all ye tour de folk
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Question... I might buy a trek 5000 (more of a racing bike from what I've read) for about $1100...great price...but before i do I was wondering if it can be converted to a touring bike...and if so what would be the pros and cons of such a conversion? Thank you, And ride hard!
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Why not just get a touring bike for the same $ ? More adaptable, comfortable, durable, etc...
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Visionquest,
It all depends on how you want to tour. I use a straight road bike to do long distance unsupported tours, but then I do not camp. I use only two rear panniers, and a rack bag for carrying stuff.
From what I can tell, the Trek 5000 is a full carbon frame with a carbon fork. I do not believe that it has any provisions for mounting a rack, even on the rear. That is not to say that you could not figure out something that would work.
Depends on how far you want to tour. You could get a seat post mounted rear rack with a rack bag. Just take a credit card, a few spare tubes, water bottles, air pump, foul weather gear, and off you go with the 5000.
It all depends on how you want to tour. I use a straight road bike to do long distance unsupported tours, but then I do not camp. I use only two rear panniers, and a rack bag for carrying stuff.
From what I can tell, the Trek 5000 is a full carbon frame with a carbon fork. I do not believe that it has any provisions for mounting a rack, even on the rear. That is not to say that you could not figure out something that would work.
Depends on how far you want to tour. You could get a seat post mounted rear rack with a rack bag. Just take a credit card, a few spare tubes, water bottles, air pump, foul weather gear, and off you go with the 5000.
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Originally Posted by Visionquest
Question... I might buy a trek 5000 (more of a racing bike from what I've read) for about $1100...great price...but before i do I was wondering if it can be converted to a touring bike...and if so what would be the pros and cons of such a conversion? Thank you, And ride hard!
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thank you all for your info...I kind of suspected something was up up when the guy told me that if i "really wanted to" i could tour with it...hm... I'm just going to buy a touring bike. ride hard, ride fast and most importantly, ride fun :-D