Dublin to Istanbul and back.
Hey,
I'm new to this so bare with me please.
I'm planning on taking a few months off next year and doing a cycling trip from Dublin to Istanbul and back.
Doing it in a loop through England, down through France then work my way across, then back up through all the eastern countries.
The problem is I have no experience of long distance cycling, and what bike I should look for!
I usually just ride a town bike about, a Giant Expression.
Just a little heavy for what I'm planning!
I like the idea of having a trailer because I plan on camping everywhere I go.
I can imagine it would be handy for this length of journey.
What kind of bike should I be looking into??
Willing to spend up to �800 or so, hoping to pick up something second hand,
but I'm 6 foot 2 so it can hard to find one that fits me.
I read an advert for a Giant FCR 1 in my local paper, to me it looks the part!
Thats the height of my knowledge!
He is looking for �700. Is this a fair price??
I need to get into training for this soon.
How would you approach it, any words of wisdom are taken in kindly!
Cheers
Andrew