Originally Posted by
BlarneyHammer
My line of thinking is, if your favorite part of bike touring is luxury coffee, restaurants, warm beds, why bother with the tour? Why not stay in town and eat at restaurants, drink expensive coffee, and sleep at home, or in a hotel? You'd be happier. The point of bike touring (and hiking), to me, is to simplify life and come closer to understanding how little you need, not how much.
Touring did make me realize "how little you need".
It was astonishing.
But now that I'm over it I like expensive coffee and cheap beer on tour.