<<heavy sigh>> Here we go again. This is almost an annual thing now ... some newb comes along and wants a definition of a tour. This has been done so many times before ... and believe it or not, the search function actually does work.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...pes-of-touring

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...sing-a-bicycle

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...quot-you-think...


http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ported-Touring

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...n-the-minority



But really ... who cares??? You don't get a prize for doing one type of "tour" rather than another type of "tour".