Mark Ortiz's Touring Bicycle
Channel: jedgarsquink
Date: 2011-09-05

This is my third touring bicycle.  Some parts are off of my first two touring bikes, both of which succumbed to crash damage.

I've been riding bikes of this general nature since 1996, after starting serious cycling on road racing bikes in 1965 at the age of 15.  Since I started using bikes that can haul a load, my annual mileage has increased dramatically.  I estimate my lifetime miles so far at about 135,000, and at least half of those have come since 1996.

One errata item: I refer to 9-speed freewheel.  My age is showing.  It's a 9-speed SRAM cassette on a Shimano freehub.