Originally Posted by
Bekologist
I find some of the commentary about going ultralite by riding a lighter bike amusing.
I think of the option of riding a lighter bike as one of the benefits of carrying a lighter gear load. I think folks mostly get the choices backwards. To me it makes sense to decide what gear you need to carry to be happy, safe, and as comfortable as you require. In my opinion only then should you pick a bike and baggage scheme that support those choices. People lose sight of the fact that the bike is only the means to an end and not the goal itself. Then again for some maybe it actually is the goal itself.
Originally Posted by
Bekologist
Think of me as one of those two old coots in the balcony on the muppets show, or Montgomery Wick in Vertical Limit.
I like that
