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I am thinking about doing some touring.
Questions
1. I have a Trex carbon fiber road bike with a triple crankset. There are no eyelets for bags & racks. so if I use this bike I would have to have a trailer. Will a carbon frame get too much stress on the rear stays pulling a trailer?
2. I also have a old aluminum mountian bike with slick on the wheels for road riding. I only have straight bars so if I use this bike do I want to change the handlebars to curved road bars or get the bar horn type extensions. Just riding with the straight bars seems to get tiring real quick without hand changing positions.
The road bike is by far the most comfortable and fastest to ride unloaded. Not sure about the loaded issue.
Thanks for any help
Questions
1. I have a Trex carbon fiber road bike with a triple crankset. There are no eyelets for bags & racks. so if I use this bike I would have to have a trailer. Will a carbon frame get too much stress on the rear stays pulling a trailer?
2. I also have a old aluminum mountian bike with slick on the wheels for road riding. I only have straight bars so if I use this bike do I want to change the handlebars to curved road bars or get the bar horn type extensions. Just riding with the straight bars seems to get tiring real quick without hand changing positions.
The road bike is by far the most comfortable and fastest to ride unloaded. Not sure about the loaded issue.
Thanks for any help
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I am thinking about doing some touring.
Questions
1. I have a Trex carbon fiber road bike with a triple crankset. There are no eyelets for bags & racks. so if I use this bike I would have to have a trailer. Will a carbon frame get too much stress on the rear stays pulling a trailer?
Questions
1. I have a Trex carbon fiber road bike with a triple crankset. There are no eyelets for bags & racks. so if I use this bike I would have to have a trailer. Will a carbon frame get too much stress on the rear stays pulling a trailer?
2. I also have a old aluminum mountian bike with slick on the wheels for road riding. I only have straight bars so if I use this bike do I want to change the handlebars to curved road bars or get the bar horn type extensions. Just riding with the straight bars seems to get tiring real quick without hand changing positions.
The road bike is by far the most comfortable and fastest to ride unloaded. Not sure about the loaded issue.
Thanks for any help
The road bike is by far the most comfortable and fastest to ride unloaded. Not sure about the loaded issue.
Thanks for any help
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Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
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Bar ends are cheaper and easier to install, but trekking bars are more comfortable.
Don't even bother going to drop bars. Drop bar components are hugely overpriced compared to flat bar components. It would be cheaper to buy a used road bike.
Don't even bother going to drop bars. Drop bar components are hugely overpriced compared to flat bar components. It would be cheaper to buy a used road bike.
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I am thinking about doing some touring.
Questions
1. I have a Trex carbon fiber road bike with a triple crankset. There are no eyelets for bags & racks. so if I use this bike I would have to have a trailer. Will a carbon frame get too much stress on the rear stays pulling a trailer?
Questions
1. I have a Trex carbon fiber road bike with a triple crankset. There are no eyelets for bags & racks. so if I use this bike I would have to have a trailer. Will a carbon frame get too much stress on the rear stays pulling a trailer?