Originally Posted by
bmike
Can you point to anyone here who uses dog tarps and extremist measures?
Asana pushes the limits, he also races, which is a different nut altogether.
If you don't dig what's going on here, it's cool to disagree, but we get it by now, in your vast experience (which i like reading about for the most part) youve explored this rabbit hole and have concluded its for fools. All good. But come on man. The negative nancy **** is getting stale.
If I lost 30 pounds I could carry the big screen TV. If I lost 30 pounds and rode carbon fixed gear with a bamboo handle bar and no brakes I could bring the generator with me to power everything.
staeph1 has been using a dog tarp and a bivy. I don't have any problem with that- other than it's impractical for most people. And I'm still using UL methods for most of my trips.
sorry to have a scathing sarcasm about some elements of this discussion. I'm trying to interject a little bit of critical humor into the discussion. I blame some of my tone on the nature of the internet, and i apologize. I do like to see people out bike touring, and respect everyone's tactics.
I find some of the commentary about going ultralite by riding a lighter bike amusing.
Think of me as one of those two old coots in the balcony on the muppets show, or Montgomery Wick in Vertical Limit.