Gear

A touring cyclist must bring everything necessary to sustain oneself indefinitely. The essentials are primarily camp or backpacking gear – lightweight, weatherproof, compactable, synthetic. The fascinating aspect of the nomadic lifestyle is as much in the journey as it is in the place called home each night. The cyclist carries the representation of home with them – instead of thinking home in the spatial architectural sense, consider it in terms of a series of objects which represent the quintessential essence of home -