Just the Bike

Here is a nice clean picture of my (light) bike with no luggage. I was happy to get it back from the bike shop a week or so ago and it rides great! The Christmas colors help keep it from getting stolen (or at least I like to think so).

In the past, it was nice when I had more than one night at some destination on a bike tour and I could ride my bike around without the luggage. It's a completely different feel to it, but I also do enjoy riding it fully loaded (more so than a fully supported bike tour). There's something to be said for knowing you could head off in any direction -- prepared.
Fully loaded pictures coming soon...