Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.N. Shaner
10-17-07, 06:45 PM
Hi everyone,
I'm planning a tour next summer--not sure where but an extended one, a month or more--my current bicycle is a Trek 412 (022 ishiwata tubing). Does anyone know if this bike would be suitable for touring (for instance, are the chainstays long enough for rear panniers?) I haven't given much thought to how much I will bring with me or anything like that as of yet (for one, I will need to upgrade the 6-spd cassette and possibly a third chain ring up front). I have heard the bike called a "sport touring" bicycle and the geometry seems suitable for this type of designation, but my main question is how this bicycle performs loaded... hopefully someone out there has done some touring on a trek 412 or a similar trek from the mid to late 80s. Right now I just don't have the funds to buy a touring bike.
Thanks,
Nick
I'm planning a tour next summer--not sure where but an extended one, a month or more--my current bicycle is a Trek 412 (022 ishiwata tubing). Does anyone know if this bike would be suitable for touring (for instance, are the chainstays long enough for rear panniers?) I haven't given much thought to how much I will bring with me or anything like that as of yet (for one, I will need to upgrade the 6-spd cassette and possibly a third chain ring up front). I have heard the bike called a "sport touring" bicycle and the geometry seems suitable for this type of designation, but my main question is how this bicycle performs loaded... hopefully someone out there has done some touring on a trek 412 or a similar trek from the mid to late 80s. Right now I just don't have the funds to buy a touring bike.
Thanks,
Nick