Originally Posted by
LeeG
that load doesn't describe "light" touring.
Anything less than four reasonably full panniers and a camping roll is light to me. I've met people who do "ultra-light touring", essentially a seatpost rack and maybe a handlebar bag. Shades of grey...
Originally Posted by
LeeG
Why a Tikit and not a NWT or LLama?
The bike will be primarily a commuter bike, and a tourer secondarily. The NWT is an awesome-looking bike (it was my original first choice among the bike friday models), but it takes too long to fold to be useful in a bike/train commute. The Llama is more of an offroad bike, from what Bike Friday tells me.
Originally Posted by
LeeG
You can strap a small duffle vertically on the steerer tube
That sounds pretty cool. Did you secure the end of the bag to the handlebars to keep it from sliding downwards?