How long does a journey have to be before you can call it 'touring'?

[stoatsngroats]

Definitely a tour...

A journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited

According to the Oxford Dictionary.

 

[snorri]

If you've got panniers, it's a tour.

Two or four?

 

[oldwheels]

You don’t need panniers. I used to go off for a couple of weeks at a time with a large saddlebag plus one water bottle and a tin for sweets in a bottle holder. My pal Jum did not even have a saddlebag but just a large bundle on the rear carrier of his ex police bike with double crossbar.

 

[mcshroom]

I'd usually say that staying somewhere else overnight is a tour.

If you think it's a tour then call it a tour. It's your ride

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Anything less than 90 nights it's not a tour in my book

 

[bruce1530]

That’s not just a tour. It’s an International Tour.

 

[Ian H]

A tour needs to leave time for sight-seeing, slow food, and other non-cycling pleasures.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

On my first ever bike tour, I cycled ... 15 miles
Up a big hill in Arran, granted, but still only 15 miles.
As said up thread, 100 miles for a newbie could be a bit too much, no matter if the route is flat.
Maybe break it up over 3 days?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

On my first ever bike tour, I cycled ... 15 miles
Up a big hill in Arran, granted, but still only 15 miles.
As said up thread, 100 miles for a newbie could be a bit too much, no matter if the route is flat.
Maybe break it up over 3 days?

If it is the hill I think it is, then your tour was le Grand Tour.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

If it is the hill I think it is, then your tour was le Grand Tour.

The hill is called Budge-something, looked like an Alp to me.
Leave the ferry, turn right.

 

[Milzy]

You don’t need panniers. I used to go off for a couple of weeks at a time with a large saddlebag plus one water bottle and a tin for sweets in a bottle holder. My pal Jum did not even have a saddlebag but just a large bundle on the rear carrier of his ex police bike with double crossbar.

Your tent was in a saddle bag?

 

[steveindenmark]

Dont call it a tour. Call it a trip. Then it can be as long as you want

 

[Yellow Saddle]

The hill is called Budge-something, looked like an Alp to me.
Leave the ferry, turn right.

That's the one. It has many names, most of them similar to golf ball names.

 

[mcshroom]

From my memory of climbing it, most of the names I called it would be substituted by the forum filter.

 

[Rocky]

A tour, for me, can be as long or as short as you want. It’s simply a matter of semantics. Just make sure you enjoy riding your bike.

Have fun.