Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Touring
Reload this Page >

Pictures of your loaded rigs?

Notices
Touring Have a dream to ride a bike across your state, across the country, or around the world? Self-contained or fully supported? Trade ideas, adventures, and more in our bicycle touring forum.

Pictures of your loaded rigs?

Old 07-12-15, 08:53 PM
  #3526  
vikingdude
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Winnipeg
Posts: 14

Bikes: Sekine, Araya R200, Raleigh Persuit,

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Forgot to take photos of just the bike, so here's a few with me and "Louise" the 1997 Kona conversion
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
SanFran.jpg (99.2 KB, 655 views)
File Type: jpg
OnTour.jpg (94.3 KB, 641 views)
vikingdude is offline  
Old 07-14-15, 09:11 AM
  #3527  
mdilthey
Senior Member
 
mdilthey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,923

Bikes: Nature Boy 853 Disc, Pugsley SS

Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 251 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts
Here's My X9 Surly Karate Monkey in touring mode. Added a front rack for a bit more capacity so I could carry some of my girlfriend's stuff on our ultralight bikepacking adventure last weekend. She could have carried the panniers, but her bike's rack mounts were de-threaded, so we improvised.





The front rack worked great. We used two Ortlieb front-rollers and a simple drybag strapped on top.

Here's the cockpit:



Not sure about the ESI Extra Chunky grips yet. I need to try them with gloves before I stick with them.



Lots more pictures, gear lists, and full bike components lists are up on my website. Just follow this link.

Keep riding!
mdilthey is offline  
Old 07-15-15, 01:49 PM
  #3528  
jonc123
Ozark Hillbilly
 
jonc123's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Show Me State
Posts: 680

Bikes: Long Haul Trucker

Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 136 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Originally Posted by mdilthey
Here's My X9 Surly Karate Monkey in touring mode. Added a front rack for a bit more capacity so I could carry some of my girlfriend's stuff on our ultralight bikepacking adventure last weekend. She could have carried the panniers, but her bike's rack mounts were de-threaded, so we improvised.





The front rack worked great. We used two Ortlieb front-rollers and a simple drybag strapped on top.

Here's the cockpit:



Not sure about the ESI Extra Chunky grips yet. I need to try them with gloves before I stick with them.



Lots more pictures, gear lists, and full bike components lists are up on my website. Just follow this link.

Keep riding!
I really like the photo of the bike/bridge. Wonderful.

What brand is the front rack?

Jon
jonc123 is offline  
Old 07-15-15, 01:52 PM
  #3529  
mdilthey
Senior Member
 
mdilthey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,923

Bikes: Nature Boy 853 Disc, Pugsley SS

Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 251 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts
Originally Posted by jonc123
I really like the photo of the bike/bridge. Wonderful.

What brand is the front rack?

Jon
Thanks Jon! It's a bridge on the Ashuelot Rail Trail in southern NH. Here's another good pic:



The rack is a Racktime Top-It Front Rack.

Cheers,
Max
mdilthey is offline  
Old 07-15-15, 02:35 PM
  #3530  
jonc123
Ozark Hillbilly
 
jonc123's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Show Me State
Posts: 680

Bikes: Long Haul Trucker

Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 136 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts
^I was just looking at that rack. Thanks!! Trying to get my trucker lined out.

Jon
jonc123 is offline  
Old 07-15-15, 08:57 PM
  #3531  
mdilthey
Senior Member
 
mdilthey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,923

Bikes: Nature Boy 853 Disc, Pugsley SS

Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 251 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts
Originally Posted by jonc123
^I was just looking at that rack. Thanks!! Trying to get my trucker lined out.

Jon
It's rock-solid. Thousands of miles of use, no issues whatsoever. I bought stainless bolts at the hardware store to mount the top brace to my fork where the caliper brake post usually goes, and the threads on those wore out from remounting before anything on the rack has shown any wear at all.
mdilthey is offline  
Old 07-18-15, 02:04 PM
  #3532  
Biketouringhobo
Banned.
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Riverside, CA
Posts: 898

Bikes: Surly LHT 26in 52cm 2008

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts

my Surly LHT 26in 52cm 2008
with 24-32-42t Chain Rings
and 11-34t Cassette
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
my Surly LHT Fully Loaded2.jpg (99.7 KB, 718 views)
Biketouringhobo is offline  
Old 07-19-15, 10:52 AM
  #3533  
mijome07
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,570
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts
MTB to touring bike conversion (unloaded)

Here's my '97 TREK 820 all done (in single speed mode). Next on the list is a front bag/decaleur and a rack to hold it, along with other accessories.

I'd like to try some short over-nighters with this setup. I'll eventually upgrade to a 3x8/9 drivetrain, rear rack, more bags, etc.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
820_L.jpg (98.3 KB, 357 views)
File Type: jpg
820_M.jpg (97.1 KB, 350 views)
File Type: jpg
820_R.jpg (96.8 KB, 325 views)
mijome07 is offline  
Old 07-20-15, 07:17 PM
  #3534  
biketocamp
Banned.
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New York
Posts: 255

Bikes: FM-296 Road Bike, Surly LHT, Superb Sprint

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 62 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 23 Times in 10 Posts
Here goes my Surly Long Haul Trucker from last years tour and here it is just now. I snapped this photo today after it being outfitted with MTN riser bars, XT shifters and V-Brakes. I love how it rides. I'll be doing some bikepack trips with this next month.

Summer 2014


Summer 2015
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
2014.Surly.jpg (101.3 KB, 691 views)
File Type: jpg
2015.Surly.jpg (112.4 KB, 708 views)
biketocamp is offline  
Old 07-26-15, 07:46 AM
  #3535  
SRFS1
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Posts: 59

Bikes: 1993 Bianchi Giro, 1996 Giant ATX 780 (converted to touring), New Albion Privateer, Olmo Nuevo Sprint

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
New Albion Privateer

I've been wanting to tour for a while now and had started converting my '96 Giant ATX 780 towards that purpose. But the more I looked, the more I wanted a purpose built frameset as the foundation. I did a lot of research and was able to test ride a LHT which helped a lot. My brain wanted a Riv Atlantis but my budget said otherwise, so I went back to the internet and found the New Albion Privateer. One of the big things was the fact that it was designed to work with 130 and 135 rear hubs. My donor bike for most of the parts was a 1999 Lemond Buenos Aires and while a pair of touring specific wheels are in the plans, I wanted to get it up and going with the 130mm wheels from the Lemond. About 300 miles and my first out and back overnighter under my belt and I love it! I can't believe I waited this long to give touring a try. Here is a picture from my return ride.

Attached Images
File Type: jpg
FullSizeRender.jpg (102.3 KB, 672 views)
SRFS1 is offline  
Old 07-27-15, 05:38 AM
  #3536  
azza_333
Senior Member
 
azza_333's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 793

Bikes: A few

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 122 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts

Not quite rideable yet but, after 2 hours I have finished internally routing my Di2 cables through my carbon frame, for my new lightweight unsupported touring bike. Tomorrows task is to route the hydraulic brake lines through the frame aswell.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
DSC_0460.jpg (96.6 KB, 621 views)
azza_333 is offline  
Old 07-27-15, 10:57 AM
  #3537  
Tapinamubur
Tapinambur
 
Tapinamubur's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Germany/ Berlin
Posts: 4

Bikes: Koga Myata

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
So here we go. The dirty one ;-)

Attached Images
File Type: jpg
Tansania-3.jpg (105.0 KB, 741 views)
Tapinamubur is offline  
Old 07-28-15, 11:49 PM
  #3538  
judes21
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 13
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Salsa Vaya

Salsa Vaya out for a couple of nights. This bike gets better the more I ride it and feels fabulous loaded!
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
IMG_1288.jpg (98.8 KB, 683 views)
judes21 is offline  
Old 08-03-15, 11:32 AM
  #3539  
tdreyer1
Senior Member
 
tdreyer1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 145

Bikes: Specialized Awol Elite

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
My AWOL ready to go for last weekend's quick shakedown tour. Took too much but that's the point, right?

tdreyer1 is offline  
Old 08-03-15, 12:05 PM
  #3540  
bmike
Bye Bye
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Gone gone gone
Posts: 3,677
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Yuba Mundo by Mike, on Flickr

Yuba Mundo
Go Getter Bags
Surly Big Dummy Fork
Surly Nice Rack
2 Ortlieb panniers (one for each daughter...)
Revelate Tangle, Sweetroll, Pocket, Feed bags.

First overnight with the girls.
S24O to a state park 18 miles away. With 2 bonus miles to retrieve a lost sandal.
~38 miles round trip, 1200' of elevation gain over the 2 days (flat, for us here in VT).
2 trips on the Local Motion bike ferry.
1 thunderstorm out run.
1 thunderstorm caught us waiting for the ferry.
I think we were over 440#s rolling weight. Dad + girls + bike + gear + food + water...

Excellent first trip.
__________________
So long. Been nice knowing you BF.... to all the friends I've made here and in real life... its been great. But this place needs an enema.
bmike is offline  
Old 08-04-15, 06:49 PM
  #3541  
lurch0038
Full Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Northern Mass
Posts: 218
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9 Post(s)
Liked 3 Times in 2 Posts
Originally Posted by bmike
Yuba Mundo by Mike, on Flickr

Yuba Mundo
Go Getter Bags
Surly Big Dummy Fork
Surly Nice Rack
2 Ortlieb panniers (one for each daughter...)
Revelate Tangle, Sweetroll, Pocket, Feed bags.

First overnight with the girls.
S24O to a state park 18 miles away. With 2 bonus miles to retrieve a lost sandal.
~38 miles round trip, 1200' of elevation gain over the 2 days (flat, for us here in VT).
2 trips on the Local Motion bike ferry.
1 thunderstorm out run.
1 thunderstorm caught us waiting for the ferry.
I think we were over 440#s rolling weight. Dad + girls + bike + gear + food + water...

Excellent first trip.
SWEET!!! My son and I were coming off the ferry when you were getting on the ferry heading north. I tried to take a picture of your bike as I was so impressed with the way the bike was loaded and how your girls were riding on the back.
lurch0038 is offline  
Old 08-08-15, 07:14 PM
  #3542  
bicyclejunkies
Junior Member
 
bicyclejunkies's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: The World
Posts: 11

Bikes: Avaghon X29 with Rohloff hub and Gates Belt Drive

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Here's my bicycle on which we are touring the Americas; currently riding the GDMBR:

Attached Images
File Type: jpg
USA_20150718_1352.jpg (101.0 KB, 301 views)
bicyclejunkies is offline  
Old 08-08-15, 07:16 PM
  #3543  
LesterOfPuppets
cowboy, steel horse, etc
 
LesterOfPuppets's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
Posts: 44,799

Bikes: everywhere

Mentioned: 71 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12634 Post(s)
Liked 7,528 Times in 3,989 Posts
Originally Posted by bicyclejunkies
Here's my bicycle on which we are touring the Americas; currently riding the GDMBR:


Nice looking bike. Are those hydraulic rim brakes?
LesterOfPuppets is offline  
Old 08-08-15, 07:20 PM
  #3544  
bicyclejunkies
Junior Member
 
bicyclejunkies's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: The World
Posts: 11

Bikes: Avaghon X29 with Rohloff hub and Gates Belt Drive

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks! And yes, those are Magura HS33 Hydraulic brakes. Been touring with those for many years now, never had a problem.
bicyclejunkies is offline  
Old 08-08-15, 07:43 PM
  #3545  
bmike
Bye Bye
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Gone gone gone
Posts: 3,677
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Originally Posted by lurch0038
SWEET!!! My son and I were coming off the ferry when you were getting on the ferry heading north. I tried to take a picture of your bike as I was so impressed with the way the bike was loaded and how your girls were riding on the back.
Thanks! Was a lot of fun (aside from the thunder and lightning - but we got through that!).
__________________
So long. Been nice knowing you BF.... to all the friends I've made here and in real life... its been great. But this place needs an enema.
bmike is offline  
Old 08-09-15, 10:03 AM
  #3546  
djb
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Montreal Canada
Posts: 13,191
Mentioned: 33 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2731 Post(s)
Liked 952 Times in 783 Posts
Bmike and junkies- neat to see your different from ordinary bikes.
Junkies, all the best with your trip, if you are doing an online thing and feel like sharing it, put up a link.
djb is offline  
Old 08-09-15, 04:49 PM
  #3547  
bicyclejunkies
Junior Member
 
bicyclejunkies's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: The World
Posts: 11

Bikes: Avaghon X29 with Rohloff hub and Gates Belt Drive

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
@djb: thanks!

Yes, we do keep a blog on our website: Bicycle Junkies
It also has blogs and photos of our previous trips (we've done bicycle touring trips since 11 years now). Hope you like it!

Cheers, Ellen
bicyclejunkies is offline  
Old 08-10-15, 02:20 AM
  #3548  
Trevtassie
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Down Under
Posts: 1,936

Bikes: A steel framed 26" off road tourer from a manufacturer who thinks they are cool. Giant Anthem. Trek 720 Multiroad pub bike. 10 kids bikes all under 20". Assorted waifs and unfinished projects.

Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1188 Post(s)
Liked 1,154 Times in 640 Posts
My bike in Hokkaido, Japan. 25 year old MTB with new stuff: Shimano Dynohub, Tiagra Rear, Alex Adventurer Rims, Sapim Strong Spokes, Butterfly Bars, 22/34 gearing, Schwalbe Marathons, cheap Gyes leather saddle, plus some small stuff. The only original fittings in the end were the front derailleur, brake/shifters and the headset! Racks were custom modified by me aluminium racks front and rear, based on Blackburns. We decided to take big dry bags as handle bar bags as we wanted to do some long hikes so I made up a couple of L shaped racks for the bars, that sat on top of the low rider U brace over the front wheel. This was linked to the forks with a SS flat bar that incorporated the front light mount. The rear rack I added a large top platform raised up so a Ortlieb Rack top back would sit neatly, whilst still being able to get into the rear panniers. The additions were made out of aluminium security mesh and 8mm rod. The rear rack platform was useful, made carrying the BBQ we picked up for $5 easy! The front bag was big enough to take a 6 pack of 500ml beers, a couple of bento box lunches, and the nights shopping. It was easy to remove so we'd just grab our backpacks with our stuff and go. We had Velo-orange steering stabilisers to stop the flop from all the weight on the bars, they worked well.

Attached Images
File Type: jpg
DSC_0149 (Medium).jpg (101.1 KB, 652 views)
Trevtassie is offline  
Old 08-11-15, 03:52 PM
  #3549  
schnee
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 3,409
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 23 Post(s)
Liked 13 Times in 11 Posts
Here's my Salsa Vaya.

I try to tour as light as possible, so these are load-outs for a late summer / early fall tour in Scandinavia (picture 1) and early summer in New Zealand (picture 2). I was still figuring out how to pack on these two trips, so my third big trip - currently in the Balkans - is a bit different too. I'll post a picture of that one later.



schnee is offline  
Old 08-11-15, 06:23 PM
  #3550  
Lou Skannon
Senior Member
 
Lou Skannon's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 139
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts


Ready to go with this set-up.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
ready2.JPG (56.4 KB, 762 views)
File Type: jpg
ready3.JPG (58.9 KB, 735 views)
Lou Skannon is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.