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Thanks for the tips. I have a bit of money to spend on new/maintenance bits needed for my bike to make sure it's all working well before we go. My thinking with regards to the panniers was exactly that, I'd always rather buy quality stuff and I've seen their resale value is pretty good second...

Ah this sounds great! I'm already hopeful we might manage a short trip between Bruges/Amsterdam with the kids maybe next year (and definitely with a tagalong type thing for the youngest), it's mostly convincing my husband (who doesn't really do cycling :LOL:).

Thanks for the advice, I do have some bar ends now as I did miss being able to change positions on our last short trip. I'll gladly head to a bike shop though for some help/advice, just nice to know roughly what I'm after before I head in there :) Can't wait for the trip and am hoping it'll be...

Yes I did post on there a little while ago. I'm planning to get a bar bag as well, haven't quite figured out if it's best to go with a paper map or use my phone or what yet so that is another thing to consider before I buy those bits. We are doing the Alpe Adria so from what I have read and...

Thank you! A new bike is in the pipeline but not before the trip unfortunately due to budget! I'd like to get a bike for touring at some point and maybe keep my Kona for some light mountain biking around here, I've got some offroad tyres and suspension forks for it and I do love it. Any advice...

This is the unfortunately the best photo I have of my bike, it's a 97' Kona Kilauea. I'm heading to Europe later this year for a 9 day tour in Italy/Austria. It's the first big trip I've been on as have previously only done 4 days with no gear on my bike. I'm wondering if anyone has experience...