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Questions tagged [touring]

Touring usually means very long multi-day (or multi-week) rides carrying a lot of gear (camping, cooking, clothes, etc) on the bike. Can also apply to unloaded/creditcard touring involving using hotels/motels instead of camping.

Typical touring questions might cover:

  • How to carry everything
  • How to carry less stuff
  • On-road maintenance with no shop access
  • food/water for a long ride
  • picking a bike or components
  • figuring out routes
  • Issues surrounding very long rides

Related:

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Aspects for choosing a bike to ride across Europe

I've been planning to do an "Orient Express" tour for a while now and I realised it would be a good idea to ask for advice regarding choosing the bike. I was born in a mountainous area and used to ride a lot up until I was around 23, mostly on road…
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What is a recovery ride?

I often heard this from other bikers where they do recovery rides the day after a long ride (greater than 100kms). What is it for and is it really needed?
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Touring with kids - tag along and kids trailer behind same bike

I am wondering if anyone has experience of pulling tag-along and then kids trailer? Would that be possible to tag a kids trailer to a 20 inch tag along?
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Traveling Overseas with Bikes

My wife and I are planning a cycling trip through Europe. This will be our second, and we're planning to build a pair of dedicating touring bikes for this (and other) adventures. We'd like suggestions on how to most cheaply and reliably get our…
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How hot / humid does it have to be for cycle touring to become unenjoyable?

This November, if restrictions loosen enough to allow it, I am planning on going on a month-long cycling trip from New South Wales to Queensland. That would mean I would be going deeper into the humid parts of Australia as summer picks up. Climate…
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Should I attempt a long trip?

I daily cycle 20~30 km in (high) traffic going between home, faculty and other places. However I have never been outside of city or in any kind of competition. Now I have to go to another city and I was wondering if it is a good idea to attempt this…
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How to cope with boredom whilst cycle touring?

I went on a long cycle tour before and I found myself getting bored whilst I was riding at some points. E.g. on monotonous main roads, and areas with not much scenery or people to stop and talk to, or when I got bored of music I was listening to.…
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Touring tires and fixing flats

I am riding the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (FKOHT) in February 2021. There will be flats. The ride is unsupported. Most riders say they have at least two flats on the ride, some riders have as many as 8! I use clinchers and tubes. I admit…
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Why so many headset spacers on some expedition bicycles?

I've been looking at expedition bikes and I've noticed on some bikes I've seen that they have a lot of headset spacers such as http://www.oxfordbikeworks.co.uk/models/overview/ and thorn cycles in particular. Why is that?
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Social network for bike users

Does a social network exists for bicycle users? I'm working on a website that caters bikers who want to discover some parts of France, and I'd like to allow bikers to share their experience. I could use FB, but some other soc net are maybe more…
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Touring on a Tri bike?

I'm going on a coast to coast tour, fully supported, so only carrying what I need for the day. I have a Trek Speed Concept I have used for Ironman races and a few multi day tours (75 mile days). I used a touring bike with a triple for a similar…
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What is the minimum repair kit/parts I should bring on a 150 mile bikepacking trip?

Planning a 150 mile rails-to-trail ride (GAP trail from Pittsburg) with my family of 5. We'd potentially be 10 to 15 miles max from "civilization", probably further from a bike shop. But expect to see other riders on the trail (it's fairly high…
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Can I use a mountain bike to go bike touring?

I'm planning on going bike touring in S.East Asia. I've been planning which bike to get. Companies like Thorn offer custom made bikes (specially designed for adventure-style cycle touring), but they somewhat expensive and I have enough expertise to…
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Why should the front wheel be more heavily loaded when touring?

Possible Duplicate: Touring load weight distribution In reading advice for carrying cargo on a bicycle, whether for touring or otherwise, I see recommendations (such as here) that load should be either evenly distributed between the front and…
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Bormio (Italy) to Annecy (France) multiday bike tour

I'm planning a cycle tour from Bormio (Italy) to Annecy (France), estimating about 80km / day. Has anybody done this? Any recommendation for routes, preferably taking in cols / passes along the way.
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