Cross Country Bicycle Touring of the U.S.-Part 1 The bike
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2023
- Cross Country Bicycle Tour, The Southern Tier, Part #1-The Bike
A VLOG documentary of my cross country bicycle tour of the United States in the spring of 2023. I is mostly be following the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA) Southern Tier Bicycle Route from west to east I am leaving on March 12 from Corona CA and joining the official Southern Tier Bicycle Route in Blythe CA. I am then going off route and taking a northern route through Texas from Los Cruses, New Mexico to visit family and will rejoin the Southern Tier bicycle route in Austin Texas and plan to arrive in St Augustine on April 23rd.
Music: Mornings
Musician: Jeff Kalle - Sport
Awesome Freddy .. stay safe. 👍
Nice setup on the Surly. I look forward to your updates. Safe Travels
Bon voyage
Another fantastic video brother! Stay safe and keep em coming! See you soon.
Nice setup Fred, have a great time on the road. Be safe
Enjoy and be safe, very nice setup.
Thanks, will do!
I just watched your last two vlog updates (9 and 10) and you mentioned the bike setup in Part 1 so I decided to come check it out. I was suprised to see that you didn't go tubeless for your trip with some tube backups. I guess that's one of those polarizing subjects. I'm hoping to section ride from Tempe to El Paso later this year so your setup was very informative. I have a new Canyon Grizl that I'll be outfitting for my ride and I am now really going to look into front-loading the weight now that I have seen your setup. Stay safe out there. I'll be following along for the rest of your journey. Cheers.
Sorry I missed your message. My rims are not set up for tubeless. Remarkably I only had two flats in 3000 miles so I was lucky. With most of the weight (our bodies) on the rear wheel, i believe front loaded gear is superior. I could stand and pedal out of the saddle at high speeds. When I had 4 panniers the tail wag was really noticeable. How was your trip? Did you front load?
I'm surprised you went with the seat post bag, after you said you like the low center of gravity on the yellow from bags. I too do not like a handle bare bag attached to the bars . I lowered my bar bag and set it on top of the front rack. I designed a quick release for the bag and designed it to face either forward or towards the cock pit.
Good point. I had light weight items in the seat post bag and it was centered compared to rear panniers which is a big difference.
Nice setup. I currently ride a recumbent trike and now looking at getting a surly bridge club for my touring bike. Trying to travel by air or train with my trike is very problematic so going back to 2 wheel travel. Would like more info on your front rack system as I'm looking for racks and bags for my BC when I finally order it from Topanga creek outpost. I will need the rear rack and at least a rack pack as I use a CPAP and battery power at night when I'm camping.
Best of luck Steve. I actually installed two separate racks on my front end. I think you can get a clear understanding in my this video, but let me know if you have any more questions. czcams.com/video/zWpglmBynck/video.html
Looks like a cool setup. How much does the whole rig weigh? Have fun buddy. I’ll be with you every step of the way as long as I don’t have to leave my couch!!
A mere 85
I'm a long range biker usually around 40 to 60 miles, criss country tour is something I'm fascinated by and want to do it I just have some serious concerns that keeps me from doing it. Such as losing my wallet or getting robbed and getting strainded with no money
Hi Chris, I had similar concerns and have multiple options that I brought along. If you were to lose a card you could also get another from a bank or have it overnighted
Also curious on total bike weight and how many miles per day?
85# with water and food