View Single Post
Old 12-06-09, 10:17 AM
  #10  
fenderbender
consilio et animis
 
fenderbender's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Suedé
Posts: 88

Bikes: It's not 'bout the bike!

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
The ARAYA Randonneur seem to be a very competent touring/camping bike but the name is a bit missleading. If your interested in riding in organised randonneur events there is no need to bring a full camping kit. Like Homeyba said there is a rather large difference in weight and the thinner tubes of a purpose built rando frame will plane and reduce road buzz better witch is a big advantage when you spend long hours in the sadle. Why not have a look at the ARAYA EXCELLA that is also shown in one of your links or Surly Cross Check and such models. They'll should be better priced but still rigid enough to handle enough camping gear for week long touring trips.
fenderbender is offline