Our destination is Enchanted Rock State Park, and we should make it down there in 3 days. We'll spend an extra night there, as there's lots of hiking and exploring to do, and maybe make a day trip for german food and beer into Fredericksburg. Then, we'll start the 3-day trip home via a different route.
I'll post pictures of each of our touring rigs over the next few days. Incidentally, they are all different model Surly Bikes. It's a testament to the ultimate versatility Surly imparts into all its frames that all 3 of us, when we surveyed our stable of bikes, chose a Surly for a no-nonsense, reliable ride.
First, here's Bryan's Karate Monkey. A 29" wheeled mountain bike can make a great loaded touring platform:
Of course, my favorite touch is the DIY fenders, made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic. There's a downtube mounted front fender:
And a pretty much full-coverage rear fender:
I don't know whose idea this was, but it's pretty brilliant:
4 comments:
Brilliant.
Can't way to go. I'm about 99% ready.
About the fenders, I don't know if this was his motivation, but the all-knowing guru of coroplast is kent petersen (commuter fur-real and finisher of great divide mtb race on a singlespeed for cryin out loud)
http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/
Tym
I want beaucoup feedback on your routes. We're headed in that direction with the Roll Aid ride in March.
Roll Aid:
http://soldierride.blogspot.com/
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