Originally Posted by
SlimRider
That Jamis Commuter can very well transport you on longer distances. However, like Andy_K said, it will be a butt challenge. The longer the ride, the more your butt will feel the pain. Just from being a touring cyclist, all I can say, is that, the feeling of discomfort soon becomes translated into pain. Eventually, you'll begin to feel practically all the bones in your body. You'll begin to crave more stops, more frequently. At least bar ends would help to alleviate pain in your hands, due to varied hand positions.
I think this mostly has to do with saddle choice. For instance, and upright ride would be perfectly comfortable with a Brooks B33:
With an upright bike, one needs to focus on distributing weight around our bottoms, and gloves, grips, and wraps are not so important. With a crouched-over bike, we need to consider weight distribution on the hands and wrists. Oh, and the neck kinking too.
What really is happening here is that lots of us have tried bikes with the drop bars, and we get addicted to the easier speed, they try to justify it with comfort. That's just my opinion, of course.
