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Old 10-11-07, 11:58 AM
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How far you can expect to travel on a given day depends on several things: your bike, your fitness level, your timeline, the route, and the weather, ie wind.

Assuming you've got time, you're reasonably fit, the route is asphalt and not too hilly, and wind is a non-factor, I don't see why you couldn't cruise at 20 kph comfortably. 3 hours later and boom, you've done 60k, 4 hours and you're 80km from home! (assuming you didn't turn around at the 40k mark )

As has been said before, while the bikes you list are not the most efficient at long distance, ie, seat design, tire size, posture, hand hold positions etc, they'll perform the task admirably, albeit at a slower speed.

Just think turtle and hare...
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