Originally Posted by
maxfieldl
Hi all,).
What are your thoughts on buying a road-centered bike and obtaining the necessary equipment that could enable light/medium touring on it? Has anybody done it themselves? What equipment exactly would I need to do this (if it's even possible?). I am looking at the SECTEUR as a potential ride, but I could be off the map on that one.
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My thought is that a road bike isn't designed to carry panniers. It's meant to have weight between seat, pedals and bars with the rider able to toss the bike around at speed. Equipment and accessories won't change that. Depending on your weight and your load you can put some weight between the wheels but it's like turning a two seat sports car into a SUV, why bother? If you want a versatile road bike and aren't racing or need a racing trainer there's no reason to get a modern racing ready bike you're going to compromise the handling on. If you're going to want panniers, fenders or your weight pushes 200lbs look to less racing oriented road bikes than the Secteur and similar.