Touring Equipment

When I was doing the DoE, we have sleeping bag that were suitable to sleep outdoor without tent, anyknow what those kind of sleeping bag are called?

campsites around cumbria, plentiful...!

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Indeed, campsites are very plentiful in the Lake District.

My most memoriable one was Wasdale.

loads of B&B as well, not sure which I'd rather. Hot breakfast, dry bed and en suite are tempting...

a forumeanger have a parents who run a cycling B&B near Windermere I think, need to ask him for more detail.

Since a lots of us rarely have time off, I think it more feasible to jump on the train, arrived in says, the Lake District, and tour it for 4 days before taking the train back to Euston.

Sounds like a plan..... If you book early enough, the train is very cheap too....

It is, I managed to get a first class back to London from Windermere for £30 (one way), and it's not that early (4 weeks).

I think I'm going to buy this for ultralight touring, then pick up the high peak mini light tent I should be fine riding back from Spain with that.

If you really want to go ultralight, and you're considering a trunk bag of that size you'd be better with a bikepacking saddlebag surely...It'll be lighter than a rack and trunk bag and fit more in it.
Or are you also using panniers?

I know it was posted some few pagas back, but I spent the last two plane flights reading it (it turns I had it saved to the Instapaper) and it's very inspiring:

http://ultralightcycling.blogspot.com/

you'd be better with a bikepacking saddlebag surely...

Hi Scott, are there any in particular that you would recommend (given that your own are no longer available)?

Cheers...

Personally I would recommend Revelate designs. Eric who started the company has put more work into these kind of saddle bags than anybody, and he's tested them on crazy, extreme adventures to get them dialed in so that he can back up his claims as to how well they work.
It was after seeing them that I made my own so he gets full credit.
Although mine are slightly different to his....more like a cross between Revelate and Carousel design works.

They may seem expensive to some people, but it takes a lot of time and money to produce this kind of thing yourself with the materials and techniques he uses.

^ Thank you. I will take a look...

If you really want to go ultralight, and you're considering a trunk bag of that size you'd be better with a bikepacking saddlebag surely...It'll be lighter than a rack and trunk bag and fit more in it.
Or are you also using panniers?

To be honest I'd never looked in to that, but they seem very up to the job the ones from revelate designs actually hold more (L) than the rack pack would anyway.

a forumeanger have a parents who run a cycling B&B near Windermere I think, need to ask him for more detail.

Since a lots of us rarely have time off, I think it more feasible to jump on the train, arrived in says, the Lake District, and tour it for 4 days before taking the train back to Euston.

Sounds good to me chap, I'd have to get down to London before hand but that shouldn't be a problem.

I know it was posted some few pagas back, but I spent the last two plane flights reading it (it turns I had it saved to the Instapaper) and it's very inspiring:

http://ultralightcycling.blogspot.com/

This bloke is a genius/ fruitcake in equal measures. You can learn some great information from reading that. I couldn't believe how cheap the tent was he used I thought being that weight it would cost an arm and a leg. I'm going to buy one of them tents I think for some ultralight touring of my own.

At first I thought this whole ultra light touring would cost me a lot of money, as it turns out I think the only thing (other than my bicycle which I have already) looks like it will be the sleeping bag.

To be honest I'd never looked in to that, but they seem very up to the job the ones from revelate designs actually hold more (L) than the rack pack would anyway.

I'd thoroughly recommend bikepacking gear. For people who haven't already bought racks and panniers etc the cost won't seem so bad either.
There hasn't been a winner of either the tour divide or the iditabike events in years that wasn't using this kind of setup...and those guys can't afford to have things fail on them, so that shows both how well they work and how high quality they are.

You just have to be sensible if going down that route though and know that these are specialist products designed to be used a certain way...meaning, you can't use bikepacking saddlebags like a carradice for example where you just throw a couple of things in them because they'll flop about all over the place.
They're designed to be used with a certain amount of stuff inside them in order for them to hold their shape and be solid.

People who race with this kind of setup will have their kit lists dialed and will know exactly what is gonna be carried where, and how to pack it properly.
The seatpacks work best for clothes and sleep systems as they can be packed in tightly then compressed to make things really solid and stable.

Carradice SQR tour looks spot on. It's either that or a super C.

This but bar mounted? or this taped on, with bit of tape stopping it shining in your eyes,

This is what I really wanted..

http://store.icyclesusa.com/sigma-bike-computer-nitelite-p1161.aspx

They're proven last month, though. You don't question Einstein, you don't question Scoble.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/einstein-s-theory-of-relativity-proven-right-by-stanford-nasa-space-probe.html
I'm in for some light touring by the way. Not before mid August.

"confirmed two key elements" not the whole theory and there's still no photos.
I am disappoint.

I have a cheap rack and pannier set I used for 4 months touring I should probably get rid of. I'm unlikely to go loaded touring any time soon.

I wanted to avoid helmet lights since I'm wearing an aero lid and tilting my head down = fail. Any idea what this photo is using to power the LED? Original link?

If you're happy with the light output from the glowstick try velcro, the sticky backed stuff. Also try a dive shop for better glowsticks.

Not really. More light = better. We tried to add more later on but then they all fell off due to the heavy amount of moisture in the air.

^^
In this case an external 36V battery + LED + some resistors.
It's from the electric bicycles forum:
http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/6859-my-diy-electric-brompton-project-3.html

I'm sure it can be done with any battery pack and a visit to Maplins.

This is what I really wanted..

http://store.icyclesusa.com/sigma-bike-computer-nitelite-p1161.aspx

How about a clip on reading light, do not expect they will be IPX7 waterproof though ;)

I'm in the market for a large bikepacking saddlebag like the ones that Scott produced a while back.
I'm doing a short tour next month and this would complete my luggage requirements, so if anyone has one that's surplus or wouldn't mind renting one to me for a couple weeks in mid/late July, please get in touch, thanks!

I'll be making myself one for the DD...you're welcome to borrow that anytime after that weekend?