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08-22-11 | 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by MichelleOH

Thanks. I'm not sure what type of bike I would do best with...I would still like to ride a bit for fitness if I wish. I wouldn't need much load carrying ability. Perhaps 5 pounds of stuff (field guide, binoculars).

So, should I post this in a different forum?

I think even more performance orientated hybrids can carry racks and bags, if you want to speed things up. But if you mean extremely light luggage that fit in a backpack/XL seatpack/fannypack etc, maybe you should consider a CX? Or a fully speced hybrid.

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