Generic Touring Thread

Homestretch to Harwich was easy

On Route One? Would you recommend it? Much or any off-road?

I only did part of route 1, mostly from Lincoln to Wisbech, so it's hard for me to say. I will say I never regretted my 2.15" tyres throughout the trip. Wouldn't want to do this on 28c (or narrower) for example. You'll never need an MTB or anything, but wider tyres are definitely not an unnecessary luxury.

@stelfox: Luckily I only discovered how the English do breakfast in the last week. RIP wallet. Very good though. And thanks.

Thanks for the kind comments peeps.

Excellent, sir. Writing is on par with your photoshop wizardry.

Looks nice Tijs!

I was engrossed in something on the TV then I read your post @Tijs and couldn't care less. Looks like a great trip and glad Blighty served you well.

Great write up Tijs! Reminds me, I need to talk to my wife about buggering off on my bike for a few days...

Great write-up and good pictures!

my French stops at “Je m’appelle Tijs. Je suis un taxi s'il vous plait”

'My name is Tijs. I'm a taxi, please.'

No wonder it stops there, I bet most people don't know what to reply. :)

Thanks Tijs.
Those breakfasts...

Makes you proud to be British, no?

Can we have a vote? I think the middle would have to be the winner for me

Glad you had a good time and met some good people @Tijs ! Lovely write up too, captured the mood but not too long winded.

Left one's almost perfect: good quality sausages, bacon and hash browns properly cooked with a bit of char on it, not too much sauce in the beans, good yellow yolk on the egg, whole cherry tomatoes. The only thing it's missing is the black pudding.

Would happily devour them all though.

Hive mind: things you always pack but never use for a trip that can be left behind?

Just loaded my bike up for a month around the USA and it weighs AN ABSOLUTE TON. I can’t think of much superfluous stuff but it seems to have added up pretty rapidly...

Ideas?

Saucier beans,bacon cooked more to my taste, bigger sausages though. The egg on the left looks great though.

@pleaderwilliams was kind enough to send me a once used Decathlon air mattress. being a dunce it turns out i already have the exact same one. So, happy to pass it on to someone else....

probably wouldnt get it in the post before next Monday though. as well as dunce, am also lazy.

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got a couple of PM's on the above, so lets consider it offer closed :)

If you've got a spare hour and 15 minutes this is a nice watch. Their other videos are worth a look too.

https://youtu.be/poKfGLnLFSg

I've watched their Hadrian wall, quite refreshing watching guys touring and not confront 100 miles a day but enjoying themselves and just pootling along. Will have to watch this when I get a chance

They're not too 'bikey' too. With their videos so far being in the UK I find myself sending them to friends in the hope they'll get an itch for touring.

Exactly that, love how they seem to make everything into an adventure!

Also see Timmy Mallet on Strava.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1807762267

Smashing out 70k like it's nothing (on his e-bike)

Enjoyed that immensely. Thank you.

10 mins in, my kind of touring this :)

@Bernhard That's amazing, I thought it was some parody account at first. My brother has talked about having a separate Strava account for when he's walking around the shops with his wife to make use of the time somehow.

@Aroogah @Squaredisk Glad you're both enjoying this, my kind of touring too. I thought it might be too 'non-bikey' for on here but glad it isn't.

It's more reflective of the little bit of touring I do. Too much "super-ultra-fast light backpacking instagram proper kit only" chat, not enough normal people on touring bikes.

Well edited, well shot. Very entertaining.

Thanks for the share @jambon! Seems like two awesome lads having fun.

Oh man!! Just on the last day of holidays here and saw this. So great, so happy you had a good time!