Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

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For all the pedal pushers out there that love long distance cycling. There are no gear requirements and no 'minimum distances' here.

Have you ridden for a cheeky overnighter or a 3 year global trek? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got panniers, bikepacking bags or just a backpack with the essentials? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got the latest in carbon engineering or your dads old 10 speed from the 70's? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

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Casual Chat Quarterly 02/24 (self.bicycle_touring)

submitted 3 months ago by AchtungDrempels to c/bicycle_touring

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[–] Kirca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey dude, this post was perfectly timed!

Not to bore ya with my life story but in the past 3 months i quit my job, got rehired as a contractor for a month, packed up my life to move countries and ive just finished a 2 week bike tour (deets+photos+vids later) which i managed to sneak in, in all the chaos. I mention this as a bit of an apology for the radio silence.

Love the idea of adding "bikepacking" to the comm. I literally made this comm cause of the old description of /bikepacking and the perceived snark in their comm at the time, like the aformentioned comments about panniers.i assume it was all banter, but i love the freedom of cycling, and wanted this community to be as open and welcoming add possible

In terms of the dedicated comm for touring, i defs understand the hesitance, but i will be sticking around and trying to champion this comm moving forward. After the initial surge from reddit, i think a lot of people went back, but personally i would rather see a few posts here, then ever use that site again. i also think the nature of touring means that were going to have big content droughts over the northern hemisphere winter regardless.

I like the idea of cross posting, perhaps we can reach out to the mods over there to ensure they're happy for us to do so too.

anyway it's 1 am and I'm cooked, hopefully this comment makes sense :)

[–] AchtungDrempels 1 points 3 months ago

Awesome, looking forward reading about what you were up to!

This week i am going to fix a long holiday again at work, and i think i should be on my way around mid April for a couple of months, not sure where i'll go yet.

And yeah i like dedicated touring / bikepacking comms, on reddit i used to only ever check those, not the general cycling ones (except sometimes cirklejerk and bikewrench). OK, i'll rename the Community then!