on 8/19/09 5:17 PM, Don at donl...@bellsouth.net wrote: > > I am not new to biking but I am new to touring. I've got the bike/s > (Sam Hillborne, Myata 610) and most of the basics. I also have a > handle on touring within my state (Florida). But I need some help with > planning some tours in other parts of the USA and overseas. I have > some (probably dumb) questions about how one transports their bike to > other distant locations and how one get a good guide for some of these > tours. For example, after Easter I will have a week and my wife and I > want to head to Northern California and do some touring that would > take in the wine country and surrounding area. I don't really want to > book a guided tour with rented bikes etc. Now maybe to start that is > absolutely the best way to go. But all of the ones I have seen are > very pricey and extremely structured to the group. Being new to this > group I just figured I would lay it out there and see what information > I might be able to gather. I am sure that there are various websites > or other resources I could be directed to. I am not sure if this is OK > but I will give you my email address so that if any want to send me > stuff they can. Thanks in advance for any help you might give.
A good deal of the answer lies with how much tech work you would want to mess with on a trip. If you feel pretty handy with a wrench, it's easy enough to pack a bike for shipping and either pay the overcharge with the airlines or use a commercial carrier. There are pitfalls with either arrangement, and you should be able to find horror stories via the archives of touring oriented lists, such as tour...@bikelist.org. If you feel less inclined to work the setup/teardown yourself, you probably want to find a nearby shop you trust and another near the destination. Make sure you get quotes for both the breakdown/setup and the shipping. The other thing to consider if you are really going to get serious about travelling is to invest in some S&S Couplers, which will allow you to separate the frame and avoid oversize luggage/shipping charges. Hope that gets you started. I'd definitely encourage you to pursue information on the more touring-specific lists as well. - Jim -- -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
