Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

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For all the pedal pushers out there that love long distance cycling. There are no gear requirements and no 'minimum distances' here.

Have you ridden for a cheeky overnighter or a 3 year global trek? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got panniers, bikepacking bags or just a backpack with the essentials? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got the latest in carbon engineering or your dads old 10 speed from the 70's? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

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Since i have mod powers i am just going to try this.

This topic is meant to be a low threshold possibility for all kinds of discussion. It is not meant to keep anybody from creating a new topic, the idea is that it may enable some discussion that would otherwise not happen at all.

Just a test balloon to see if this will get used. Do you think it is a good idea?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have a Brompton, took it from my mother since she didn't use it. It looks like it folds smaller, but yours looks pretty small folding too. I think it is comfortable and fun to ride, i just kinda feel it is a bit more "dangerous" to ride a small wheeled bike like that, although nothing bad ever happened.

There are certainly a bunch of Brompton fans happily touring with it. My father (82) is also a Brompton fan, he rides it everyday while his "regular" bike is collecting dust for decades now.

Personally, i use it only for getting by train and bike to work, for every other use case i would rather take one of my other bikes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

This is my first folding bike so I am still getting used to how it rides compared to my regular bikes. My plan of taking it on the train to go on a vacation is really what spurred the purchase. I think this bike will be perfect for that and then travelling around wherever I get off the train, or throwing in my trunk and just randomly driving to a small town, pulling it out and riding around exploring. Not sure if that qualifies as touring, but I have wanted to take a full on, stop working, just get out and ride bike tour for decades. Maybe this will help me get closer to that goal.