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05-23-10, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gattm99

I have lots of riding experience but zero loaded touring experience. I have a rack I got cheap from somewhere, and some rear paniers I got for 5 bucks at a Goodwill store. My backup road bike is a steel (reynolds 853) framed Schwinn Peloton from 1997. I'm considering doing some light touring this summer. Probably carrying a tent, a sleeping bag, some clothes and a few odd and ends, and probably not more then a few days at a time. My Schwinn doesn't have rack eyelets but I've seen little bolt on eyelet things. Should I try to find a true touring frame or just try to adapt my scwhinn.

The Schwinn can run 28mm tires, and I've got 32 spoke standard box wheels for it.

Run what ya brung! You can tour on anything you want. FWIW I frequently do short overnight tours on a Raleigh Twenty. First tour I ever did was ~20 miles one way and was done on a single speed Western Flyer coaster brake with stuff in a front basket.

Aaron

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