[RBW] Re: Fixed gear bike packing

2019-05-17 Thread Craig Montgomery
That was a great little documentary but mine stopped halfway thru. Still, goes to show you what can be done on a single speed loaded for bear. Thanks. Craig in Tucson On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 10:32:53 AM UTC-7, John G wrote: > > Here's an interesting Youtube on the 25th Infantry. > https://ww

[RBW] Re: Fixed gear bike packing

2019-05-17 Thread John G
Here's an interesting Youtube on the 25th Infantry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnTSD219GA John G Union Bridge, MD > -- 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, se

Re: [RBW] Re: Fixed gear bike packing

2019-05-16 Thread RichS
Craig, I am most impressed with the “Rough Stuff” riders. Thanks for giving them a mention here. Pretty amazing terrain they had to pedal over and with hefty loads too. Those were some tough blokes! Cheers mate! Rich in ATL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: [RBW] Re: Fixed gear bike packing

2019-05-16 Thread Daniel M
The moment I saw "fixie bikepacking" written as a joke by Bikesnob (whose writing I love), my first thought was: "You city people have got to get more imaginative than THAT! Out West we HAVE fixie-bikepacking. In the snow. One a Rivendell converted to horizontal dropouts. Wearing boiled wool and

Re: [RBW] Re: Fixed gear bike packing

2019-05-16 Thread Daniel M
Thank you for that photo. Wide tires, wide rims, drop bars at a reasonable height, and a balanced load. It seems to get forgotten and rediscovered over time. I will stick with my Rohloff for touring and more upright bars if the going gets rough enough, however, and keep my fixie riding around t

Re: [RBW] Re: Fixed gear bike packing

2019-05-15 Thread Patrick Moore
Craig Montgomery, sometimes of this list (I think; he's on the boblist) used to regularly tour loaded in the AZ desert (water) on fixed gears; I think that now he's moderated and uses hub or even (gasp!) derailleur gears. Craig? On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 2:26 AM Nick Payne wrote: > In about 1978,

[RBW] Re: Fixed gear bike packing

2019-05-15 Thread Nick Payne
In about 1978, when I was living in Western Australia, a group of us who were a bit over just training and racing organised a nine day 1400km cycle camping tour. Two of the riders did it on fixed wheel - somewhere around a 65" gear as I recall. Luckily WA is not a particularly mountainous part o