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Old 07-20-10 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by valygrl
There's no one right way, there are a thousand good-enough ways and a few that will make you suffer and hopefully just learn and do it a different way next time.
Agreed.

The "few [ways] that will make you suffer" are usually done because someone is trying to save money. If you have to spend money twice to make things work...i.e. buy 'real' touring bike because that Unobtainium bike just isn't working...you aren't saving money at all. You can tour on anything but look around to see what other bicycle tourist use. There's a lot of history, trial and error, mistakes made/lesson learned, etc. built into those touring bikes. Reinventing the wheel seldom results in a better wheel
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