the sloth

my Surly Crosscheck on a recent three-day tour of the C&O!

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bobframe

Taken on my recent tour along Gulf Coast (this shot taken in Navarre Beach, FL).



And another shot of my Co-Motion Americano.....

bh357

Here's my rig loaded up for my first bike-packing adventure, a 5 day ride on the NCT from White Cloud to Mackinaw City. Unfortunately I had to bail out day 3 in Kalkaska, due to tweaking my knee in an attempt to prevent a crash.



The rack and trunk have since been replaced with a Banjo Brothers large seat bag (400 c/i), and today I'll be picking up a much larger Camelbak Ventoux to replace the current pack. Bedroll (fleece bag liner, space blanket, Big Agnes airbed) goes up front. Tent poles and pegs strap to the toptube. Tent body and fly, and cooking kit (beer can alcohol stove) go in the seat bag. Food, clothes for nighttime, extra socks and shorts, first aid and other incidentals will go in the pack. For that photo, the extra clothes and some food were in the trunk.

This weekend, I'll be doing a 3 day trip from just outside of Traverse City, up the NCT to Mackinaw, and then the Gaylord to Mackinaw rail trail and dirt roads back.


Here's an action shot near Sweet's Ravine (South of Mesick).

Amani576

That's pretty awesome. I'm interested in doing some MTB/Trail touring sometime in the future. Seems a lot more interesting to me.
-Gene-

splytz1

Maine.

sknhgy 

Not loaded up, but here's a picture of my Raleigh Passage. Since this picture was taken I've changed to a Brooks B68, changed to flat bars, and upgraded to an expedition rack.

Amani576

My 2009 Surly LHT. I'm very proud of the way it looks. I'd love to have gone touring on it, but time's never been there, and it was more of a commuter anyways. It's up for sale now, so it won't be in my possession for too much longer, hopefully. Just wanted to post a picture on here before it was gone.
-Gene-

rydabyk

I ride out there almost every other day It's a great ride.

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wasabi

Nice bike - looks like Campy brifters with a Shimano XT rear derailleur. What is the exact configuration (3x8, 3x9, 3x10?) and how are they working together? Just wondering because I want to build up mine the same way, but without playing around with adaptors etc. Campagnolo does not make 135 mm rear hubs any more, so it will have to be something Shimano compatible......

Amani576

That's exactly what it is. 3x9 with Campy Centaur 10s ergopower shifters and Deore XT rear, Tiagra front.
I went with the cable orientation mentioned here.
It works well. It sometimes hops on the gears, but it's never very bad, and rarely ever jumps gears.
I thought about going the JTEK Shiftmate route, but I couldn't at the time because they were out of production and going for astronomical prices on eBay.
And you could also go with an American Classic Shimano splined Campy spaced cassette, though they aren't cheap.
-Gene-

AdamDZ

As of last weekend. A practice overnight trip for a longer tour next month:

VAwitt

overnight trip from this past weekend. our surly family

cyclokitty 

All this for an overnight trip? Ye gods, you are ready for anything. I like the butterfly bars. I'm leaning towards swapping out my risers (resembles somewhere between bmx style and ape hangers) so I can enjoy more hand positions. What kind of shifters and brake levers do you use?

twodeadpoets

VAwitt,
Nice looking couple there!

Oscuro

I'm going to assume he packed as if he were going on the month-long trip as practice for packing the bags, getting used to the bike fully loaded, etc.

electrik

Needs a licorice dispenser... Adam can you drink from that camelbak as it is?

sculbertson

Early 80's Univega Gran Turismo with many upgrades
Phil Wood hubs, Super Champion 58 rims, 48 spoke rear, 36 front
Sugino AT Crank - 44-40-28
Suntour Ultra 6 freewheel 13-32
Huret Duopar rear derailleur
Ideale 92 leather saddle
Eclipse racks and bags

X-LinkedRider

Bags are awesome. Do you have a better picture of the front setup? I am interested int hat bungee from hb bag to wheel panniers. How much use have you put on them?

sculbertson

These are 25+ year old racks and bags. I don't think Eclipse makes bags and racks anymore. In their day, they were very nice.
One important thing to note about Eclipse racks and bags is that have a unique mounting scheme and were designed to work together as a system. If you could find some used, you could probably convert them to use a standard hook type system. I have about 5,000 miles of touring on these and they have held up very well. The handlebar bag uses the bungee cord to keep it on its mount. The other end of the bungee attaches to the rack or front wheel eyelet via an S hook.

rodar y rodar

Sweet bike, SC. I`d covet it more if it weren`t about three sizes too big for me

iharper

Wow those are great pics!

twodeadpoets

@AdamDZ,
Would love to see how you made your "p-brakes"

supersport

@AdamDZ,
Is your kickstand bending under all that weight?

That's a lotta stuff!

Tarkin

Wow. Just wow.


Here is a picture of mine and my wife's bikes loaded up for a two night trip. We ended up coming back early because of rain though. Sad times.



Sorry for the crappy quality, I forgot to bring my camera so all I had was my phone.

wasabi

Thanks a lot - good to know I could use a Campy 10s. One thing I already got to work is old Campy 9s shifters (with the pointed upper part) with Campy 9s long cage rear derailleur on a Shimano XT hub with 9s Shimano Ultegra and XT cassette. But the 10s lever sounds cool because I already got a pair of them and so I would only need a pair of Avid BB7 mechanical disc brakes for road levers to upgrade my touring bike.