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Old 04-01-12 | 10:43 PM
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bradtx
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From: Pearland, Texas

Bikes: Cannondale, Trek, Raleigh, Santana

NG, Folks generally tour pretty lightly with a CF frame. It really isn't a question of the frame's strength, it's the unknown quantity for many, myself included, of how the frame will react to having dead weight placed in locations it wasn't designed for. The wheelset is another issue for a bike used on a self supported tour, again because of dead weight.

If this is a one off adventure you may want to look for a used tourer and resell it at the end of the tour. Advice on this forum is generally conservative to insure a succesful ride.

Brad
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