Originally Posted by
fuji86
50-150 mile rides are going to suck on a regular basis unless you do something like this ?
The reality of that distance is that you will be sitting on a skinny seat for hours on end. I'd like to see anyone telling me to get my head out of my @ss to sit in an office chair for 7+ hours (20 mph x 7.5 hours = 150 miles) without getting uncomfortable and squirming in their seat ? Compound that with the fact you have to pedal & propel the bike as opposed to sitting idle. I'll say it, I have a Sports Authority atb that I bet I can be more comfortable on than either of the SS/FG bikes. Nice seat and fat tires, and it's not that appreciably slower for a duration of hours of these longer rides ?
I'll concede that if it was a leisure ride with the wife and kids, then I'd just do it on a modified KM. This is base mileage. The bike is being built to train for long distance races (to keep the line of thinking straight) more than touring.
tl;dr
I have probably one of the top 3 best touring frames made (which is actually a clone of the best); long distance FG racer/trainer.