Touring on a fixed

my mate rode to bristol from east london (left from brick lane bikes fyi 8) niiiccceee)
no brakes either. fixed all the way, so it can be done.

Thats not really touring though. Just a nice long ride.

gonna be hitting up dubrovnik riding from airport to the town - then ferry to korcula island and riding the length of that all fixed.

...the sensible side of me is buying a carradice saddle bag - keep that weight off the steering and nice n central at the rear...

was thinking that with most of the weight then on the back the front brake wont be as effective?? / put a load more stress on the steerer/forks with all this forward momentum...

so copping a dia-tech-clamp-on-track-rear-brake-thing too.

no flip flop - runnin 49/16 - i'm hoping this makes sense/ be alright!...

^^ 49-16 could be heavy going if you're carrying significant weight and riding up hills or into the wind, I'd say. I'd suggest dropping to 18.

I'm keenly awaiting the SA 3-speed fixed hub. Should make touring a dream, I reckon.

I am going to do a monster tour through Asia on a fixed. Singapore to Shanghai. Have no experience with fixed but a lot with travelling. So I can tell you that for example the packing list mentioned above is ridiculous. 4 T shirts, 4 pairs of boxers, 6 pairs of socks????? Is this a woman? I just finished a 5 months journey through South America (not fixed...impossible) carrying 1 pair of trousers, 2 pairs of boxers and 2 pair of socks for example..try to go as light as possible, pack your bag and repack with half of it. Buy things when you maybe need them, not because you might...

keep checking www.osmosno.com...I will soon publish my packing list for my bicycle expeditions through mountains and cold....

I am going to do a monster tour through Asia on a fixed. Singapore to Shanghai. Have no experience with fixed but a lot with travelling. So I can tell you that for example the packing list mentioned above is ridiculous. 4 T shirts, 4 pairs of boxers, 6 pairs of socks????? Is this a woman? I just finished a 5 months journey through South America (not fixed...impossible) carrying 1 pair of trousers, 2 pairs of boxers and 2 pair of socks for example..try to go as light as possible, pack your bag and repack with half of it. Buy things when you maybe need them, not because you might...

That's my packing list and no, I am not a woman. I just like to be able to go for a week without washing clothes. That list of gear managed to get me through a 2 month tour and all fitted in 2 small (front size) ortliebs carried on the rear rack. Good luck on your tour through Asia, I'm sure it will be an amazing experience.

I'm planning a tour from Paris to Amsterdamn next summer. I'll definately be geared though.

Will be my first touring experience.

How many miles a day would you normally plan for? I was hoping for between 100 and 120, is that too ambitious?

I know it's all down to the rider and how much your carrying. So to give you an idea I'm pretty strong rider used to two or three sixty milers a week, I'll be travelling lightish with two small rear panniers, no tent as we'll be staying in b&b's.

You're talking about previously doing 180 miles a week to doing 700 miles a week, assuming you are talking about doing that distance every day? That's a big jump in amount of time spent on the bike.
With training that distance won't be too ambitious, but it really depends on your fitness and (like you say) what you're carrying, as well as the pace you want to cycle at. Naturally if you want to do 100 miles in 4-5 hours, you're going to need to be a lot fitter than if you were planning to spend most of the day cycling and taking in the scenery.

In the old days club cyclists always toured on fixed, maybe use a flipflop hub, with a freewheel on the other side for when you feel like a change. I believe it was Sean Kelly who said...."Until you've been touring with a bag on the back and a fixing (sic) wheel you've never lived!" I would suggest using around a 60- 65 inch gear and just walk the steep climbs! Bonne route!

I'm planning a tour from Paris to Amsterdamn next summer. I'll definately be geared though.

Will be my first touring experience.

How many miles a day would you normally plan for? I was hoping for between 100 and 120, is that too ambitious?
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one week too late, yes it's too ambitious, I'd start off with between 75-80 miles a day, remember you're touring, not racing, just sit back and enjoy the ride, trying to keep up to 100-120 miles can take the fun away.

we're leaving friday morning to tour fixed (i say tour, but it barely counts) from Brussels to Amsterdam via LF2.

bags on backs, no freewheels in sight, just flat, fantastic countryside with paved cyclepaths and minimal traffic.

total distance is about 340km, going to hit roughly 100-120km a day, that's about 62-75mi i reckon. pretty excited about it, not gonna lie!

Done form Inverness to the west coast and back just with backpacks. I've written it up in this post http://www.londonfgss.com/thread28330.html . 65 miles+ is probs fine on such flat roads. We did 180 miles in 4 days. We thought about doing the same route as you before we did our Highland tour. Anyway good luck!

http://zizeba.livejournal.com/
here's a blog of a lonely fixie rider from St/ Petersbourgh , he rides 200 and 300 km radonnee's per 1 day, and it's no problem

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh167/edscoble/S3X2.jpg

wound up doing 175mi in 3 days of cycling through from brussels to amsterdam. must say i'd have killed to have panniers.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh167/edscoble/S3X2.jpg

Is this out yet?

already is, I mentioned it in the 3 speed fixed topic.

Where's that? I is searching...I'm not finding. Back to search school...

Found it. Ignore me.

i remember reading this book by Richard and Nicholas Crane years ago - ultimate lightweight touring - they got obsessed with cutting/drilling everything possible and rode to the middle of the Gobi desert......

PDF for this is up on Tracksterman's blog:

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=RrzKj&doc_id=6213&v=1N

im planning on "rewarding" my completion of 3 years of enforced poverty (degree) by doing a fixed/singlespeed lejog in june. will be building up my recently aquired po mpino for the task. Plan is camping/wild camping and a couple of youth hostels and hopefully will be under 14 days. And i must say the thought of the adventure is getting me through these dark months/writting my dissertation!

I think it's a great idea myself what more could you ask for than the open road, give it a go if you like it you do if you don't you don't!

Maybe get some panniers for the gear though!

69"

will most likely be running front and rear panniers and a handlebar bag with map case, hence choosing the pompino with both front and rear mudguard and rack mounts. I wanted to have the bike for a while beforehand to tweak set up and comfort, get to know it and also put in training and some test rides closer to the off