Grant described the intent of the Rambouillet to me as a French audax-inspired bike when I spoke to him about a bike for a cross country ride (and afterwards) that would be a light load, credit card trip versus self-supported full touring one.
I have to chime in and talk about types of touring: I think what Andy meant was "Expedition-style touring": that's where you're carrying camping gear, possibly cookware, food, and water. Self-supported means you're carrying everything you need with no follow-vehicle or luggage delivery. You can stay in hotels or camp, but what matters is that you're making decisions as to where you go and where to stay each night. I wrote an essay about this years ago that notes that one form of touring isn't better than another: https://blog.piaw.net/2008/02/cycle-touring-and-spriit-of-adventure.html In fact, the lighter your load, the more you can do, and if you know you're not going to be pitching a tent and cooking your own food you can actually get more aggressive and ride higher mountains or dirt trails you might otherwise avoid if you're carrying a heavy expedition style load. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e3509944-d874-4301-b864-abf082b2ccben%40googlegroups.com.
