ]My stag do - the "Get 'em Dai Ride"[/url]
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And some other touring...
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On the South Downs Way a couple of weeks ago.
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2 sets of photos from my gloriously pannier free touring history-
Most recent (River danube tour)
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And from 3 years ago, a tour of New Zealand on the MTB.
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I do have various lake district tour pics somewhere but not sure where.
On the Ferry to Rotterdam last November (we were supposed to be sailing to Zeebrugge, but we missed the boat...!):
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luke - how does one go touring without panniers...you dont use those luggage carrier services do you ?
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Co.Cork, cycling up with Bantry Bay in the distance. Killer climb on day 1 of our tour.
Couple of scottish pics, all my gear for a week's wild camping/bothying in a big wingnut rucsac and a small pannier rac.
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A pre-Deliverance style photo is showing. Is that intended? 😉
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I wanna go touring now!
i hope i'll be able to post some one day! bloody knee...
does that work? photobucket banned here so I cannot tell!!A pre-Deliverance style photo is showing. Is that intended?
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can try agin now home
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Amazing i started same thread a few days ago and got like 2 replies..... 😥
Ton win's the popularity contest 🙂
Do most people modify MTB's or go hybrid drop route?
Picked up a cheap Hybrid via work for Mrs Phil,shes already got a Road bike which you can fit racks to.
Just not sure what to build for myself...drop bar,hybrid type or mtb ish thing...
How's the Pugsley ride Coast kid?
Phil - depends what sort of touring you're doing. Drop-barred tourer is faster, comfier on a longer ride and with 32C tyres will handle most tracks.
MTB is better for heading [i]off-piste[/i] and for searching out singletrack.
Hybrid is neither fish nor fowl. Handy if you want to fit a basket on the front though.
How's the Pugsley ride Coastkid?
if magazine staff owned them and were writing about them everyone would want them but there not so keep it quiet and lets enjoy riding where you dont see many other people riding!!,before the pug i had a 1x1 with 47mm trials rims and nokian 3" tyres for beach riding but the pug is another level of floatation, 1st off this is the crazyest looking,most grin inducing,hilarios yet satisfying mtb(actully its a ATB!) ive owned in 22 years mountainbiking and thousands of pounds spent on bikes,ok there wierd handling on tarmac,everyone stares at you,xc riders all ask how hard is it with they heavy (only 1050g) tyres and kids go daft when they see it,it isnt the best bike ive owned or cost the most and its not much fun round say the black route at glentress even though i rode a 2 hour 5min ride but- it amazes you where it will go and it re-writes the apparent rule book which is that it wieghs proberly a real life 38-40 lbs with tools and water,no suspension yet i find myself riding 50-60 miles in a day on the cheviot hills [url=
which normaly kills me on my full suss xc bike- a 26 lbs cannondale, i bought it for riding on sand which there is 45 miles of coastline where were i stay, but it really shines where there is any soft going,i love it when you meet other riders and they mock it then you pass them in gloopy soft going (with the pug grin) and then there like "can i have a shot?!!",oh also they leave less of a foot print than a human so if that isnt a great eco statment againt the anti biking farternity then i dont know what is 😀
if your ever up in edinburgh and fancy a shot on the beach let me know,pug mk 2 will also be under way this winter!
loads of info on them here-[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=164 ]http://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=164[/url]
Mrs Phil actually wants a bloody basket......think i'll head down the mtb route probably a SS 29er as i have future plans for maybe doing Great Divide event...although i'll probably have 10 different bikes by then... 🙄
More scottish pics, only posting because i'm on the wine and planning the next trip...
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Have been toying with the idea of a bar bag for the off-road stuff, liked the idea of having a bit of weight on the bars, and having stuff accessible. Is this a bad idea?
Bar bag would work well - although I've just strapped the tent there in the past.
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I'd say the handling was pretty much unaffected - in fact, mibbe better balanced by bringing some weight forward. That re-balancing makes shouldering the bike easier too.
The Bez Adventure ([url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewartpratt/sets/72157605650605893/ ]more here[/url]) - sadly not much scenery as it was torrential rain most of the time 😐
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