Touring tips?

[Bretty]

Put a load of zip ties under your seat. They take up no space and can be used to do emergency repairs, splinting an Allen key to repair a broken brake, clutch or gear lever. Or for securing luggage or other bits of kit to the bike.

[Oldgit]

Touring Tip No3 :- Buy a map.

[Simon.Pieman]

If riding from a cold wet climate (UK) to a hot dry climate (S France, Spain, Italy), consider buying separate body armour. (Back protector, shoulder, elbow pads and chest plates, held together with mesh). Then remove all the pads from your biker jacket and wear this underneath instead.


Then when your in the hot climate and red hot you can just wear the body armour with a t-shirt over the top. Safe and cool! :-)

That's pretty much what I do. I arrived in Bali last week for a biking holiday after three weeks of working in extreme heat in Thailand only to find it's silly hot here, 42C.
But, Ive come with my 'tropic' kit as i call it. I use Forcefield knee and elbow tubes in mesh with mx shorts by Fly. I wear a 'performance' T shirt over the top and vented gloves, boots are never compromised I always wear my adventure boots, hot or not. If I've a long ride on and it's only about 35C or below I wear a Macna mesh jacket. In this part of the world you unfortunately always have to wear a necktube under your helmet because of the traffic fumes,
Some might say they would never wear a t shirt on a bike, but in super hot temperatures you'd could be asking for heat exhaustion or worse wearing a jacket, plus it's unpleasant.

[Simon.Pieman]

Put a load of zip ties under your seat. They take up no space and can be used to do emergency repairs, splinting an Allen key to repair a broken brake, clutch or gear lever. Or for securing luggage or other bits of kit to the bike.

Absolutely. I carry about a hundred in different sizes strapped together with an elastic band. Gorilla tape is another must have repair item.