On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:50:48 -0000 "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ortlieb and Carradice seem to be the main choices of long-distance > tourers. The rack may be more important than the panniers. If you > don't get waterproof panniers you should probably make sure you use > waterproof stuff sacs. thanks Bob, will look out for those. it helps.. > See if you can borrow a rack and panniers off someone to try them out. > Whatever you choose, make sure you do a decent shakedown ride before > your big trip. will do. have learnt not to use a new shoes and tees on (running) race day. :) whatever i get, will certainly run it in before going on the ride.. > I have a Tortec rack and Altura panniers, and they've been fine for > the little bike tours I've done, but they have been very tame tours. > I don't like cycling with panniers though - I prefer a saddlebag and > I'm trying to develop a way of cutting down on the amount I carry so > that I can get everything into a Carradice Super C and a decent bar > bag for the camera and other necessaries. I'd recommend that you be > utterly ruthless about what you take, reducing it to the absolute > minimum. i already travel very light on my motorcycle tours. am trying to cut out a lot of things (i am not taking the gps for instance since i use it only to map my rides and not for directions and this is one route for which i already have tracks and it frees up the eneloops for the k-x). i was planning to go just with the rear panniers but i guess a separate handlebar bag for the camera *is* a good idea. > The classic lightweight trip was Nick & Dick Crane's Journey to the > Centre of the Earth, in which they cycled from the mouth of the > Ganges, over the Himalayas and into the Gobi desert to the point on > Earth that's furthest from the sea: > <http://web.archive.org/web/20041211045554/http://www.koopmann.lightup.net/c > rane/> > > Here's their kit list (includes a Pentax MX, so on topic): > <http://web.archive.org/web/20040919044827/www.koopmann.lightup.net/crane/jo > urney_appendix_1.html> > > Worth looking for in hard-copy - a great book. fascinating. thanks for posting that. will try and get a hard copy. regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
