doog
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- Location
- The beautiful south
Hi
First time tourer here.
Have been commuting / road biking daily for several years and the touring idea has slowly grown on me.
Have built up the equipment list. My bike is a Spesh tricross sport,my commuter for the last 2 years. I have upgraded the cassette / chain / chainset etc and had a service.
Equipment in brief :
Vango Tornado tent , 2 person...weighs in a 3.5 kg but has large porch.
Vango ultralite 200 sleeping bag...cold in April but ok now.
Silk liner for said sleeping bag.
Highlander self inflating mat
Altura arran panniers 46 litres
Coleman F1 lite stove
A bottle of red wine
All went well , cycled from Poole to Mere in Wilts via Gillingham (about 40 miles), spent the night at a small camp site in Wilts for £6.50 and travelled back the length (height) of Dorset (North to South)
I was looking at doing Exmoor / South West next week but really could do with some decent maps.
Im an avid reader of crazyguy on a bike and i guess thats my encouragement in life at the moment
First time tourer here.
Have been commuting / road biking daily for several years and the touring idea has slowly grown on me.
Have built up the equipment list. My bike is a Spesh tricross sport,my commuter for the last 2 years. I have upgraded the cassette / chain / chainset etc and had a service.
Equipment in brief :
Vango Tornado tent , 2 person...weighs in a 3.5 kg but has large porch.
Vango ultralite 200 sleeping bag...cold in April but ok now.
Silk liner for said sleeping bag.
Highlander self inflating mat
Altura arran panniers 46 litres
Coleman F1 lite stove
A bottle of red wine
All went well , cycled from Poole to Mere in Wilts via Gillingham (about 40 miles), spent the night at a small camp site in Wilts for £6.50 and travelled back the length (height) of Dorset (North to South)
I was looking at doing Exmoor / South West next week but really could do with some decent maps.
Im an avid reader of crazyguy on a bike and i guess thats my encouragement in life at the moment