I love seeing oc on /n/.
It's the lifeblood this board lacks.
Your posts had me looking through my old pics for an hour. My longest-ever tour was a hilly 1600 miles (OH-WV-PA-MD-VA-DC-VA-NC-TN-KY-OH).
>Get clip in pedalsHaha
I never post about touring stuff, but maybe I should. I like flat pedals & one particular kind of Vans, but that's way to flexy for laying down miles, so I made custom carbon fiber inserts to reduce shoe flex while pedalling. They're not great for walking around, but it was no great task to untie my shoe & pull the insert. I also reasoned that since they're a commodity shoe, if I somehow ruined a pair along the way, I could just grab another (but that never happened).
>Do NOT use downtube shiftersThe #1 advantage of moving away from dt shifters is being able to use a larger framebag. Pic is what I use on an olde 63cm steel frame, so you could fit something similar, and still have room for two side-entry bottles inside the triangle. I don't care for most bikepacking stuff, but I'm 1000% into framebags.
Really, the main reason I got started with sewing was so I could make all of the bike bags & camping gear I wanted. The machine 'paid for itself' after the first bag I figure. I had one pair of panniers (my Ortlieb grocery getters), but ended up making two new pairs to get what I wanted. In the same way that the framebag fits the frame, the panniers are the largest that fit my racks, no heel strike, stiff, external 'drying' features, etc.
I also made a fanny pack (my 'purse'), and a hammock setup. Got tired of messing around with a tent, pad, uneven ground & wildlife. So a hammock & tarp & underquilt & top quilt. RIP old down duvet. Sounds like a lot, but it packs quite well, and weighs less than my old tent setup.
I swear, some day I will take the right pics during the construction process & divest my sewing knowledge here.
>>1866057Sort of 'metal smearing' up to & including friction welding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galling 
