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Forum: Touring

12-23-19, 03:33 PM

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Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

It does rain on the coast during summer touring...

It does rain on the coast during summer touring season, June through September but not often, meaning once every 2 weeks and then only a shower. My recommendation is put fenders on as they hardly...

Forum: Touring

12-26-16, 10:40 AM

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Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

:D I'm going to put one on my Long Haul Trucker...

:D
I'm going to put one on my Long Haul Trucker by spring at the latest. I think it will come in handy when no tree or building is around. There are some metal leaning post type stands, maybe 36" or...

Forum: Touring

03-11-13, 06:53 AM

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Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

Blog with Video...

If you have room for a Flip camcorder or taking videos from your camera and a mini laptop you can stop in McDonalds for free wi-fi and post stuff on your YouTube Channel. I'm going to start doing...

Forum: Touring

03-11-13, 06:47 AM

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Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

Central CA =What's a Touring Bike?

I've got a Surly LHT and really like it, that's what you'll see a lot of on the road. I also like the Trek 501 touring bike. I had a Trek city bike before the LHT and loved it, although it was not...

Forum: Touring

10-24-11, 10:34 AM

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Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

Good Resources for Touring

go to YouTube and check out 3 wheel journey. Guys crossed the USA from WA to Fl and back. Over a year on the road.

I have an almost new Brooks Saddle for sale.

John Young

Forum: Touring

01-25-10, 08:38 AM

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Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

I bought and REI Novara Safari & Was Not Made Aware Until Check Out Time That...

...that there was only room for one water bottle and that almost killed the deal for me but since I liked the bike so much and read so many positive reviews, I decided to go with it because at the...

Forum: Touring

07-27-09, 06:54 PM

Replies: 356

Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

Views: 399,101

Posted By Juan2know

Buying Off Of Ebay or Used Vs New

I was in the same situation you were several months ago and wondered into REI
and spent a considerable amount of time asking questions and saying stuff like,
"Whatcha got"?

They measured me for...

Forum: Touring

07-20-09, 04:48 PM

Replies: 356

Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

Need Paniers

Looking for used large size Panniers to go on back of my REI Safari touring bike as I need to put either a tent or sleeping bag on one side. thanks, John Young:thumb:

Forum: Touring

07-06-09, 03:33 PM

Replies: 356

Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

Views: 399,101

Posted By Juan2know

Biking n Sweden

Howdy....

I didn't know anything about bikes a couple of years ago, bought one with shoe
clips and proceeded to fall over for the first 3 weeks because I had the tension
on the clips to tight....

Forum: Touring

06-30-09, 09:29 AM

Replies: 356

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Posted By Juan2know

Good Thoughts

Hi Gold...

Great ideas:thumb: I've been blessed with some good contacts
who have given me a boat load of info.

I really like your idea about if you don't have time to smell the roses
then...

Forum: Touring

05-04-09, 08:01 AM

Replies: 356

Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

Advice on Touring

Hi Julia..

In terms of what you need to do physically to do what you want to do, here's my advice.
Do ride as much as possible prior to taking off. The big deal is getting your rear end used
to...

Forum: Touring

04-22-09, 08:54 PM

Replies: 356

Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

Newbie Touring Dude Finds Out A Lot

Hi All,

I'm just purchased a touring bike from REI, Navara Safari and just started riding it empty and love it so far but it's a big difference between that and my road bike to say the least.

I...

Forum: Touring

12-28-08, 02:14 PM

Replies: 356

Sticky The Newbie's Guide To Touring Bikes

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Posted By Juan2know

GBG Filtrated Water Bottle

While this site is about liquid vitamns for faster absorbsion and some cool ingrediants for endurance it also has a very interesting water bottle filtration system in case you're in the middle of no...

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