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11-28-17 | 06:02 AM

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wahoonc

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From: On the road-USA

Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG

Define "touring" bike...

I have seen just about every type of bike ever built used for touring. I routinely tour on a Raleigh 3 speed. Primarily 2-3 days at most. Longer tours I may use a converted hard tail MTB. I even use a Raleigh Twenty for short single night tours (SO24).

Figure out which bicycle style is most comfortable for you, then find one that you can carry what you want/need. Start riding. To me the tour is more about where I go, who and what I see than how I got there and on what.

Aaron

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