Forum: Touring

Hello, New member of the forum... please let me know if I posted this in the wrong spot. I would like to find out if a 2004 Trek FX would be acceptable for a tour I'm planning this Spring. This is the bike: http://www.trekbikes.com/au/en/bikes/2004/archive/7300fx I've used it heavily...

so, i can't for the life of me remember all the various sites that sell basic taiwan (orwhathaveyou) touring frames. you've got performance, nashbar, annnnnd i don't know. i want to build up a bike for my girlfriend and she's rather small. i am looking for in the 48cm range. cheap cheap cheap....

I just posted the story of how my hubby and I met for a bike tour in Pakistan. What about you - any love stories involved with your touring?

Hi everyone. I'm new to touring and bought my first set of panniers today and kind of regretting it. I'm low on money so I bought a fairly low end Jannd pair and wondering if I should of spent more to get the more rain proof style panniers? My friend went on a trip down to california last year...

Hey all, I searched on the forums for people who had traveled through Mexico and Columbia on bike but couldn't find anything, though I could be missing some threads. Anyway, I'm a little nervous going through these countries because of the crime recently. I'm not talking so much about...

i am thinking of taking a trip down to central america and wondering the difference in the two as far as traveling goes. the times i have done any kind of touring has been with an xtracycle which i didnt particularly like.. it would be greatly appreciated..

I'm new to the world of GPS and I just picked up an eTrex Vista HCx. For those of you who have the same or similar, which method do you prefer getting maps and why? CD? Upload? microSD/SD? Are there any alternatives or aftermarket maps people use? Thank you in advance.

Hi all, looks like I'm going to get a Garmin Oregon 550 GPS, so wondering if anyone has opinions on the RAM mount vs the Garmin one. Obviously the RAM one is much fancier, has a ball-and-socket joint, etc - but looks big and cumbersome, especially when the GPS isn't mounted. Opinions?

A friend of mine had this in his yard for nearly a year, and I had to do something! I offered my big orange stretch cruiser, and he bit. No it's not stolen... He got it from the original owner who began having children within a few months of buying it. So, it sat unused in his attic since...

Hey guys and girls, After looking through a lot of interesting topics here on this forum (thank you for that), I am planning my own, first big tour for next year. The plan is to leave Prudhoe bay, Alaska in the summer of 2010 and arrive in Ushuaia, Argentina around September/October 2011. ...

Any recommendations on a good Woman's saddle for touring? The Fargo she bought came with a bloke's seat so the wife wants to swap it out. One of our local LBS's have started importing in Brookes, so we are looking at these, any other long distance seat for Ladies?

Hi, My partner and I are plotting a mini-tour this February - 2 weeks long, and somewhere warm. We did a huge US pacific coast tour this summer and want this tour to be a little more luxurious; less climbing, less gear (maybe no cooking, and maybe only in hotels), lots of rest days with beaches...

Just received my new Ortlieb bike packer plus Panniers through the mail from America, was really looking forward to getting them to, after looking on the net and researching up on them. Now i have a set of these all ready which i use as my rear panniers and really like them but after using the back...

Hey, I've done a few big trips-London to Cape Town in 2005/06 and Korea to Cape Town in 2007/08 and have a new one planned that I need some help and advice on. I'm going to be setting out on my trusty bike from the first two trips (she's called Cecile and she's a Thorn Raven with a Rohloff)...

hi, i am looking for a touring bike (or frame) and have been scoping the streets for some nice ones. one bike which caught my eye was the Miyata "Adventure" . It seems similar to to the 610 or 1000 US models - it has contrast headtube, canti brakes, and vertical dropouts, but it appears to be...

i am thinking of riding down to nicaragua to the island of ometepe..does anybody have any advice or experience going down that way? ...it would be greatly appreciated..