I’m not sure if this would work. Each color is a separate bent tube. I think it would be easier to get the pieces right if none has more than two bends.
It would have attachment plates at the forward eyelet on the dropout and at the mid fork. And a connection at the fork crown.
Also not in this sketch are a few straight pieces to make the top deck give more support.
Ps this is a test post from my iPhone.
I’ve had this since my living-in-a-van-and-snowboarding-everyday days. The coating is still there, it’s light enough, and doesn’t take up too much space. On a solo tour I’d probably ditch the smaller pot and just go large pot, fry pan, gripper and the stuff sack it came with.
I did use this an average of once a day for two months on my last tour. Still in great shape.
I don’t think this option is still available. I have no idea where it was made or how much I spent on it.
All I remember is I bought it at Kittredge Sports in Mammoth Lakes, CA. about 6 or 7 years ago.
Not all MSR stove are made in the US, this model is. The Pocket Rocket is not.
The Superfly cost about $10 more and is not as small but it has 4 of those things that hold the pan up, vs. 3 on the pocket rocket. And this one has a larger circle for where the fire come out. I think that gives a more even heat, kind of important when making pancakes or grilled cheese or cooking eggs.
I had just finished my touring bike and had a weekend day off that lined up with the opening of a new REI store in Yonkers. I’d never been to Yonkers and REI was giving away gift certificates to the first two hundred people in the store. So I got up early and rode about 27 miles and waited in line about 20 minuets while I ate free bagels and juice then was greeted at the door with a branded water bottle with a $25 G.C. inside.
Cost: about $30
Made in USA
Shiiiiiiit. How am I not gonna take a radio?
I have an iPod but I never use it. Why? I don’t have one of those add-on speaker things and I can’t ride with headphones. There is no NPR on my iPod. iPods have to charge on a wall somewhere. This has a speaker, tunes NPR and runs on double A’s.
Bought at B&H in Manhattan
Cost:$14
Made in Indonesia
This is the what I bought when I did my first tour. As of right now I still have it but I’ve lost half the mounting hardware. I was wanting something with a top shelf for extra carrying capability, this is just enough for low mounted front panniers only.
I may try to get the required bolts and stuff to put this back on. The thing that bugs me is my fork has the braze-ons half way up the fork blades but they don’t quite line up with this rack, they miss each other by about ¾ of an inch. I’ll have to use the “U” clamps like seen in this image. The U clamps I’ve lost.
I bought this from a local bike shop and forget what I paid.
I do not know where this was made.
For me, touring is as if I’m leaving the party.
NYC is the party and I’m riding home alone. But now home is not three miles out of the way from any of the fun my friends are having. Home is the quiet roads and small towns I don’t know. There is really not much new. Sometimes I roll with friends out somewhere fun in Brooklyn or LES. And after it gets late and things shift just a little I start to think, do I stay longer or is it time to go home? As much as I like to spend time with friends it is shitty riding home alone knowing there is just an empty apartment waiting. And since I have trouble getting to sleep I never look forward any of it. I tell myself I’ll feel fine tomorrow. I think about what time I have to work the next day. Or if it’s a day off I think about what I might do. Things that need done or other little things. But if I don’t have to work, then by time the next day begins and I wake up I might not do a thing. In the last five months I can guess that half of the days I did not have to work, I did not leave the house.
How is this the same?
I would be alone. I think I’d still struggle. But it’s like the days that I work. I’m fine. I’m up I’m out I’m doing something. My mind is working on little tasks to keep the work flowing. A busy mind. Busy at work. Those are the times I feel ok. Being around on the bike I see friends and maybe go hangout after work. Do whatever it is. Stay out a little bit. Stick around til things shift in just the way they do. Or maybe, like on most days I work, I go home early. And have nothing much to do so I watch bullshit and stay up too late and worry about things.
Ride my bike and keep my mind busy.
Where to turn. Find some food. Fix this flat. Pack up gear. Stretch my back. Where to stop. Check the map. Wash my clothes. Ride many miles. There is so much to do on something like a long bike ride. Answer some questions. Write in notebook. Take a photo. Drink more water. Apply more sunblock. Look at map. Where to turn. Where to camp. Get cleaned up. Set up tent. Roll out sleepingbag. Go to sleep.
I guess by then I didn’t have time to think about how I’m sleeping alone in the woods. I just was so tired I fell asleep. That’s why I want to tour. To sleep better. Everything else is the same really.
Well this was a waste of money. Not spatially compatible with my canti brakes.
Meaning that I can install the rack but I can not mount my panniers to it because the bar my bags hook to is above the brake. It should be lower.
I ordered this online. I should have set my eyes on one before making the purchase. To make some use of it I just put in on my other bike that has road brakes. It installed fine, but it has a second problem that will be a worry no matter what bike anyone puts this on.
The two corner bends of this rack that are closest to the head tube (the upper left corner of this image) will contact the down tube part of the bicycle frame if the wheel is turned too far in either direction.
That bend should should be more toward the front of the rack. This is a bad design. My guess is that Jandd made this with little testing and made so many, to keep costs low, that they are still selling them with fingers crossed that people buy out the last of the stock. At least I’d hope. If they still produce these currently without incorporating a re-design that would be a big mistake. Bigger than the mistake I made in buying one.
If this was made of steel I could maybe have a friend do some welding modifications. But no, it’s aluminum.
“Assembled in Mexico, USA components”
If you read anything about touring you’ll read about someone praising Brooks for making saddles that work very well with riding long miles and long hours. If you read a lot about touring you’ll get bored with all the praises Brooks gets.
I just rebuild my old touring bike with a nearly new everything. On the list was the saddle. I chose this saddle because my friend Johnny, who is one of the the most knowledgeable bike people I know, rides one. We had stopped on the street to say hi and I seen he had one on his bike. I had considered maybe getting a Brooks before but hearing him say a few good things and seeing how perfect his looked I figured it wouldn’t be that big of a mistake to buy one. Luckily I bought this for less than full retail. Otherwise I might have bought the standard B-17 to save money but after putting the Flyer Special on my newly rebuilt bike I was surprised to win a standard B-17 in a raffle. I see a big difference seeing them side by side. I don’t think I’d like touring on anything Brooks makes that doesn’t have springs.
Now I say all this having never done any touring on any Brooks saddle. But I have been having a good time riding around on my days off and feeling the difference 700×32 tires and a springer saddle makes. I don’t think I made a mistake and it looks good.
Ordered from QBP
Made in England
Outlier may not still call this the “Empire” T. Either way, this the first article of merino I ever owned. That was early 2009 right before I went on my NY to LA 4000+ mile supported tour. I’ve worn this beyond countless times since then and have washed it enough to lose count of how many times. But I put it on the other day and was really surprised to assess it’s condition and I would describe it “black as black” and looking new. Everything Outlier makes gets a good review from me. Merino is the shit.
By that I mean Merino is excellent at regulating body temperature, especially when worn against the skin. Also it contains lanolin with antibacterial properties.
I feel like anybody who rides a bike across the country or from some sea to another just automatically brings a black T. Bring a good one.
Made in NYC with fabric from New Zealand
For real who doesn’t want to look good? They don’t make this color anymore but I got one.
Pretty much all the clothes I’d take on tour are merino and/or made in USA, this is both.
So this shirt is perfect for those long weekends where I have this on during the flight going to some 3 or 4 day event somewhere. I wear it out one or two of those nights, stuff it in my messenger bag the rest of the time, and I can still wear it on the flight home because it’s still don’t look bad or smell bad. Merino is the shit.
After all this shirt has been through there’s no way it’s staying in home when I travel.
Made in New York City
Shimano SL-BS79 Dura-Ace 10 Speed Bar-End Shifters.
The rebuild of my touring bike started in Summer 2009 and was not finished until late Spring 2011. I spent more time debating shifters, and delaying that purchase than any other part. I was a little resistant to using bar ends, I had become spoiled having done my last three tours with STI. This came down to money, STI is expensive compared to the other options. So, wanting to use my BL-7402 levers, my options were bar end shifters, down tube shifters, or thumbies. I was not going thumbies because I don’t want more extras in the tops, not with a handlebar bag, bell and computer already needing space. I didn’t want down tube shifters only because the only advantage I could see was they weigh a little less. So using this standard-for-touring-bikes is what I decided to use on mine. And there are not a lot of options I know of when looking for 10 speed bar ends so now I’m asking myself why am I even doing a review on theses?
Oh yeah, I like them.
Made in Japan
