Long Ride Help...
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Long Ride Help...
Later this year I will be going coast to coast to coast for my first time. I will be trying to avoid staying at motels and winging where I lay my head come sunset. I am looking for ideas on gear that takes as little space as one can, but yet works for the long haul. Please tell me what it is, aka brand name/model number and why you are in love with it. I will thank you up front.. OldIron61
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The days of just winging it for a place to camp or throwing down at rest stops are gone but the up side is established camp sites are nicer and more abundant today , only down side is a camp site can run the same as a cheap hotel room in a lot of area's anymore.
Gear wise there's 2 camps , those who do the extra small mountain gear type stuff and those of us who have done a bit more road time and found compact isn't always better on a bike. My personal camp gear bag holds a 4 man Eureka tent , ground tarp, sleeping bag and a good inflatable mattress. You've never spent a longer night that one in the rain in a small wet tent with all your **** wet.
Gear wise there's 2 camps , those who do the extra small mountain gear type stuff and those of us who have done a bit more road time and found compact isn't always better on a bike. My personal camp gear bag holds a 4 man Eureka tent , ground tarp, sleeping bag and a good inflatable mattress. You've never spent a longer night that one in the rain in a small wet tent with all your **** wet.
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The days of just winging it for a place to camp or throwing down at rest stops are gone but the up side is established camp sites are nicer and more abundant today , only down side is a camp site can run the same as a cheap hotel room in a lot of area's anymore.
Gear wise there's 2 camps , those who do the extra small mountain gear type stuff and those of us who have done a bit more road time and found compact isn't always better on a bike. My personal camp gear bag holds a 4 man Eureka tent , ground tarp, sleeping bag and a good inflatable mattress. You've never spent a longer night that one in the rain in a small wet tent with all your **** wet.
Gear wise there's 2 camps , those who do the extra small mountain gear type stuff and those of us who have done a bit more road time and found compact isn't always better on a bike. My personal camp gear bag holds a 4 man Eureka tent , ground tarp, sleeping bag and a good inflatable mattress. You've never spent a longer night that one in the rain in a small wet tent with all your **** wet.
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With today's technology purchasing small, light sleeping bags, self inflating mattresses and lightweight tents is very possible. That is what I use and if the weather looks bad I get a motel, do laundry and Relax for the night. Slept many nights very comfortly with my lightweight gear.
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i always carry a small bottle of hand sanatizer, i work in prison and you never know who touched what. lotion or foot powder, first aid kit,finger or toe nail clipppers, dryer sheets incase you cant make it to a washing machine, rub them on you so you don't offend.
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"I will be trying to avoid staying at motels and winging where I lay my head come sunset" ... Did this many times over the years ... Some areas( states ) frown on spending the night ... I use to "disable" the headlight so that I "couldn't ride until the sun came up"
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I would have not thought of the dryer sheets or nail clippers.. Thanks
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The days of just winging it for a place to camp or throwing down at rest stops are gone but the up side is established camp sites are nicer and more abundant today , only down side is a camp site can run the same as a cheap hotel room in a lot of area's anymore.
Gear wise there's 2 camps , those who do the extra small mountain gear type stuff and those of us who have done a bit more road time and found compact isn't always better on a bike. My personal camp gear bag holds a 4 man Eureka tent , ground tarp, sleeping bag and a good inflatable mattress. You've never spent a longer night that one in the rain in a small wet tent with all your **** wet.
Gear wise there's 2 camps , those who do the extra small mountain gear type stuff and those of us who have done a bit more road time and found compact isn't always better on a bike. My personal camp gear bag holds a 4 man Eureka tent , ground tarp, sleeping bag and a good inflatable mattress. You've never spent a longer night that one in the rain in a small wet tent with all your **** wet.
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Also, Thank you for the idea of an air mattress, never used one before, but from reading the posts so far, it is clearly a great and must have item.
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LOL.. I could so see myself having that "issue"