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Re: [ultralightbiking] Touring gear lists w/weights

Hi Terrian,

Since you're already a lightweight backpacker you have it easy.  The only challenge for us backpackers to bike tour is how to haul our loads on the bike (or trailer) and not have the load carrier system be too heavy.  Just as backpackers need to watch the weight of their backpacks we need to care about what our hauling set up weighs.  The weight of your trailer may very well exceed the weight of your gear.  Not a very efficient  way to go after you've put all that effort into lightening up your gear.  For road and light trail touring some of us use just a rear rack and a couple of lightweight suffsacks tied to the rack.  Panniers can be heavy too, there are some that are lighter than others, if you want to go that route.  By looking through some of the old posts on this list you can get a pretty good idea of ways to lighten up the way you haul your gear.  A trailer is a wonderful thing for day to day shopping and leaving the car at home.  I suppose if one wanted to camp heavy they also might be nice.  But I think you'll find for ultralight bike touring it isn't the most efficient option.   

Gary Blakley  

On Jul 2, 2006, at 8:19 AM, Terriann wrote:

I'm new to the list, coming from a lifetime of cycling (20+ years) on
street bikes to purchasing my new Trek 7.3FX. I'm an avid lightweight
backpacker that is trying to blend the two worlds into "bike-packing"
or touring. In this process I now am the proud owner of a Burley
Nomad and am practicing on learning how to tow with and without a load
in preparation of doing some, if not all, of the John Wayne Pioneer
Trail later this summer. I'm hoping the members of the list can help
me. I'm looking for gear lists WITH WEIGHTS for multi-day tours.


Many thanks and smooth riding,

Terriann




Tue Jul 4, 2006 1:52 am

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I'm new to the list, coming from a lifetime of cycling (20+ years) on street bikes to purchasing my new Trek 7.3FX. I'm an avid lightweight backpacker that is...
Terriann
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Jul 2, 2006
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:19:33 -0000, "Terriann" <ecotopia@...> ... Hi Terriann, I can't give you an ounce by ounce breakdown of my gear but I can ...
Kent Peterson
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Jul 2, 2006
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... Hi Terriann, Here is a typical list for me with weights. This gearlist is good for me (comfortable) down to about freezing. I've used it on the John Waine...
Dan Goldenberg
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Jul 2, 2006
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Hi Terrian, Since you're already a lightweight backpacker you have it easy. The only challenge for us backpackers to bike tour is how to haul our loads on the...
Gary Blakley
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Jul 4, 2006
1:55 am

... The list of things with weights from my last three 1-month tours are on http://www2.arnes.si/~ikovse/weight.htm <http://www2.arnes.si/~ikovse/weight.htm>...
musilijk
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Jul 4, 2006
10:27 am

Well,I will basically reiterate what others have said as I pretty much use the same gear/clothing etc. for cycle and backpacking.In fact I purchase any such...
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Jul 5, 2006
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