I would drive up to St George on Saturday the 14th, take there a hotel, leave my car at their parking lot, and start my touring ride on Sunday morning.
But first I had to narrow down my riding configuration; MTB or Salsa Vaya, and Panniers or Bob-yak trailer. Here my logic...
Since 90% of the off-road trails would be gravel roads, there was no need for a full suspension bike. The MTB has lower gearing (24x36), but I had recently upgraded my Vaya with a 11-36 cluster that would give me a 34x36 configuration with plenty of low-gearing. Because of that I selecting my trusted Vaya.
Since I rode with panniers last year and wanted to try touring with a trailer, the Bob-yak became my luggage carrier. An additional bonus feature on the Bob-yak trailer is the ability to add 2 extra bottle-cages near the rear wheel. That would put my water storage to 5 bottles. A feature that ended up being well appreciated on some of the longer stretches where there is no opportunity to replenish your water-supply.
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| Salsa Vaya, Bob-yak trailer and Ortleib Handle-bar Bag |
To give you an idea about the total touring weigh, I made a list with all major components:
| lbs | Kg | |
| Salsa Vaya Bike | 33.6 | 15.3 |
| Bob-yak Trailer | 15.4 | 7.0 |
| Trailer Dry-sack | 31.2 | 14.2 |
| Handle-bar Bag | 4.2 | 1.9 |
| Water | 8.3 | 3.8 |
| Total | 92.7 | 42.1 |
Saturday morning at 8 Am the truck was loaded with all my gear and off I went!
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| Bike and Trailer in the back of my Truck |
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