Originally Posted by jr59

There seems to be some misunderstanding on this thread.

If you ride around your area and see the sights. It's a tour.

If you ride somewhere and stay over night it's a tour.

You don't need a bike with this or that. How many times has a bagman and Caradice bag been recommended on this very forum? People have toured all over Great Britain with just that set up. Is/was this not touring?

At times, people need to read the Surly blog;
http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/some...ive_ever_read/