Originally Posted by Bacciagalupe
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It's unhealthy, unsanitary, unwise, unnecessary, and makes cycle tourists look bad.
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I don't think there is anything "admirable" about a college-educated tourist who cannot be bothered to work for an extra month or two, to earn enough money to actually buy food whilst traveling.
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My objection is pretty specific: I just think it's pathetic that a man with a college degree can't keep it together long enough to work that extra month or so, long enough so that he can actually, y'know, buy food instead of eating garbage and roadkill.
Wow, I mean, wow. Seems to me you're making yourself look bad all by yourself.
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The thing I love most about this sort of thing is that Nick Lubecki's phillosophy regarding bicycle touring flies in the face of everything many people believe. You don't
need the best gear, the best food, the best bike. All you
need is the will and an adventurous spirit.
And seriously, "Dirt Bag" magazine? What do you read? "Elitist Cycling Plutocrat" Magazine?
