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Old 01-30-08 | 10:32 PM
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Durward_Kirby
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Originally Posted by nun
The Bleriot is not an expedition touring bike and if you are over 200lbs and want to carry 100lbs of gear it would not be a good choice, but for regular road touring it's as good as anything and better than most.
Put a couple of panniers front and rear and you will be fine. Here's an example

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p..._id=60266&v=D4

Both the Saluki and Bleriot have nice touring geometries with long chainstays and are solid bikes good for long distance touring

I may be too heavy. I weigh 255 and am 6'3" tall. How long do chainstays need to be? I've got a nice Jamis Coda Comp and they are 410 mm.
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