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There are a lot of things to consider before you set off on a bicycle tour. The biggest issue to resolve: which bike will best suit you. Many people will recommend you get a traditional steel framed touring bike. However, I've discovered that this isn't always the best option. In this article I'll tell you why the best touring bike for your situation might not be the standard option.
The two most common types of bikes designed for touring are the traditional and sport. Traditional touring bikes have dropped handle bars and a longer wheel base. They're made specifically for carrying a heavy load.
Sport touring bikes are a lot like road bikes - built less for comfort and more for speed. Recently, I've even been experimenting with using a regular road bike (not a touring bike at all) because I try to go as light as possible. Road bikes make this option very viable.
During tours, I consistently notice people dragging along way too much stuff. They have 4 panniers loaded and strap other stuff to the rear rack using bungee cords. This type of travel, in my opinion, is very restrictive. I am a big fan of ultralight bicycle touring because of the freedoms it provides.
Before you begin searching for the perfect bike, I suggest you first round up all the things you're going to take with you. If you notice your load is getting pretty heavy, you should realize that there are other lightweight options.
A lot of bicycle enthusiasts are taking a cue from the lightweight backpacking community and making the switch to more of a minimalist approach. One that is certain to take the focus of stuff, and put it on enjoying your tour and the scenery.
If you'd like to read more about what I take on my bike tours, and how to pack ultralight, please click here.
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15 Most Adventurous & Thrilling Camping (Outdoor) Activities
Are you looking for something to do this summer, spring, or even fall? Whether you are looking to do so something independently, with your family, or with your friends, have you ever thought about going camping?
The vast expanses of wilderness, mountains, forest, canyons and coastlines lend themselves to a wide range of outdoor pursuits.
From trekking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, whitewater rafting through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River, canoeing down the Mississippi River, fishing on the Great Lakes, sailing in Florida, diving in Hawaii to skiing in the Rocky Mountains, every activity can easily be arranged.
Here are the most fun and thrilling camping and outdoor activities.
Camping
Hiking/Trekking
Before there were Land Rovers and mountain bikes, there was hiking. The inclination to pack it up and hoof it for long distances can be traced back to our days as nomadic hunter-gatherers, and the goal is little different now than it was back then: Traveling to exciting and unseen places powered by will, stamina, and whatever provisions you can carry on your back.
Today, getting there is all the fun, what with newfangled backpacks to ease your burden, allowing you to drink up the unfolding scenery and let your mind wander.
Canoeing
When it comes to sex appeal, the canoe always seems to lose out to its sexier stepsister, the kayak. Be it the boat’s relative clunkiness next to the kayak’s sleek lines, or just a quirky, passing trend, canoes have somehow come up less cool.
Yet the underdog status just seems to add to the canoe’s appeal, especially among advanced paddlers, who argue that paddling a canoe takes more finesse.
Scuba Diving
Prepare to get hooked on scuba diving the moment you slip below the water’s surface into the peaceful silence of the undersea world.
You’ll finally understand what Jacques Cousteau was raving about all those years as you swim alongside graceful manta rays large enough to eclipse the sun’s filtered rays, or when you come face to face with a hammerhead sizing you up.
Fortunately, 70 percent of the world is covered in water, so there’s never a shortage of great dive sites to feed your submarine cravings.
Mountain Biking
It’s easy to spot mountain bikers–they’re the ones with scab-covered limbs talking animatedly about bonking while riding a wicked singletrack.
Indeed, they are a peculiar lot, but only because of their passion for the sport. They don’t seem to mind the murderous workouts–they actually celebrate sore muscles–as they attack intense rolling trails in pristine wilderness.
The exhilaration of nailing a technical ride in the world’s most stunning places is more than enough fuel for mountain bikers.
White Water Rafting
For those who gaze at their washing machine’s spin cycle and hear the call of roaring rapids, paddling is more than a pastime, it’s a passion. And who could blame them: Whitewater serves up heart-pounding thrills and adrenaline-pumping action in some of the world’s most spectacularly beautiful spots.
Skiing
Planning a ski vacation, whether alone or with the whole family, starts the fun that you will get from the actual trip. Skiing is basically using gravity to move downhill by gliding over snow conditions using two long and thin boards to keep balance and control.
Snowboarding is a similar snowsport which uses one wide board instead of the two thinner boards that skiers use. Skiers use both boards to coordinate their movements and control their speed and direction. Balance, weight, and edge control are the tricks of the trade in Skiing.
Snowboarding
Bird Watching
An activity that was once considered to be something of a ‘nerdy’ practice, Bird Watching has now become a pastime that encompasses both young and old and allows both experienced ‘twitchers’ and novices to come together in pursuit of some of most common and indeed rarest birds.
You can organize your own Bird Watching excursion to coincide with a camping trip. Many people think that there is a lot of equipment necessary to go Bird Watching but really the most important elements are a decent pair of binoculars, a bird handbook, a notebook and pen, and a keen eye for detail.
Fly Fishing
Camping and fishing often go hand in hand. Whether it’s a young child simply trying to catch a few sticklebacks with a piece of string with a hook tied onto a tree branch to the full blown night sight and sound equipment needed by the serious overnight angler, fishing is certainly one of the most popular pastimes to combine with camping.
As fish often tend to bite earlier in the morning, you’ll want to try to choose a site that’s as close to the action as possible as you’ll be getting up early enough as it is.
Caving
For all the natural wonders aboveground, don’t forget about the ones below. Visiting the depths of a cave offers an experience you just can’t find anywhere else on earth.
Far below the surface, rocks that look like popcorn, butterflies, and bacon strips hang from the ceiling. Explorers of the subterranean realm can wander through the cold shell of a lava tube, listen to musical stalactites, or take in the spectacle of a huge underground waterfall.
Biking
Under your own steam, at your own pace, and requiring fewer technical skills than mountain biking, cycling is the best way to experience a new place. When you travel by bike, with panniers carrying your necessities, you become part of the neighborhood, village, province, or country.
As you leave behind the confines of the car, every hill and valley you conquer comes alive.
Sailing and Yachting
Sailing is the ultimate adventure. After all, it’s how the explorers of old used to travel.
Today you might not discover uncharted waters, but you can certainly reach unknown lands–or at least lands that are unknown to you. Whether you’re cruising in the Caribbean, the Seychelles, or the Mediterranean, you decide the where and the winds decide the when.
True, you are at the mercy and whim of Mother Nature, but setting off into that great blue is the truest test of your mettle and where you’ll find your greatest freedom.
Horseback Riding
There’s nothing quite like seeing the world from the back of a horse. We humans have been riding for 4,000 years, but ever since the introduction of the Model T, we seem to have completely lost touch with our equestrian past.
Thankfully, trekking across the countryside on horseback is a surefire way to reconnect with those bygone times. Let your trusty steed take you across the steppes of Mongolia, explore the game reserves of Kenya, or practice your roping skills on a Wyoming cattle drive.
Wherever you go, you’ll have fabulous fresh-air views, completely unencumbered by that steel-and-glass box–you know, the one that gets us there quicker, but without all the fun.
Wildlife Viewing
We are all attracted to the great outdoors for a variety of reasons. However, one of the things most of us have in common is our love of the abundant wildlife that surrounds us on our adventures.
When the mountains give way again to the deserts and plateaus of the West, you probably thought you had veered off the road and into an alternate reality, where the earth is pink and rocks stand on end.
Pleasing as this scenery is to look at through the car window as you speed along the interstate, it’s much, much more. That’s habitat you’re looking at, full of living things.
About the Author
Neelima Reddy, author of this article writes for CampingTourist.com. For more information on back packing, camping spots, camping activites, camping equipment, camping gear, rv camping , camping tips, hiking Visit Camping Tourist
What bags can I fit to a dual suspension mountain bike?
I have a cheap Mongoose XR-75 dual suspension mountain bike, to ride around campus. But lately I discovered that I have to transfer a lot of stuff between places and I'd like to fit bags to it. It seems like panniers can't be fit to a dual suspension. I would have bought a hardtail had I known.
What kind of bags can I fit to the bike? Is there any way I can fit panniers?
You can buy a rear rack that attaches to your seat post, but these racks have a limited weight capacity, if you overload them they can break, or even snap your seatpost, so large panniers are out. A dual suspension bike is only really useful for off road riding. If you have to carry something heavy, a backpack is the only realistic choice.
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