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Re: Flat handlebar and CDW style front bag

Gary Blakley — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:08:52 GMT

Of the Divide racers that have stopped here more of them have been using Eric's bags than Jeff's. Kurt Refsnider had the harness bag arrangement on his bike

Re: Flat handlebar and CDW style front bag

j.a. tackett — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:59:56 GMT

epicdesignsalaska.com also make handlebar harness bag set up.... i had eric from epicdesigns build me a whole set up......which includes the harness bag

Re: Flat handlebar and CDW style front bag

Gary Blakley — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:17:01 GMT

Hi Mary! Dave Nice tells me congratulations are in order for you. :-) I remember seeing some photos of Jeff's (Carousel Design) bike in which he ran the cables

Re: Flat handlebar and CDW style front bag

sirenmary1 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:05:27 GMT

I used a CDW bag for the divide last year but it was on a Mary bar. However I am now running it on a bar with very little rise (syntace vector low rise) but 12

Flat handlebar and CDW style front bag

gbouchard8@... — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:40:03 GMT

Hi. Last year i have sewn a harness i can attach to my handlebar. This harness let me use a 10L dry bag in front. It give me a setup similar to Carousel Design

Re: food and Montana

Sam Haraldson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:33:55 GMT

Barry - If you like an semi off-asphalt tour, consider riding from Whitefish North to Eureka and then East through the Natl Forest (mostly Trail Creek Road) to

Re: food and Montana

j.a. tackett — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:09:25 GMT

from columbia falls (which i lived for a very long time) east toward cut bank on hwy 2 takes you along the southern boundary of GNP a very beautiful

food and Montana

Barry Bogart — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:30:19 GMT

That is marvelous. Takes me back to France, after P-B-P '99 when I first toured. I carried one of those thermal bags to keep things cool and put in dry

Re: Ultralight Across North America

j.a. tackett — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:07:15 GMT

... From: steve_pells Subject: RE: [ultralightbiking] Ultralight Across North America To: ultralightbiking@yahoogroups.com Date:

Re: Ultralight Across North America

musilijk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:03:58 GMT

Hi! To answer Mike and all the others: I'm in Vancouver now and will start the ride tomorrow, 29th June. I have return flight on 5th august, sorry, it could

not a bike tent, a bike tarp

Mike Meiser — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:29:22 GMT

There's been some talk on here of bike tents... i.e. a tent specifically made for bike touring, perhaps something even that holds the bike inside. The basic

Re: Long Haul Trucker ride vs Cross Check ride?

Mike Meiser — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:52:17 GMT

I have a cross check and I've toured fairly heavy on it year round. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmeiser2/tags/crosscheck/ I did switch the front fork over to

Re: Long Haul Trucker ride vs Cross Check ride? (vs. Karate Monkey)

JD Kimple — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:51:30 GMT

OK, now anyone with expierence of either vs. the Karate Monkey? Other than the clearance for much larger tires, how much difference? I am assuming as the KM

Re: Ultralight Across North America

Mike Meiser — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:46:29 GMT

comments below ... Re: Enjoyment... yeah... if I was "racing"... but touring is about enjoyment... and food is always a large part of the travel experience.

Re: Ultralight Across North America

steve_pells — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:50:18 GMT

Hello Everyone- ... A couple of times recently we have been self-sufficient but without a stove. Igor just tends to eat cold stuff (as far as I can tell) if he