Originally Posted by
Doug64
My first long tour in 1974 was 1100 miles on a Peugeot PX 10 with 45/52 crankset, a 14-24, 5-speed freewheel, and 23mm tires. It was from the Idaho/Canadian border to southern Oregon.
Toured NW Washington, San Juan and Canadian Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island in 1973 - me on a similar Gitane and my partner on the Peugeot PX 10. But you had panniers - we carried frame packs on our backs. We were big time climbers and hikers and didn't want to spend our money on no sissy panniers - two weeks of shoulder and back agony!