Originally Posted by
Jtgyk
I'm too easily distracted by the gear when my first emphasis should be, "Where do I want to go, and what do I want to see?".
I spend far too much time on BF and acquiring & playing with "stuff".
I should spend the rest of this year just riding.
I know exactly what you mean, comes from having a desk job....although I often dreamt about where to go at said job.
My background was also in backpacking, so a lot of the gear came from there. Since I don't have a car I stopped BPing as much, and instead decided to carry it over to bike touring, that way I don't have to rent a car just to let it sit at a trailhead for days.
For me the bike was the most important gear decision, and I started with a hybrid that had front and rear mounts for racks, the jamis coda sport. I used it for everything, commuting, road rides, touring. From there I realized I really like bike touring and since have bought another bike, and also more gear.