Road bike for touring?
06-05-06, 10:10 AM
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Road bike for touring?
I do multiday tours a couple times a year and 20-30 mile morning rides every week, and I want to buy a bike I can use for both purposes. Number One candidate is an REI Novara Randonnee, a steelframe touring bike which is great for touring and ok for the shorter rides. But what I really want is a road bike that would be just robust enough to use for touring. Does such a thing exist? At under $1000? Any info, many thanks.
06-05-06, 10:36 AM
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Try a Jamis Aurora or Bianchi Volpe
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06-05-06, 10:54 AM
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What do you consider "touring"? Do you mean tours where you load up the panniers and are basically self-sufficient for a couple days? Or do you mean tours like "Ride The Rockies" where there are frequent rest stops and trucks to carry your luggage from day to day?
If you mean pannier-based touring (aka, loaded touring), then your options are going way down as most bike frames these days do not come with the necessary eyelets that racks attach to.
If you mean supported tours where the bike is carrying nothing but you, then just about anything will work. Just try to get something with semi-relaxed geometry -- long back-to-back-to-back-etc. days on twitchy bikes can get tiring.
If you mean pannier-based touring (aka, loaded touring), then your options are going way down as most bike frames these days do not come with the necessary eyelets that racks attach to.
If you mean supported tours where the bike is carrying nothing but you, then just about anything will work. Just try to get something with semi-relaxed geometry -- long back-to-back-to-back-etc. days on twitchy bikes can get tiring.
06-05-06, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by jatay
I do multiday tours a couple times a year and 20-30 mile morning rides every week, and I want to buy a bike I can use for both purposes. Number One candidate is an REI Novara Randonnee, a steelframe touring bike which is great for touring and ok for the shorter rides. But what I really want is a road bike that would be just robust enough to use for touring. Does such a thing exist? At under $1000? Any info, many thanks.
Tim
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06-05-06, 12:31 PM
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You may also want to try the touring board.
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