How the young South Americans go touring
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Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
As a teenager I used ex army backpacks as panniers . A friend and I toured overseas with ours .
We went to The Isle of Wight.
Jameshow
Veteran
Is the Solent a sea?!!
https://solentprotection.org/what-i...lent River extended from,of the Isle of Wight.
https://solentprotection.org/what-i...lent River extended from,of the Isle of Wight.
matticus
Guru
Impressive.
I'm guessing the weather is vv warm - wherever they are - as water looks like a VERY important resource to them!
HobbesOnTour
Guru
- Location
- España
Stopped outside Medellín a young guy pulled up beside me with a variety of bags and cheap panniers attached by string.
Spying my flag and appreciating it's utility he borrowed my knife, hacked off the branch of a nearby bamboo tree and made his own! Attaching was easy as he had a ball of twine!
In México city lots of delivery guys ride old MTBs with a specially attached steel rack. They'll happily carry 40kg on the back.
Mind you, there's quite a lot of unorthodox setups in this part of the world too, just not as many.
Too many people, I think, are of the opinion that they need "the best" and set about acquiring it. It can be a handy way to defer actually going.
Some of the happiest people I have met on the road are the ones who use what's available however "inappropriate" according to the Internet.
Having said all that there is a value on a soaking wet day to knowing that my sleeping gear is bone dry in my Ortlieb.
Spying my flag and appreciating it's utility he borrowed my knife, hacked off the branch of a nearby bamboo tree and made his own! Attaching was easy as he had a ball of twine!
In México city lots of delivery guys ride old MTBs with a specially attached steel rack. They'll happily carry 40kg on the back.
Mind you, there's quite a lot of unorthodox setups in this part of the world too, just not as many.
Too many people, I think, are of the opinion that they need "the best" and set about acquiring it. It can be a handy way to defer actually going.
Some of the happiest people I have met on the road are the ones who use what's available however "inappropriate" according to the Internet.
Having said all that there is a value on a soaking wet day to knowing that my sleeping gear is bone dry in my Ortlieb.
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
No one likes a pedant
, now where’s the ignore switch .
.I’m sticking to overseas
, it was over 50 years ago I still remember a very rough crossing. By the time we arrived my traveling companion was the colour of the Incredible Hulk .
matticus
Guru
So the Isle of Man is definitely overseas. Good.
<sorry, couldn't resist adding to the pedantry. Someone please post something about luggage or bikes, quick!>
<sorry, couldn't resist adding to the pedantry. Someone please post something about luggage or bikes, quick!>
Jameshow
Veteran
No one likes a pedant
I’m sticking to overseas
I was only joking I'm definitely not a pedant sorry! It's deffo a sea! Been stuck in benbridge due to a storm blowing through!
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
In my early 20's we went touring in northern Europe and also much of Scotland using ex army packs as panniers. They were a bit heavy by modern standards but worked ok and were cheap to buy.The weight was not too much of an issue as the rest of the equipment in those days { early 1960's } was also pretty heavy. A Black's Good Companions tent and lilo airbeds were not lightweight.
No It's plastic 10 or 20 litre containers , cut away the top from one and cut another further down from the top . Then squeeze the bottom one and slip the top one over it, result a waterproof pannier for the Argentine Lagos and Southern Chile .
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Just shows you can tour with any improvised and cheap setup.
