Pulled the Touring Trigger!
12-27-12, 11:26 AM
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A good point!
Keep in mind that the train is a real option for touring; you can take a loaded touring bike on it with relative ease. The biggest restriction is that you need to avoid peak hours when you have a full-frame touring bike. I'd also recommend avoiding low-level platforms in New Jersey. NJ Transit has a thing now that non-folding bikes can't board or detrain at stations with low-level platforms. (i.e., the stations where you have to haul a bike up and down the stairs are low-level platforms.) Or something like that, I'm a little unclear on these rules.
But using public transit with your bike opens up a new world of touring.
Keep in mind that the train is a real option for touring; you can take a loaded touring bike on it with relative ease. The biggest restriction is that you need to avoid peak hours when you have a full-frame touring bike. I'd also recommend avoiding low-level platforms in New Jersey. NJ Transit has a thing now that non-folding bikes can't board or detrain at stations with low-level platforms. (i.e., the stations where you have to haul a bike up and down the stairs are low-level platforms.) Or something like that, I'm a little unclear on these rules.
But using public transit with your bike opens up a new world of touring.
12-28-12, 02:31 PM
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NJ Transit has a thing now that non-folding bikes can't board or detrain at stations with low-level platforms. (i.e., the stations where you have to haul a bike up and down the stairs are low-level platforms.) Or something like that, I'm a little unclear on these rules.
12-28-12, 03:49 PM
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12-28-12, 04:06 PM
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Chef, weather be damned, I think you should take off for an overnighter.
12-31-12, 09:05 PM
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