Originally Posted by staehpj1

I'm not sure if there is wide agreement on anything touring related

To me:
Credit Card Touring means no cooking, no camping, rooms every night and probably a lot of restaurant meals.

Expedition touring means self supported touring in third world countries.

Supported Touring means a car on van is following along.

Touring, to me at least, implies a trip by bike that is at least overnight.


Self supported touring? No vehicle support and probably mostly cooking (or eating uncooked food) and camping.

Ultralight touring? Touring with minimal gear weight. Not sure where to draw the line though. Twenty pounds of gear? 15 pounds? 12 pounds? I am starting to think of it as starting somewhere around 15 pounds.

Spoke and hub touring? I'll let someone else define this one.

I doubt that everyone shares all of my definitions, but I think that is OK.