Originally Posted by
DocsDad
I've checked the Touring thread but thought I would ask in this one.
Any thought on using the hybrid bike for touring? Do any of you do it? Is it too much for these bikes. We are considering lower to mid level bikes like the trek FX series.
My wife and I currently ride Trek 4300 Disk mountain bikes but at 48 years old we now keep them to the streets. We do longer rides anywhere from 30 - 60 miles at a time, several days per week. We have also done a week long tour and would like to do more. We want touring bikes but the cost is a bit much for us and frankly 80% of the time we will be using them locally
When we do tour, any problems loading these with heavier panniers? We have a Burley Nomad so I don't see us overloading the bikes though.
Anyway, your thoughts are appreciated. Sorry if this has been answered in the past. I just don't want to have problems with the bikes if we load them once in a while, or decide to flip the bird to the man and ride across the country and see what this journey holds for us. (a real possibility... lol)
Thanks
I can't see you having any problems with doing some touring on those bikes. I did a month long tour of the central and panhandle areas of Florida about 7 years ago on a Raleigh hybrid, I rode about 1200 miles over 28? days. I used both front and rear panneirs on racks I bought from "Old Man Mountain" company. It was a self supported camping tour. I think I was carrying about 50 - 60 pounds of gear over all. People tour on all kinds of bicycles. Check out crazyguyonabike for tons of touring info. Good luck if you decide to tour, honestly I can say I had a blast doing it, I will do some more touring someday when I have the time and less obligations.