Originally Posted by
ukoro
I wanted to add in that I am also looking to do somewhat long distance riding. I want this to be a near all purpose bike. Maybe not offroad type stuff but I guess to the extent of touring 10-20 miles.
10 - 20 miles isn't touring, it's pootling, even if you do 10-20 miles a day for several days, it's still only pootling, for which you don't need a special kind of bike, just something that rides comfortably, goes round corners, stops, and has enough gears to make it pleasurable over different terrain. I would say take you pick of Downtube, mid-level Dahon or the lower level Terns
5'-7" and roughly 130 pounds = fairly out of shape ?