Joined: May 2007
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From: Highland Park, NJ, USA
Bikes: "Hildy", a Novara Randonee touring bike; a 16-speed Bike Friday Tikit; and a Specialized Stumpjumper frame-based built-up MTB, now serving as the kid-carrier, grocery-getter.
What time you get up?
around 6am, usually before the alarm goes off.
Do you take your time at the campsite, or pack up and go?
I take a bit over an hour to shower and break camp.
Do you have breakfast, or just granola bar on the way?
I'll usually have a little something at the site, enough to get me to my "second breakfast". I try to limit restaurants on tour, but breakfast and coffee in a diner is usually pretty cheap.
What do you normally do for lunch? Quick sandwich, or pub/restaurant?
See above about restaurants. I usually pack fake or real deli and dried fruit.
What time do you normally like to be at the next campsite?
With enough time to have the tent set up before sunset.
What kind of camping spot you think is best for a cyclo-tourist?
I'm partial to campsites with other people, but not so many that I'll be hearing RV generators and beer parties all night.
Do you take the panniers off and lock up your bikes, or just let your stuff sit there overnight? (I saw someone leave panniers on the bike, and I must admit I'm way too paranoid to do that).
I usually take one pannier's worth of stuff into the tent and leave everything else outside. I used to lock the bike to a tree or the picnic table, but I stopped doing that.