Retrobike Touring.

[Iwasgoodonce]

I’m thinking about security. I know the bigger and heavier a lock is the more secure it is. I have a bang average D shackle lock that I use if I go shopping or something. I don’t want to cart it around as it weighs about the same as my new tent.
My route takes me to mostly small places off the main roads. I still want to lock the bike though. I have owned it since 1991 and don’t want to lose it now.
What do experienced tourers like @hamster use on tour? I am hoping to fit the bike in the tent with me at night so the lock would be needed for the frequent stops I expect to make.
I’m thinking a cable with a key. Around 180cm in length to include securing the trailer as well.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I’m thinking about security. I know the bigger and heavier a lock is the more secure it is. I have a bang average D shackle lock that I use if I go shopping or something. I don’t want to cart it around as it weighs about the same as my new tent.
My route takes me to mostly small places off the main roads. I still want to lock the bike though. I have owned it since 1991 and don’t want to lose it now.
What do experienced tourers like @hamster use on tour? I am hoping to fit the bike in the tent with me at night so the lock would be needed for the frequent stops I expect to make.
I’m thinking a cable with a key. Around 180cm in length to include securing the trailer as well.

I use a Magnum cable lock about 12mm diameter, looks better than it probably is. Weighs 1.1kg long enough for both our bikes.

 

[MT62]

Haha been bikepacking with people who eventually just leaned their custom made steel modern gravel bikes against a tree for the night and were like "it will probably wake us if anyone walks around".
I personally carry u-lock everywhere, but also, I use racks and all my camping gear is heavy anyway. For the night, I try to compose the bike into the structure of the tent, like running the poles through wheels and such, if it makes sense. Thinking a fine but not really heavy cable lock would do the job, any that would require noisy tools to go through.

 

[hamster]

If I am riding somewhere like Dartmoor then I take a small cable lock - the sort to immobilise the bike when popping into a small shop. When elsewhere a 20cm D-lock. If I am camping somewhere massively visible to lots of people it's probably the wrong spot anyway.

A 30 year old touring bike isn't a particularly attractive target. Probably the most valuable bits are removable with an Allen key anyway - but that takes time and isn't likely in rural areas. So I don't stress too much about it.

 

[rwm1962]

I have just about the rest of the stuff. I’m going classic Monitor 17B for the stove

Let me know if you need a service kit. I'll knock off a bit RB discount

Monitor 17B Service Kit (see detail below for No:17 & 127) - The Fettlebox

Premium, quality seals, washers & parts for vintage camp stoves & pressure lanterns.

fettlebox.co.uk

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Already got one @rwm1962 from that exact link!

If any of you retro bikers have an elderly brass stove you wish to recommission, I can only suggest you use the above link. His level of knowledge is astounding!
Thanks to the Fettlebox my Monitor is roaring like it did back in the 50/60s.

I cannot get out of my head how difficult it could be to make one of those clamps that attaches the stove to the frame for carrying. I just like the idea.

 

[Rod_Saetan]

I don't tend to carry a lock, or if I do then a very small zip tie lock at the most however we usually have a longer (but still thin) cable lock between three of us and just lock the bikes to a fence, or to each other in a pile. Though my bikes are not cheap or that tatty they probably just look like an old bike to most. I do tend to ride with a couple of others and camp away from others in quiet areas mostly, that cuts down on the need for extra security.

 

[hamster]

My plans aren't yet finalised. If with friends riding around Cherbourg in June, with our wives on e-bikes. It's something I've been urging my wife to give a try as she isn't the most enthusiastic about the effort of riding. It' will be very relaxed with long lunches.

I'm hoping for a repeat trip to Scotland, certainly some unfinished business on Islay (plenty more distilleries!) plus there is a nice easy coast to coast route along the Forth-Clyde canal which looks fun. My second son looks to be in St Andrews all summer and I will try to visit him too.