Ming the Merciless
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I don’t share my tour photos. Not everything has to be shared online. My tours are done in radio silence, old school style, staying in the moment / experience.
Touring MTB the advantages
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I don’t share my tour photos. Not everything has to be shared online. My tours are done in radio silence, old school style, staying in the moment / experience.
tothehills
New Member
liked - pity can only do one like.
We have Euro style touring bikes (mtb) but we draw a line regarding the European cyclists love of the kickstand. 😂Nice photo's but I'm worried @Sallar55 that even on an MTB you fall off a lot. I see many photo's with your bike laid in the road /track....
Petrichorwheels
Senior Member
fair dos, though in earlier times would have suspected you of being a spy - lurking in woods to run a transmitter up a tree, if questioned plead the birdspotter/cycletourist cover and hoping that your smelly sandals would get you off.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Ah but the spy would have a camera about their person.
Absolutely this.
I find it amusing reading pages here where people talk about the bikes they're going to use when there's people like Heinz Stucke:
https://www.facebook.com/heinzstucke
He did most of his touring on a 3 speed road bike. Still touring at 82. I believe he's graduated to a Brompton now.
I'm also with @Ming the Merciless - I did a lot of touring when I was younger and I'm glad I didn't feel the need to "record" it all. Too many people spend their lives in a little smartphone "bubble" these days.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Heinz has been touring on a Brompton for quite a while now. He has ridden 60.000 miles on it
My 26er hardtail doesn't handle well with panniers so it's limited in that respect. What it can do is, pack down small for flights, take on any random route Maps.me churns out. It's good in hike-a-bike situation, great for getting around a busy city, carrying up steps, pushing through crowded streets, finding hotel rooms etc.
It can fit in the boot of a taxi, in a rickshaw, on the roof of a bus and I've often been allowed to keep it in a hotel room or balcony. Best of all, once the luggage is stashed it's a great bike to go exploring with.
Touring on flat terrain, it becomes truelly monotonous but perhaps it would suit some Spainish routes, I'm 20 miles from the Plymouth - Santander ferry.
It can fit in the boot of a taxi, in a rickshaw, on the roof of a bus and I've often been allowed to keep it in a hotel room or balcony. Best of all, once the luggage is stashed it's a great bike to go exploring with.
Touring on flat terrain, it becomes truelly monotonous but perhaps it would suit some Spainish routes, I'm 20 miles from the Plymouth - Santander ferry.
