Originally Posted by
Squeezebox
A lot of tandems now a days are running on 28 spokes with 350 lb teams. What are you doing that's more severe than that?
I still have not heard from anyone with a list of the 100 lbs of stuff they carry on a heavy tour. There are a few places in the world where 20 L of water might make sense, along with enough food. But a good water filter weighs less than 3 oz. in most places.
no. you posted a link to ONE $20,000+ hand-built super-dooper
high-tech one-off tandem in one of your silly threads to "prove"
that the crappy 24-spoked wheels on your unused 920 were
somehow capable of surviving wally-world speed bumps.
100 pounds of stuff? from another thread "toured with front and
rear bags plus trailer. fully laden, with 5 gallons of water and
several days of food, bike+stuff would be around 175 pounds."
had stuff like: 3-man 3-season tent, heavy-duty hiking boots,
trangia 2-pot stove set, dozen rolls of slide film, slr camera
with extra lens, 3-4 paperback novels, spare tires, gold pan.
afraid i don't have a complete list, i wasn't aware at the time
that i'd need to "prove" anything to basement trolls. guess
i was just too busy just touring......