First off I'm a total touring NOOB also... I have been riding for about 6 years though mountain bike and road bike. I'm getting really close to heading out on my first tour (4 day 3 night). I've converted a 2006 Gary Fisher Disc brake mountain bike to tour with. I got the bike on Craigslist for $200 thinking If I had another bike my friends would go riding with me more, if they had a good bike to ride. Well that worked for a little bit, then they stopped. So I decided to convert it into a touring bike.

Anyway here is the link to my progress from start.... till now... (the link is in the southeast forum on here). Like I said I'm a total touring noob so i'm sure I made mistakes along the way in building it and getting it ready. I dunno what I'm doing.... but i'm doing it anyway and having fun....

I went with ergon grips with adjustable bar ends instead of changing handlebars and all of the stuff that entails...

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...irst-bike-tour...

Jay........