Originally Posted by
cccorlew
I lifted a friends Long Haul Trucker onto my roof rack once. I'm lucky I can still walk. It may be a great touring bike, but geeezzz it's a brick. I'm guessing Schwin Varsity weight. Maybe 700 pounds. I wouldn't want to ride it uphill.
Unless you need it to tour in Africa, look at a cross bike.
I almost mentioned trying to find something other than a CroMoly frame... like Reynolds or True Temper for example. A Gunnar might be nice. I like the looks of some recent Gary Fisher models like the
Presidio too. There are some nice cross bike frames being made from CF these days as well.