2 posts tagged “bicycle camping”
I need to go look at this at the local sporting goods store. I wonder how much it weighs. On some of the S24Os, I ride very, very heavy. This looks like it might weigh ten Lbs. But what luxury! I think it'd be worth it. Since I don't camp a whole lot, I like the idea of being up off the ground. Also, I sleep VERY well on cots. Not sure why, but this thing looks great. Anyone have one?
Update: I just looked and it weighs 20 lbs. (!!). Still, it'd be easy to transport on my Xtracycle. So I'll put it on my wish list. I just love the design.
Welcome, human-powered adventurers:
Let's start with a reality we probably share. We read about adventure in publications like Adventure Cycling, we own camping equipment, we talk with our buddies about long trips we wish we could take...and yet careers, parenting, eldercare, or budgets stand between us and adventures.
Grant Peterson of Rivendell Bicycle Works coined the term that lends we who thirst for adventure just the device we need to have our over-committed cakes -- but with the addition of a much needed helping of adventure.
The s24o stands for an overnight adventure (via foot or bicycle) that involves some touring, some camping, and the adventure that presents itself.
Mr. Peterson wrote: "You leave on your bike in the late afternoon or evening, ride to your campsite in a few hours, camp, sleep, and ride home the next morning. It’s that simple, and that’s the beauty of it. You can fit it in. It requires almost no planning or time commitment. In the past four years I’ve done more than fifty of them, and I’m no planner."
You can read the article here on the Rivendell Site.
There are so many great things about this form of adventuring, we thought it worthy to offer up a place to collect tips, stories, images, and accounts from those who practice the easy art of the s24o. That's what s24o.com is all about.
