kipibenkipod

Hi,
Can you tell us about your bike? Gearing, frameset, saddle, wheels,racks...
You will nJoy this forum.
Good luck.

DukeArcher 

I put this photo in another thread, but I cant find a better picture to show how much junk I stack onto my bike on tour...

kipibenkipod

Yep, its not an aerodynamic setup :-P
Where is the caravan ("caraven" in the language of Brad Pitt as a pykee in the movie snatch)? hehe

DukeArcher 

and shes mighty impartial to the periwinkle blue...

staehpj1

Not the best view, but this is our bikes about as loaded as they got during our TransAmerica tour.

kipibenkipod

The bike on the left of the photo has on the back I think Therm-A-Rest Expedition 5 mattress.
Is it so?
How was this mattress in this trip?
Thanks

Lamplight

My brother is in the process of building a LHT as well. Great bike. Are those 26" wheels? If so, how much clearance do you have in the front for a tire and fender? Thanks.

kipibenkipod

Great post, thanks.
How do you manage to carry yourself + 90 pounds up hills?

staehpj1

We all used one model of Thermarest or another. I think we were all happy with them. We slept well and they were not excessively heavy.

BTW: they can also be folded longways first before rolling for a shorter fatter roll. Two of us did that.

tomn

My bike ready to go. Slotted Brooks and stitched on bar tape, everything else is the same as last year. I'm leaving in 45 min. for my tour to S.F., should be 1000 miles. Wish me luck!

Tom

singlespeed_pp

hi,

do you have a picture to show how you fix the mirror onto the brake lever?
thanks

jpmartineau

Here's my picture of my loaded rig, taken in the Laurentians, in Québec, during a two-day, fully supported ride.

2006 Specialized Sirrus Sport Disc
Front: OMM AC Low Rider with Arkel T-28
Rear: Axiom Journey Disc with Arkel Dauphin 48
Arkel Large Handlebar Bag
Brooks B-17 (not broken in when I took the picture, it is now and I've changed its angle since. It just felt better that way until it moulded my cheeks)
Bike was jittery on the first day because of all the food I carried (2 people, 2 days) but was fine on the second.



Image is here.

sykerocker 

As I haven't gone anywhere in weeks (little matter of work and that damned family vacation in Maine last month - no bikes, no motorcycles, bah), here's my two with just the bags on:

1969 Magneet Sprint - yes, I'm still riding cottered cranks and steel SunTour derailleurs. I can be one hell of a traditionalist. I am considering TA/Stronglight/Nervar triple crank and SunTour handlebar shifters as a winter project:



The other is a 1993 Bianchi Nyala - successor to a 1986 Raleigh Seneca set up the same way:



By the way, that saddle on the Magneet is NOT a Brooks. I ran across a guy on eBay selling Czechoslovakian Favorit saddles (branded "Sport") from the 60's/70's at around $35.00 each, including shipping. Every bit as good as a Brooks, plus that old Eastern Bloc "built strong like tractor" construction. Maybe a little bit crude, but I'd love to get about four more just to put away for future projects. Since the pic was taken, the Bianchi was upgraded to a like saddle in black.

Bacciagalupe

So here's mine, two tours so far, albeit different bags last time.

Swift folding bike, aluminum frame. Not the smoothest of rides, as you might imagine, but the folding capability is very handy. Current plan is to slap a Brooks on this bad boy; if it's still not smooth enough, I will probably ditch it for a different touring rig.

DukeArcher 

Yeah, I know I have posted numerous pics of the same bike into this thread, but the truth is, I have changed my baggage setup so frequently that I thought it may interest some people. After all, its just another photo.

Current setup:

Topeak handlebar bag
2 Ortlieb Back roller plus
2 Vaude front panniers
2 Asu front panniers
Vaude rack bag
Spare tire (not shown here)

Ive only got so much stuff because I am carrying all the stuff on my Europe trip that I will have with me in the Middle East and Central Asia.

BLM

Surly LHT
Ortlieb Panniers
Driver is in drinking beer

~Stuart~

My bike is the Giant and my cousins is the jakethesnake in the background (which, in this picture as a back wheel with 2 broken spokes and lots of loose ones.... his wheel broke like 30 min before. and so i have all of the food and eload/waypowder in the drybag, cus my bike was fine)





yes. the handlebar bag does have a 2L water bladder in it

Cold Mountain

Horseshoe Bay, BC just before boarding the ferry for a tour to Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island

jignall

Passo della Consuma (1,050 meters or 3,444 feet) -- Just outside Florence, Italy.

jdthebrit

Right - I've always enjoyed cross country, mostly in Poland and the Czech republic. This year I returned to the UK to try touring. Liverpool - Southport - Forest of Bowland - Lakes - Carlisle - Hadrian's Wall - Northumberland - Durham - Yorkshire - Nottingham.
1,600 kilometres on this machine. Sound as a pound although the gearing is too low and max speed of just 50 km an hour.
Front tubus rack and Ortlieb sports panniers good stuff. Back spokes suffered under weight at the back, Better distribution of weight from better panniers would fix that.
As for touring on a "MTb" - I like it, as the centre of gravity is so low and I never once came close to spilling the machine although I gave it some welly over the Cheviots.
The UK is not a touring haven as far as safe long distance touring routes go - but I had a great time and am champing at the bit.

Taiwan built bulk standard 23" alu frame
Deore XT - need higher gearing as above
Magura hydraulic brakes - not so sure about these......never failed me yet even on some nightmare downclines, but they don't give me confidence somehow.

Tent, clothes, and climbing gear at rear
Food, stove, maps,cameraand Hendrix/classical music CD collection at front

No Mp3 nonsense on my tour

RB1-luvr

well not fully loaded yet, not even complete yet, but rather than start a new thread i thought i'd post my touring bike that i've been building on a budget this summer (some used some new parts). it's taking a long time but i'm almost done. just waiting on bars, brakes and shifters. i think i have a line on some old Kirkland panniers for the back.

can't wait for it's maiden voyage, which will probably be an over-nighter to the girlfriend's house.

obviously it's not a Bridgestone... it's a Nashbar closeout frame that I couldn't resist putting the Bridgestone decals on. A friend bought them for 99 cents at a car swap meet for me.

what do you think?

jignall

how do you insert the picture so it's viewable in the post (vs. an attachment you need to click)?

thanks.

RB1-luvr

click "go advanced" and then click the 4th icon from the right on bottom row of icons (lookes like a yellow square). then put url address of picture. of course to do this you have to have the pic hosted somewhere like photobucket etc.

kipibenkipod

You put your picture in flickr, then you copy the link of the image.
You press here when in edit mode the picture icon. It will add tags to your link "[IMG][\IMG]".
I think you can copy this link with the tags from flickr.
When you will review the post, your browser will go fetch the photo from the link and show it to you as it was here in bike forum.

brucewiley

Ready to go for a couple of weeks on the road.