Retrobike Touring.
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Re: Retro MTB Touring.
Fascinating: http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/
I like to look of the cooker also.
highlandsflyer":3t2uumse said:We are lucky in the Highlands as we have a plethora of bothies too. Often the tent stays folded up.
Fascinating: http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/
I like to look of the cooker also.
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I'd take a shelter top (like a big waterproof sheet) and a Gore-Tex bivvy bag and sleep mat. You can prop your bike against a wall, fence, post etc; and run the shelter top off it, and sleep under it in the bivvy bag. Always worked for me. Very lightweight solution.
I'd take a shelter top (like a big waterproof sheet) and a Gore-Tex bivvy bag and sleep mat. You can prop your bike against a wall, fence, post etc; and run the shelter top off it, and sleep under it in the bivvy bag. Always worked for me. Very lightweight solution.
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Personally, I prefer a tiny tent to a bivvy bag - a Jack Wolfskin Gossamer is just on the tent side of a bivvy and around £80. For one night I'd take some basic dried food with a single pan and camping Gaz burner like a Twister Plus with smallest gas cartridge (half the size of the one pictured).
Trangia pan system is much better for a longer tour though. Rubbish photo attached...
Personally, I prefer a tiny tent to a bivvy bag - a Jack Wolfskin Gossamer is just on the tent side of a bivvy and around £80. For one night I'd take some basic dried food with a single pan and camping Gaz burner like a Twister Plus with smallest gas cartridge (half the size of the one pictured).
Trangia pan system is much better for a longer tour though. Rubbish photo attached...
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Here's a cool tent ! the Topeak bikecamper. Has won a design award !
http://www.topeak.com/products/Tent/Bikamper
Here's a cool tent ! the Topeak bikecamper. Has won a design award !
http://www.topeak.com/products/Tent/Bikamper
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Is that not going to fill the disc calipers with mud?
xeo":33tx8hiy said:
Is that not going to fill the disc calipers with mud?
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Bike tents are very clever, but all you are saving is the weight of a pole, so why bother? You have the considerable disadvantage that you cannot leave the thing pitched if you ride off...
A cheaper alternative, high quality tent of the same weight, bigger and doubtless more wind resistant:
http://www.simplyhike.co.uk/products/Wi ... 1Tent.aspx
Or what I use:
http://www.surfmountain.com/Models.aspx ... tedKingdom
Which is 50 quid cheaper than the Topeak and more solidly built.
Bike tents are very clever, but all you are saving is the weight of a pole, so why bother? You have the considerable disadvantage that you cannot leave the thing pitched if you ride off...
A cheaper alternative, high quality tent of the same weight, bigger and doubtless more wind resistant:
http://www.simplyhike.co.uk/products/Wi ... 1Tent.aspx
Or what I use:
http://www.surfmountain.com/Models.aspx ... tedKingdom
Which is 50 quid cheaper than the Topeak and more solidly built.
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Going back to OP, I think some are forgetting that this will be his first "tour". If you are going to a popular area then I can't see the advantage of camping if you don't have any camping gear suitable.
If you make the first one you try as fun as possible then you'll get to know whether you like the touring idea without a big outlay on stuff you might not need again. Having as little weight on the bike will keep decent handling and it will be easier to ride a longer distance. A stop in a B+B will be great recuperation for the second day, especially important if a first time tour as riding a long distance on a second day might be a new (read difficult!) experience. A nice bumper breakfast will fuel you up for the day too. One night in a B+B won't be much more than a camping pitch plus the breakfast you'll have to buy.
If you catch the bug you can build up kit and knowledge on what you like to pack, how long to ride etc on every tour you do. You might eventually graduate to fully loaded touring accross deserts!!
I'm planning on doing the C2C this year and that'll be 50-60 miles a day over 3 days. As its my first multiday ride I'm going for a B+B for 2 nights as it'll only cost £80 ish in total and make it much more pleasurable. I'll be able to travel very very light to make it feel more like a day ride.
Going back to OP, I think some are forgetting that this will be his first "tour". If you are going to a popular area then I can't see the advantage of camping if you don't have any camping gear suitable.
If you make the first one you try as fun as possible then you'll get to know whether you like the touring idea without a big outlay on stuff you might not need again. Having as little weight on the bike will keep decent handling and it will be easier to ride a longer distance. A stop in a B+B will be great recuperation for the second day, especially important if a first time tour as riding a long distance on a second day might be a new (read difficult!) experience. A nice bumper breakfast will fuel you up for the day too. One night in a B+B won't be much more than a camping pitch plus the breakfast you'll have to buy.
If you catch the bug you can build up kit and knowledge on what you like to pack, how long to ride etc on every tour you do. You might eventually graduate to fully loaded touring accross deserts!!
I'm planning on doing the C2C this year and that'll be 50-60 miles a day over 3 days. As its my first multiday ride I'm going for a B+B for 2 nights as it'll only cost £80 ish in total and make it much more pleasurable. I'll be able to travel very very light to make it feel more like a day ride.
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