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Old 08-04-11 | 10:36 AM
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Bikes: Felt f85 (11); Trek 7.3 FX (07); Schwinn Super Sport (86); Specialized Rockhopper (87)

The MSR Whisperlite is a very flexible option. It will burn pretty much anything--somewhere read it will even burn Everclear. But white gas and unleaded are certainly easy possibilities.

I have a Trangia and don't know why you would need anything else. You can find HEET at pretty much any car parts store and most grocery stores in my area carry it.
When backpacking my wife and I use the Pocket Rocket (we carry 2 canisters just to be safe) and the Trangia

One thing that has not been mentioned: since you are going to be doing more involved cooking--not just boiling water for dehydrated meals--the alcohol stoves MIGHT have a slight handicap. Since you can only put a fairly small amount of alcohol in them at a time you are more limited on cooking time than a canister or liquid fuel stove. You can always refill the alcohol stove and start it back up but you will need to give it a bit of time to cool down first. You don't want to run out of fire in the middle of some gourmet creation. (Yes, the canister or liquid gas stove will also run out of fuel eventually, but with the alcohol stove you are going be more limited on continuous cooking time.) You will need to assess if this is an actual handicap in your situation or not. If you are not going to need 15 minute cooking times then this is not a worry. If you do choose the alcohol stove, you should definitely try it out at home to see how long you can get one one fill of fuel.
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