Re: Everyone has a list

On 12/31/2024 9:55 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 12/30/2024 10:17 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:44:41 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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https://www.renehersecycles.com/innovations-of-the-last-25-years/

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Bikepacking?  I *stopped* camping out twenty-five years ago.
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(Because we moved away from the hilltowns I used to ride up into.)

 I caught that too - bike packing is an innovation of the last 25 years?

I think they're using "bike packing" to mean having gear lashed in place essentially in the center of the bike, as opposed to in panniers at the sides. From what I gather, the supposed advantages are less aero drag and less tendency to snag trailside vegetation. But A) it's a lousy descriptive term (like many in bicycling), and B) it can't be new.
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