Why No Touring Topic??

[Tri Girl]

I agree about a Touring section all on its own! I've really been excited about doing some touring this summer (after spending all winter reading journals on www.crazyguyonabike.com). I think I'm addicted and I haven't even done one measly tour yet (my first will be a 4 day in early June). I've bought an older Trek set up for touring, have rear panniers and a ginormous handlebar bag (I'm in the same quandry as you, skierchickie). I bought a headlamp for my head in camp, and I can put it on my helmet should I find myself out after dark. It wouldn't be ideal, but would work. I'm toying with putting trekking bars on my flat bar tourer. I need more hand positions, but need the upright sitting position.

Anyway- I could get carried away. I was just thinking the same thing the other day about wishing there were a touring topic on TE! Thanks for voicing your wishes (as there are surely many of us out there who would love it as well).

[Tri Girl]

Hurry- there's a great headlamp for sale on Steep and Cheap RIGHT NOW!

[shootingstar]

Hope you do the Cape, f8. We did an easy short ride in Cape Cod when we there. Later included trip over to Nantucket island on bike.. where I promptly misplaced my wallet and ID on the ferry... needless to say that was memorable. (got my wallet back intact, 2 months later sent back to Canada). Thank god, my passport was somewhere else on me.

Would you be going in early/mid Sept.?

As an aside: I did send an email to the webmaster for TE with touring separate section suggestion (perhaps just broadening the Adventure stories section with a renaming? ). Also emailed link to this whole thread.

[F8th637]

Hope you do the Cape, f8. We did an easy short ride in Cape Cod when we there. Later included trip over to Nantucket island on bike.. where I promptly misplaced my wallet and ID on the ferry... needless to say that was memorable. (got my wallet back intact, 2 months later sent back to Canada). Thank god, my passport was somewhere else on me.

Would you be going in early/mid Sept.?

Yes, we would be going in mid September with the Lung Association's Autumn Escape Bike Trek. Are you familiar with it?

[MomOnBike]

The reason I got the recumbent is so that I could tour. I've done one good week-long tour (solo - credit card) and a supported tour (RAGBRAI). I'm planning a Katy Trail trip with DH this year, and a Mickelson Trail trip before my brother moves away from the general area.

DH & I are also planning a overnighter to a nearby town this summer, just to get away.

And of course, there is the Vancouver-to-Key West epic in the planning stages. . .

As for lights, um, don't ask me, I HATE my setup.

[Crankin]

F8, that is a nice tour. September is the absolutely best month to be on the Cape. No traffic and less tourists. I'd love to meet you, if you will be around on a weekend (Friday-Sunday).
Where will you be staying?

[F8th637]

F8, that is a nice tour. September is the absolutely best month to be on the Cape. No traffic and less tourists. I'd love to meet you, if you will be around on a weekend (Friday-Sunday).
Where will you be staying?

Oh, so you know of it? Great! September in New England always sounds like a great time. The ride is Friday-Sunday. Chances are we will arrive up there on Thursday and stay with my husband's brother and his family in Sudbury before driving to the starting point on Friday. We haven't officially signed up yet but I am like 95% sure that we are going. Would you be able to sneak to one of our stopping points Friday-Sunday? I have no idea how far you are from there and I don't quite know the logistics yet so any info you have is very welcome.

[Geonz]

Hurry- there's a great headlamp for sale on Steep and Cheap RIGHT NOW!

Welp, the fairly inexpensive one I got from them... alas, it didn't really attach right to its mounting, though I still have to find a third opinion on it.

[KathiCville]

Count me in as a 'yes' vote on having a touring forum! Last month I did a week-long bike tour of the Natchez Trace with WomanTours---my first multi-day bike tour. I had such a good time that I definitely want to do more tours, either with a company or on my own. I posted a trip report and slideshow a week or so ago under the General Cycling-Related thread because I wasn't sure where else to put it.....

For anyone who missed it and is curious: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=50th+birthday

I'd love to share info about itineraries; great places to stay, eat, play---from 'low-end' camping to 'high-end' inns; tips for getting the most out of a trip; pitfalls or places to avoid, etc.