Edwin: Your hodge-podge of luggage seemed to work out all right. Good on you for not being held back by not knowing what you need. The best lessons are the ones we learn by doing. No doubt you found things you didn't need and others that you'd like to have had. The important things is you know you can go out for a few days & enjoy yourself with what you had.
If you're thinking of a front rack, look at the Tubus Tara. Tubus makes all sorts of adapters so it may be possible to bolt it on even though your fork doesn't have enough eyelets. The Nitto big front rack that Rivendell sells can also be fitted up with clamps. dougP On Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 11:53:01 AM UTC-7, Edwin W wrote: > > I took my first little tour with my Sam. Mileage was a little much for my > cycling condition in these TN rolling hills, but I had a good time. They > wouldn't let me move the parks I wanted to go to closer. > Patrick, I tied a large shop sack on my back rack. > Here is a little write up: > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/2015MidTN > > When I returned, my friend was in shock in how wasteful I was with my > weight, like leaving on my trail a bike hitch and child seat attachment. > > What are the "wasteful" or luxury items you take on a tour despite the > weight? My main one was the Grundens poncho: big and relatively heavy, but > I "enjoyed" it on the way home in the rain. > > Got a lot of tips from this group along the way and used many riv things: > Poncho, MUSA shorts and pants, riv cap, Sam Hillborne, little esbit > alcohol cube stove, folding saw (didn't need that), etc... > Got me hankering for a nice set of touring panniers. > Edwin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
