Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=touring.9511.0000.eml
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 20:51:15 -0500
From: Stephen Ciccarelli <stevec(AT)dev.infomkt.ibm.com>
Subject: Welcome to the touring list

Welcome to the group, folks.  Looks like we have a small membership, but 
growing by 3 or 4 per day.

My purpose in starting this list is several fold.  I believe that bicycle 
touring is on the rise.  I think that folks of all abilities can benefit 
from sharing information on this topic.  This can include but isn't limited 
to:

- Routes and place descriptions
- Tips for packing and unpacking
- Weather handling
- Duration, destination and "getting there", including tips for handling bikes
  and gear at airports and train stations
- Group and solo touring tips
- Camping and credit card touring
- Personal ride reports (one of my favorites)
- Touring with kids, older folks and the disabled
- Point to Point and circuit tours
- Foreign countries
- More personal ride reports

What's my definition of a tour?  Could be one day, could be a year or more.
I guess it’s more of a pure enjoyment and recreation thing.  Touring is
the ultimate vacation, at least for me.  It's getting out and away from 
readily available automobile support.  Touring can range from an overnight 
out and back to a campground 30 miles away or a 1 day 400k ride or a 5 month 
transcontinental oddessy.  Take your pick, all forms are welcome here!

I'd like to start a touring version of the "warm showers" list - perhaps
less formally.  

A bit of background about me, since I started this list in the first place.
My name is Steve Ciccarelli.  If anyone is on the ultramarathon list or 
tandem(AT)hobbes, you'll recognize me.  I run a rather large web site at:

http://blueridge.infomarket.ibm.com/bikes/

which caters to long distance riding and touring.  I'm not a terribly
accomplished tourist, having done only a handful of multi-day rides, and in
fact I’ve only been riding seriously for the last 2 or so years.  But I do
a rather lot of distance, having just passed 8000 miles this year - mostly
thanks to near-daily commuting.  I daydream about loading up front and rear
panniers and just "heading out somewhere".  I hope that others on this list
share that dream.

SteveC
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