Thank you all for the excellent tips!
On Aug 11, 1:46 pm, Ray Shine <[email protected]> wrote: > You're right about that. I took my bike and BOB trailer on Amtrak to > Oregon. very big hassle. > > Ray > > --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Dave Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Dave Craig <[email protected]> > Subject: [RBW] Re: Touring with a trailer vs full load on the bike > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 1:30 PM > > I'll weigh in for panniers - in terms of versatility for the type of > touring I do, I prefer them. > > On all of my recent long tours (3 @ 800 miles each or more) I have > made use of public transportation when and where it made sense. In my > 20's I would never have consider taking a ride in a car, bus or train > and "diluting" the purity of my bicycle ride from point A to point B. > Now that I'm 50, I've become quite a bit more flexible and realistic > about my travel goals. > > Using public transportation seems a lot easier with panniers. On our > most recent tour, for example, my wife and I took a commuter train > (BART) from San Francisco to the East Bay and back in order to visit > family. This involved putting our bikes into small elevators to reach > the platforms and then wheeling our bikes into relatively full train > cars. We probably could have coped with the logistics of doing this > with trailers (BOB or otherwise) but it sure was easy with the > panniers. We've also made use of local and city-to-city buses on our > tours. It is relatively easy to wheel up to the bus stop, pop off the > panniers in about 10 seconds (we use Ortlieb and Carradice), put the > bikes on the rack on the front of the bus and hop on board with our > panniers. Admittedly, we pack light enough that all of our gear fits > into our 4 panniers each. I can't imagine carrying a loaded BOB > trailer onto a bus as easily due to the length and unwieldy nature of > the trailer. > > DC > > On Aug 11, 9:57 am, JL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In the most recent which-bike-should-I-choose post a couple people > > mentioned touring with a BOB trailer. Does anyone have insight about > > the pros/cons of using a BOB trailer on extended tours? I assume it > > is a matter of riding style and preference but it would be nice to > > hear from some people with experience. As background the specific > > touring rig is my 54cm Saluki - do all bike. I have carried heavy > > loads both on a BOB trailer and with racks and panniers on this bike > > but only for day trips or occasional errand runs. How might my either > > method translate over, say, three weeks? > > > Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
