I agree!!!!!!! Igor's setup makes mine look like a Winnebago. On Feb 5, 10:19 am, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > On Feb 4, 2010, at 10:13 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > > On Feb 4, 11:54 am, usuk2007 <clive.stand...@umassmed.edu> wrote: > >> FYI here is a traditional three bag set up using some ultralight > >> principles that will allow indefinite, unsupported, civilized, three > >> season touring at a weight of 22lbs. It can be installed on any bike, > >> road, touring, mountain as it requires no eyelets and even if you > >> don’t have saddlebag loops you can buy simple clamp on ones or use a > >> quick release Bagman. If I loose a few pounds I’m thinking of trying > >> this setup on my DeRosa Neo Primato. That would be touring on an > >> Italian steel bike with Japanese components and English bicycle bags. > >> Call me crazy, but I just love the idea of all those weird > >> juxtapositions. > > >>http://wheelsofchance.org/2010/02/02/ultralight-setup/ > > This is great. Amazing how much "touring" one can do without a full > > touring rig. > > In much of the world one can tour for weeks and months with nothing > more than will fit in a Carradice Nelson or Camper, since there are > an abundance of villages and hotels, B&Bs, chambres-d'hôtes, > pensiones and youth hostels. Unless you really *want* to camp, which > I don't care for myself. In the US credit card touring is expensive > because hotels and motels are severely overpriced in most cases; in > most other countries, much cheaper but good accommodations are easily > found. I've seen report of people riding most of the way around the > world without having to camp (there are some places where human > habitation is too sparse to be reliable and camping ends up being > necessary). > > But even if you want to camp, you can readily get the weight below 25 > lbs. Reading "Crazy Guy On a Bike" and "Trento Bike" reports I am > amazed at how many people haul 100 lbs worth of crap with them on > bike tours. It's like pedaling a Winnebago. I remember reading one > report of a guy taking four hours to climb up the Col d'Izoard with > all his gear (it's about an hour's climb on the north side for a slow > climber like me; the south side is steeper but shorter). > > This guy pushes the limit. Click on the little bike icon to see his > progressively more minimalist touring setups (and he starts out > pretty minimalist): > > http://www2.arnes.si/~ikovse/index.htm
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