Loaded Touring

I made the trip to Seattle today with the rain bike and loaded panniers.  The bike weighed over 50 lbs!  That's a lot of weight on 23c tires.  The bike handled a bit weird, it felt like it needed more weight on the front, especially when going down rough Seattle hills! Before you think I'm really hard core for biking all the way to Seattle with a loaded bike....... I only biked 11 miles.  The rest of the distance was accomplished by sitting in the air conditioned comfort of a Bolt Bus. This multi-modal transportation option wasn't bad at all!

..........road bike..........rollers........mtb.........lifecycle....total Today..........11...............0..............0...............0............11 Jan............710................0..............0...............0...........710
Feb........... 578...............0..............0...............0............578
March ...........701.............0..............0...............0............701
April..........749.................0..............0...............0..........749
May...........613.................0..............0...............0...........613
June............309...............0..............0...............0...........309
July...............615...............0..............0...............0............615
August.........359................0..............0...............0.............359
 Sept............130................0...............0...............0.............130
Total..........4672...............0..............0...............0..........4672