Too funny! ::025::eemsreno said:OK Rocky, we are turning this into "Bike with camping gear in the Great North"
Too funny! ::025::eemsreno said:OK Rocky, we are turning this into "Bike with camping gear in the Great North"
is that a roto pack attached to your left crash bar?lacofdfireman said:Not sure who these belong to but they are loaded up pretty good.
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Yes he has a Rotopack on each sides crash bar. Pretty cool idea and keeps the weight low. Probably not the best place if you were ever involved in an accident though.hawk281 said:is that a roto pack attached to your left crash bar?
Depends what's in it.lacofdfireman said:Yes he has a Rotopack on each sides crash bar. Pretty cool idea and keeps the weight low. Probably not the best place if you were ever involved in an accident though.
I can't see how that can really be fun to ride with all that gear; it's just too much. At this point I'd be taking the car. And I know people are going to say "It rides great no matter how much I load it up" but from personal experience of less bulk than that I know wouldn't enjoy it.lacofdfireman said:Not sure who these belong to but they are loaded up pretty good.
That's what the extra rubber is for!neilbarnwell said:I can't see how that can really be fun to ride with all that gear; it's just too much. At this point I'd be taking the car. And I know people are going to say "It rides great no matter how much I load it up" but from personal experience of less bulk than that I know wouldn't enjoy it.
Maybe I'm not a "proper biker" as a result, but I ride for fun, not for the sake of it. A bike means loads more faffing around than using a car in general use even without so much as a tank bag, and I still enjoy biking so much I *still* use the bike. This, however, has gone too far. There's *so much* faffing around that the benefit of enjoying riding the bike is too far outweighed by the practicality of a car. A comfortable, dry car, with loads of luggage space, that doesn't need me to get changed before and after every journey or worry about security.
I've taken the boss before bike camping on the Tenere and plan to do many more in the future. Part of the fun for me, is the researching and purchasing of decent quality, compact camp equipment for myself, so adding the Mrs's needs into the mix makes it even more of a challenge and even more fun. Very doable if it's, 'your thing'...Bryn said:It doesn't look like there are that many that do the 'two up camping thing' All my trips have her indoors on the back, and that drastically increases the amount of stuff needed.... that's why I tend to use guest houses rather than camp.... I'd love to be able to do it though ::017::