Originally Posted by
mr,grumpy
... ... To me, the most important would seem the little bracket that holds the extra spoke that I keep finding myself needing as I toodle around my small environs and can't imagine being without hundreds of miles out in the middle of nowhere. ... ...
One of my touring bikes has the extra spoke holder on the left side, I have been tempted to cut it off because it is in the way of putting a rear mounted Greenfield kickstand on the bike, thus the spoke holder is "
all marketing hype". My other two touring bikes have the extra spokes where they belong, inside the seatpost.
Probably 90 percent of the touring bike miles are not on tour, but local rides. And yes, a lot of good memories were created on those other 10 percent of the miles.
But, the best memories will be of the trips yet to come.