I gave up right here. $%*(# the both of you, seriously.
Dude you need to submit this to BQ or something. This pic especially is straight outta their playbook:
Fantastic.
Love the idea of bike camping but think I’d get frustrated having to ride a loaded touring bike.
the trick is to ride a rando bike, not a touring bike
use the same tubing and frame geo you’d make a race bike with, but with way more fork offset
with the front load on low trail, the weight kinda disappears into the bike, even out of the saddle
[quote=JUGE FREDD]the trick is to ride a rando bike, not a touring bike
use the same tubing and frame geo you’d make a race bike with, but with way more fork offset
with the front load on low trail, the weight kinda disappears into the bike, even out of the saddle[/quote]
This works even with a more traditional f/f as long as you use front lowriders to carry most of the weight. If you load appropriately the lowriders give you most of it, even on a cross check or similar. Tubus Tara all the way.
My next bike is a rando camper. Fuck my LHT so hard.
[quote=eric_s][quote=JUGE FREDD]the trick is to ride a rando bike, not a touring bike
use the same tubing and frame geo you’d make a race bike with, but with way more fork offset
with the front load on low trail, the weight kinda disappears into the bike, even out of the saddle[/quote]
This works even with a more traditional f/f as long as you use front lowriders to carry most of the weight. If you load appropriately the lowriders give you most of it, even on a cross check or similar. Tubus Tara all the way.[/quote]
What’s appropriately?
I’d +1 this, but I think my packing methods are too “kitchen sink” right now
looking down a little 300m long but 17% av climb by the beach
[quote=joy of cooking][quote=eric_s]
This works even with a more traditional f/f as long as you use front lowriders to carry most of the weight. If you load appropriately the lowriders give you most of it, even on a cross check or similar. Tubus Tara all the way.[/quote]
What’s appropriately?[/quote]
Roughly even side to side, then dick around with the fore-aft adjustment until the steering is light but the bike does.not try to wander. Essentially try to use the weight of the panniers to adjust the steering load.
Wisconsin by Elkulak, on Flickr
Wisconsin by Elkulak, on Flickr
Wisconsin by Elkulak, on Flickr
Wisconsin by Elkulak, on Flickr
Planning rides in rural Wisconsin is a lot different than rural Washington. It’s more puzzle-like, with hundreds of roads everywhere and few destinations within a couple hours, at least in the Appleton area. It’s also feels strange to ride 70 miles with no appreciable change in the scenery. Very curious about the hill and river country to the southwest.
It’s very beautiful. I’ve never ridden a bicycle around those parts but it’s been one of my favorite places to ride my motorcycle since I moved to Iowa.
Forgot to mention the great mountain biking outside of Whitewater if you do move to Madison. Rusty will testify to it. The road riding is amazing over there too. The sheer amount of interconnected rustic roads and non-existent traffic really makes it enjoyable.
The Southwest corner of Wisconsin is very awesome for riding. Also the far north is very cool!
Except for around the lake where it is a pan flat and featureless wind tunnel of cycling misery.
If I was in Appleton and had a day or so to burn I’d ride up along the Fox to Green Bay, then over to Luxemburg and ride the ex-GB&W to Kewaunee (or the ex A&W up towards Sturgeon Bay.)
^ this is now called “the Ahnapee State Trail”
The ex-A&W or both the A&W and GB&W trails?
The GB&W from Luxemburg east to Kewaunee and the whole A&W. Between Green Bay & Luxemburg still has tracks (for now)