Show us your touring setup!

[Jameshow]

Haven't seen a thread like this here goes.

I'll kick off with my bike getting ready for an overnighter tomorrow night.

Sleeping bag and sleeping Matt fill one pannier cooking gear and clothes in the other.

 

[wafter]

Nice - love the forks (non-original?); although the QR lever position made me a bit sick in my mouth

As I'm sure you're already acquainted with; my Touring by name, shopper by nature:

Would love to tour on it one day, but for now I'm too much of a disorganised nancy..

 

[Julia9054]

I used to tour with panniers. I’d put the rack from my commuting bike onto my best bike because it was more fun to ride. Here is my set up from 2019

I gave that rack to my youngest for their bike and bought a bontrager one for last year. I think the centre of gravity must have been a bit further back because it was like trying to steer a cross channel ferry.
For this year, I have treated myself to a “rackless” set up to distribute the weight more evenly. Frame and bar bag from Restrap and saddle bag from Arkel which I was lucky enough to get second hand on eBay as nowhere stocks them in the UK any more. Will be using the new set up in the Netherlands at the end of May.

 

[ianrauk]

2 pannier set up for a weeks touring in Southern Spain a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Jameshow]

Nice - love the forks (non-original?); although the QR lever position made me a bit sick in my mouth

As I'm sure you're already acquainted with; my Touring by name, shopper by nature:

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Would love to tour on it one day, but for now I'm too much of a disorganised nancy..

Possibly non standard forks, my mate has same bike but carbon forks?

QR needs adjusting and the chain isn't even over the cassette.

We should do a little tour sometime how about Oxford to Dorset?

 

[Retyred.life]

Set up for my nomad, aka homeless, lifestyle.

Ride, Eat, Sleep. Repeat 🇿🇦

 

[Jameshow]

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Set up for my nomad, aka homeless, lifestyle.

Wow love the setup kitchen sink!!

 

[scragend]

My boy.

 

[chriswoody]

There's already a couple of older threads on this:

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/lightweight-touring-kit.276481/

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/loaded-cycles.277253/

However, no harm in posting more!

Here's my Gravel bike set up for a tour:

Here's the mountain bike set up:

Both set ups include full camping gear as well as warm clothes/food and nearly 2 litres of water. Both are about 20kg fully loaded including the weight of the bike.

 

[scragend]

Both set ups include full camping gear as well as warm clothes/food and nearly 2 litres of water. Both are about 20kg fully loaded including the weight of the bike.

I wish I could travel that light!

 

[HobbesOnTour]

Haven't seen a thread like this here goes.

I'll kick off with my bike getting ready for an overnighter tomorrow night.

Sleeping bag and sleeping Matt fill one pannier cooking gear and clothes in the other.

Good for you! Hope you have a great time!

I think my trusty steed is probably over-represented on these pages so I'll give you all a break.

This timesink on CGOB has bazillions of all different kinds of bikes and setups for touring in all kinds of places. Back in the day I lost many an hour ogling and whatever the opposite of ogling is.

 

[rivers]

The current set-up

 

[Jameshow]

I wish I could travel that light!

Just weighted mine roughly 21.1kg bike weighs 10kg approx so 11kg for rack panniers, tent, Matt, bag, cooker, thermal jacket extra tights and fleece midlayer, odds of food and toileties..

 

[steveindenmark]

I used to tour with panniers. I’d put the rack from my commuting bike onto my best bike because it was more fun to ride. Here is my set up from 2019

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I gave that rack to my youngest for their bike and bought a bontrager one for last year. I think the centre of gravity must have been a bit further back because it was like trying to steer a cross channel ferry.
For this year, I have treated myself to a “rackless” set up to distribute the weight more evenly. Frame and bar bag from Restrap and saddle bag from Arkel which I was lucky enough to get second hand on eBay as nowhere stocks them in the UK any more. Will be using the new set up in the Netherlands at the end of May.
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Its funny how trends change so quickly. T

 

[Julia9054]

Not really trends. My first week away on my bike was in 2019. I already had a rack and panniers for commuting and shopping so didn't need to buy anything new. This year will be my third tour. I have invested some money to solve my steering issue.