[HN Gopher] Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days
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Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days
Author : the_cat_kittles
Score : 66 points
Date : 2022-11-14 21:28 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| insane_dreamer wrote:
| > I had a month where I sent only one email. All month.
|
| this might be the best line in the article :)
| ericmcer wrote:
| I think you mean 9833km? South America is not that long unless he
| was riding in circles around it or something.
| hnthrowaway0315 wrote:
| Just curious. For a similar bit shorter travel across Canada from
| east to west during summer, is there any recommended commercial
| bike? (commercial bike means can buy in Costco/Canadian
| Tire/individual bike shops and not too expensive, say under 3000
| CAD)
| newsclues wrote:
| a touring bike is what you want, lots of brands make them, find
| a local shop and try a few to see what you like.
| calt wrote:
| The Surly Long Haul Trucker is a favorite base bike.
|
| Getting the bags and racks etc won't be included. A good local
| bike shop would be my bet.
| wiredfool wrote:
| The Surly he was riding isn't a bad choice. They're pretty
| stout, and have all the necessary braze ons for racks and
| fenders. You're going to need panniers and/or frame bags,
| though current style is to put a bit more weight on the front
| than he seemed to have.
| matsemann wrote:
| How would a different kind of bike setup fare? Like tubeless, or
| belt-driven etc, any gains doing untraditional things? Of course,
| one value in doing it plain is it's easy to fix and get parts
| anywhere.
| flylikeabanana wrote:
| > one value in doing it plain is it's easy to fix and get parts
| anywhere
|
| That's probably the main value. In the article it says he
| waited three days for a bike chain - I imagine it would have
| been even longer waiting for a belt. Belts also limit you to
| single-sprocket rear wheels since they don't work with
| derailers - hub gears can be reliable (see the legendary
| Rohloff hubs) but they're expensive and add another difficult-
| to-source part to the build in case something goes wrong.
|
| There's even something of a cult myth in touring that steel
| frames are superior since they could be theoretically fixed by
| anyone with a welder. I'm not sure if I've ever heard of this
| in practice, though.
| pixelbreaker wrote:
| I have a pinion gearboxed mountain bike with belt drive,
| 10000km and going strong, same belt.
| bwb wrote:
| Same here, I am at half that on a touring bike. Belts are
| amazing!
|
| I do carry a spare on tours
| danw1979 wrote:
| wouldn't a spare belt be quite light to pack anyway ?
| wl wrote:
| Tubeless is probably the least problematic of the newfangled
| bike tech when it comes to bike touring in remote areas. You
| get the benefit that most punctures will seal themselves. If
| the puncture is too severe for the sealant to work, you can
| easily convert to a conventional setup with a tube.
| loeg wrote:
| This isn't a ton of miles for the period of time; the main
| complication is that he's doing it in rural areas, carrying a
| bunch of gear, in a foreign country. Given that scenario, bike
| tourers frequently opt for the equipment most likely to have
| replacement parts available. Which means boring, conventional
| stuff.
| dheera wrote:
| I've done long distance rides in Asia and I'd strongly suggest
| using as standard parts as possible, for exactly that reason:
| the bike shop in some middle-of-nowhere village will likely
| have something you can use.
|
| When long distance touring you're also usually pulling around a
| fair amount of baggage, so don't bother trying to save a few
| hundred grams here and there on bike components if it isn't
| standard stuff.
| rubyn00bie wrote:
| The title on HN seems to deviate from the one on the page. I say
| that because that's only 24 miles a day, and I've known plenty of
| people who bike commute and do _at least_ that. The article
| itself, IMHO, is also more interesting than the amount of miles
| biked.
| mikepurvis wrote:
| Riding 24mi (39km) a day for a few weeks is one thing, but
| sustaining that for over a year, including making up for days
| off due to weather, mechanical trouble, whatever is what makes
| this interesting IMO.
| soperj wrote:
| There was a guy in Canada (Al Howie) who RAN about two and a
| half times (105km) that far every day for two and a half
| months(72 days, 10 hours). 2 weeks after he finished he set a
| world record in a 1300 mile race.
| loeg wrote:
| Yeah. It's not a lot of miles per day "in civilization."
| s1mon wrote:
| Agreed. When I first glanced at the title, I was thinking about
| the RAAM (Race Across America), where the winners do roughly
| ~3000 miles in ~9 days (depending on course and year).[0] The
| actual logistics of this trip North/South along the western
| side of South America [1] are much different, and glancing at
| some of the blog entries and photos, very interesting. There's
| also YouTube videos. [2]
|
| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Across_America
|
| [1] https://www.peterispedaling.com/the-ride
|
| [2] https://www.youtube.com/user/pdbennett8/videos
| the_cat_kittles wrote:
| this is a really entertaining and descriptive summary of the nuts
| and bolts of bike touring through south america written by a
| friend of mine. i recommend the whole blog!
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