I am interested in bike touring and to a bike that i am finding interesting. i am just starting to bike far distances, my first place that i have went to was manitowoc, wisconsin, and I live in kellnersville. it's about 15 miles away, and I have done this all summer this last summer(2009) and the summer of 08, i have started biking to manitowoc. it usually took me about an hour and 15, but now it takes me an hour. I think that is amazing especally for a 17 year old at the time, now 18. when I get out of school, I am planning my first trip major trip to crivitz wisconsin, about 85 miles away from where I live. and while i am there, I am going to michigan, which is about 30 miles from crivitz. but than after that, I want to plan a trip to alaska, but i wanted to go to crivitz first to get a feel of biking all day. but before that I have to get a job and get my self a touring recumbent bike with a trailer. I still have a lot of questions like is there a possibility of getting a light generator that's compatible for a tadpole recumbent, and is there backpack holder for those lightwheight backpacks for a hidration bladder. I have a lot more questions, but I can't fit them all on here, so yah. thankyou for reading my post, and I have a lot to learn about biking, so I have a lot to ask, so thanks.

jake