Touring for newbies
Originally Posted by mcavana Sure you can search for it all over the place, but here it is in one spot. Calling everyone who has cyclo toured before... If you started touring all over again, what would you tell yourself? what would your bike setup look like? what kind of racks and paniers would be best? What camping gear would your recomend?
Help our new-bees out!!!!
Mike
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My wife bought me this book a few days ago:
Adventure Cycle - Touring Handbook: A Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide, by Stephen Lord, September 2006. It's got lots of pages on touring bike choices, set-ups including racks & panniers, camping gear, stories from the road including the bike equipment chosen for better or worse, and more ...