I have never done a touring/camping on a bicycle and hope to do it one day but I have done tons of research on it.
1. Develop a minimalist attitude and pack light. Try to bring things that you need and instead of things you would like to have. Easy to overpack things. My research has told me to get the things you would like to have and then begin to pair down from there. 2. Many people have different setups for carrying there things but the most logical is to carry heavy stuff up front and lighter stuff in the rear. The french bicycle company Berthoud, recommends a set up where it is 60 front/ 40 rear. Better weight distribution since majority of your body weight is on the rear wheel. Met a bicycle tourist from France recently who came thru my town and he told me broke the rear triangle on his trek across the USA but he did have most of his loads in the rear. He manage to get it welded together to continue his journey. Better to have it most loads up front. 3. Keep the loads low for stability of the bicycle. Another of Berthoud advise. Yes they sell panniers and that may be part of their of it but it makes since to keep the center of gravity low. 4. Everyone has a favorite in how they carry there stuff but I do think panniers are better than trailers. It is one less thing to break down and manuever. I think trailer are good if you need to bring stuff on a large journey around the world and extra capacity is needed. 5. Make sure you can bring enough water on your journey. Never know when you will be on long stretches with no access to water for awhile. At least bring 3 water bottles. 6. I think for light touring, two large panniers up front with a handlebar bag and possible a small rear saddlebag is all that is needed. The saddlebag needs not be large and if it is, consider what you are bringing again. Do I really need it? Is it heavy? 7. Steve told me this once but he mentioned that you should know the terrain so you have the gear required to ride it. Changes in elevation with stuff on the bicycle with not low enough gear to ride will be a problem. Thats all I got. On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Kellie <kellie.staple...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also a great resource is *bikepacking.com <http://bikepacking.com>*. > Most of the photos here are packed too unwieldy for me. I prefer a more > compartmentalized and streamlined look. You'll see lots of variety on this > website, even basket bikepacking. > > On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 12:57:57 PM UTC-7, John G. wrote: > >> It looks like I'll be taking my Atlantis on a quick 2-night tour in the >> next few days. I'll be camping instead of staying in hotels. I haven't bike >> camped before, so I need ideas on how to load up the bike. If you have pics >> of your Rivendell loaded up for a quick tour, post 'em here! >> > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
