Originally Posted by
mtnroads
Very nice setup. I've been thinking about doing something similar with my full carbon Spec Roubaix since it's a lot lighter than my T2000 and I need to so something useful with it. Just wish I could get 28mm tires on it to improve the comfort. Don't worry about what the lycra crowd thinks - most of them are pricks anyway.
Originally Posted by
stringbreaker
hey it does the job and you are happy. Who cares what those roadies think. tourers are the real roadies.
WTF? That's not very nice. It's possible to be both a roadie & a tourist, and not be an a-hole at the same time.
Nice bike, BTW. I wouldn't convert it to a tour bike, for not that much more $, I think, if you shop carefully, you can get a separate tour bike and have both.