Alan: When you say "light touring", that sounds like lodging / restaurant /credit card. I've done trips like that with 2 panniers plus front bag (food, day use stuff, jacket) and maybe a small saddlebag if I need to carry rain gear or something else I don't want to dig thru the panniers for. I'll venture that pretty much anything Rivendell has built will handle that service with no worries. Maybe a Roadeo or a super-light custom would be marginal but all their bikes are so versatile that a couple of bags (say under 30 lbs?) is what they're made for, no worries.
What I would take a look at is your wheels & tires. A good set of wheels with plenty of spokes & nice chubby tires are the ticket to touring bliss. Bike tours are for photos & ice cream, not messing with breakdowns. For racks look at Nitto, Tubus, something steel & stout. Once you get on the road & meet other tourers, you'll see people touring on everything you can imagine. And having a good time doing it. Plastic buckets for luggage, old MTBs, dad's old 10 speed, etc. If you're on any Rivendell, you're better equipped than a lot of people. dougP On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 10:19:51 AM UTC-7, alan lavine wrote: > > Hi to All, > > As Spring approaches, and summer plans are formulated, I'm thinking how to > best use my current fleet. I have read, and firmly believe, that the Ram > could be used for light touring. I'd love to hear about your experiences > with this. What kind of terrain, your rack/pannier/bags/basket set up, > tires, etc. Pictures would be lovely, as well. What do you think are > reasonable limits in terms of weight? > > All and any wisdom is much appreciated...I feel that someone on this list > has already done anything I'm even contemplating, so why reinvent the wheel? > > Thanks in advance, > Alan > > -- 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.
