Category: touring
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The things I carry
Scroll down for my pack list. For the last couple days, I’ve been hanging at my parents’ farm in Trumbull County, Ohio. They run a small organic produce operation here. In one of the barns, I found a gram scale to weigh everything. In the middle of my efforts, a strong rain storm came through as […]
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About the bike
Carrying me about 4,000 miles is the 2014 Soma Saga. It’s a 54 cm, 700C rig. Most touring bike manufacturers, such as Surly and Salsa, offer a 700C wheelset in a 56 cm frame and above. Below that, the wheel size drops to a 26″ rim, found mostly on mountain bikes and some cruisers, because […]