Originally Posted by
wolfchild
The thread has been hijacked and turned into a crapfest as soon as certain posters started to deviate from OPs original question about a bike which is light and suitable for fast lightweight bike packing and started to interrogate him to reveal all kinds of personal and private details which have nothing to do with the original question.
BS. His original question very obviously raised a whole bunch of issues that a real "newby" might not be aware of. And if he didn't want to discuss the context, why the hell would he have mentioned it in the first place?