Thread: bikepacking 101
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Old 02-08-16 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by chasm54
Listen, OP, you're all over the place. You have strong opinions about bikes that it turns out were formed without having actually ridden them. You criticise tourists who carry what you consider to be too much gear, but it isn't clear that you've actually done much touring. You start threads describing expensive, niche "bikepacking" bikes as your ultimate touring bike, then start another - this one - implying that you don't know what bikepacking actually is.
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I am adding the OP to my ignore list. Since that list is now only up to two, it is pretty easy to keep track of whom is on that list.
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