The UNtour: Packing for a Bicycle Tour

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1. I love the way americans call trousers/jeans Pants, In the UK Pants mean men's Underwear lol, great video, Loved some of stuff you use and gave me some ideas.
2. This is a very encouraging video!
   May I ask how the size of your Ortlieb rack pack?
3. Hay i love your video. so i have the same set up for breaks on my handlebars with the crosstop levers. i have a handlebar bag on mine with a ortlieb bag and all i had to do is get the mount Extension so the breaks would work.
4. Wow, that is more stuff than i have in my house, haha. Cool ideas though, i will for sure pack a drain stopper this time.
5. Khara, thank you for this. I am googling and comparing all the brands and this is so difficult...I was tempted to go with Vaude KARAKORUM, but it is not waterproof, only has a waterproof bag, which is useless if you need to go through water. I like the (padded) bag in a bag. Where did you get it from? What make is it? Do you also have some advice what tent you use and what sleeping bag you recommend? Thanks!
6. this video was pretty much an ortlieb commercial. still helpful
7. I was just curious to ask, what kind of clothes do you guys recommend to wear on the bike tour? Would wearing regular shorts & Shirt work?
8. Everybody complains about the gas prices during Road Trips and Vacation, but why don't they give it all up and ride a bike across America instead? What is holding them back, complacency? laziness? Lack of ideas?
9. Would you recommend someone who has a midlife crisis to go on a bike tour? If so, why would you think so?
10. When you were bicycling out in the open desert with long stretches and nothing in sight, how did you overcome your boredom from time to time?
11. Riding a bike is fun and good exercise.........walking, bicycles and mass transit will all be part of making cities livable.
    Ride to school.........ride to work.........ride for fun...........
    Bike to work day should be everyday..... employers needs to provide places to park and lock bicycles and encourage employees to ride a bicycle to work. Children should be riding a bike to school instead of being dropped off by their parents. Cities need to do more to provide safe walking and biking trails and paths that connect homes, schools and businesses. Speak up and ask for more bicycle paths in your community. Obesity is a growing problem around the world leading to an increase in heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure. Walking and biking can help improve health.
12. like this video very useful for me
13. Wouldn't like to use completely waterproof bags. Bags need to breathe a little
14. nice tips
15. This video helped quite a bit. I'm riding the Avenue Verte in a month and am trying to decide on the M or the S Rack Pack bag and at least this gave me a sense of the M size. I do believe a small will work for me (only on the road for a week or so). Very well done, thank you.
16. A padded bag in a bag... no way. Some simple canvas carrier bags would do the job better, pack better and make better use of bag room. So a no way to the eagle creek clothes bag.....
17. nice... (y)
18. I've owned Ortlieb back roller classic and front roller classic for 18 years and they've never let me down. Ortlieb are the ABSOLUTE BEST panniers on the market. Best value because of the superior quality, waterproofness and the ease of use.
19. How do you guys overcome your obstacles on the road such as I.E. Riding over steep hills on the Bike Trail?
20. What a terrifically helpful video - thank you. I'm planning a tour of La Velodyssey in France from Roscoff to Santander in Spain next year, so I think i'll invest in some Ortleib panniers & a rack pack, as they look awesome.