hello my name is David Marfas..im 51 be 52 april 20....ive been riding since 1983..I ex ultimate frisbee player, now retired due to right knee injury...I ride a kona blast mnt bike..that has a rear rack on it and i can add panniers when i tour.. I ve down a few tours solo..I road the entire length of the katy trail in may of 2013..road from springfield, mo to denver and back along the trans america trail in the summer of 2012..have down a bunch of two and three days tours on the weekends..