prostuff

You got me thinking. Would I feel uncomfortable on the road bike provided I'll ride it at least 10 hours per day?

merlinextraligh

I wouldn't be so quick to rule out a trailer. A BOB trailer allows you to carry a lot (70lbs capacity IIRC correctly), barely affects the handling of the bike, particularly once you've got rolling, puts little or no strain on the wheels, and you can ditch the trailer for side trips or at your destination.

I can't vouch for this set up, but it would appear lighter and faster: https://www.extrawheel.com/en/14/photo_gallery/

Bandera

10 hrs. at a stretch over a period of days isn't a sprint.
Add in wet weather, contrary winds, lousy roads, a big-ish load to lug and lots of hills isn't the recipe for a modern race-wannabe road bike.

Treat your trip as a Project: Requirements Planning might help rationalize your bike/kit/training/route/budget decisions.

-Bandera

Drew Eckhardt 

Not if it fits well.

Drew Eckhardt 

Except down hill. Once you get an oscillation going it can be VERY, VERY, VERY scary.

For six pounds of stuff on a supported tour it's complete over-kill.

Machka 

Why a road bike? Why not a touring or sport-touring bike?

Bacciagalupe

Variants on this come up fairly regularly in the Touring subforum.

IMO, you can do it, but it's really not going to be optimal on several counts, some already discussed:
• The gearing will be way too high.
• Geometry is all wrong for carrying loads, and for spending hours and hours in the saddle, day after day.
• Clearance is insufficient for wide tires, especially with fenders.
• No fender mounts (optional).
• 24/28 spoke wheels are probably not tough enough for touring.

The bike won't explode if you do a long tour on it. I just don't think you'll find it particularly comfortable, and thus less enjoyable.

hybridbkrdr

I find the Specialized Tricross a little fascinating. The lowest-cost version has aluminium frame and fork, cantilever brakes, 32mm tires, a triple crankset (and I believe cross-top brake levers and backrack eyelets although the description looks a tad fuzzy to me). From the picture, it looks like it has 32 spoke wheels as well.

In any case, looks like a not-bad solution for something between a touring bike and a road bike.

prostuff

I want uber speed for when I want to get in other countries that I've already toured and for riding to college (-roughly 20 mile ride). I would buy both a road bike and a touring one but that's problematic considering I live in Romania where a salary is ~3 times smaller than a US one. It's really unfair that bikes have the same price for both countries.

hybridbkrdr

https://www.pinkbike.com/directory/li...ia/?category=2

I found a link to bike shops in Romania.

I understand your frustration. When I discovered cyclocross bikes can have two sets of brake levers, I practically went nuts over this idea. If you look and look, you may find surprises. At Canadian Tire in Canada they have the Schwinn CrossFit for $650 (or on sale for $500). It has two sets of brake levers and cantilever brakes.

I like this new idea of cross fitness bikes like the Trek CrossRip and Specialized Tricross. I just wish more of them had triple cranksets however and minimum 32 spoke wheels.

sfrider 

Just get a Carradice or similar and hang it off your saddle, throw in the basics and go ride. For summer clime credit card touring you need amazingly little.
https://www.trentobike.org/Countries/...the_Alps/2008/
What you see in the pic is what you need, give or take.

3 weeks, 2213Km 36500m vertical.

Now, Jobst is (was) at the pretty extreme end of the endurance envelope, but you don't really need the kitchen sink. Scale back climbs and distances to suit. If you can do the occasional 200k day ride without feeling like you're dying you can knock off a 2000km road cycling tour. In fact, it's extraordinarily liberating to just pack a small bag and GO.

znomit

I use a large seat bag and that carries everything I need (a a few things I dont but I'm working on that) for light touring (no cooking/camping).

See:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ght-Evangelism

Machka 

You could go with a sport touring style which shouldn't slow you down.

prostuff

I informed myself about said style and considered buying one such bike, but I just came across the Specialized Allez Sport C2 2014 and... orgasm! I can't say for sure that I'll get it because of my mind changing every few days, but it's a good posibility =D

merlinextraligh

I agree for a supported tour, a trailer is overkill. I didn't get from the OP's post that it's a supported tour.

We have a BOB trailer, and have never had a problem with its handling. Although I have to admit that the only descents I've done with it were limited to 40 mph down a bridge.

big john

OP never said how much load he is going to carry, or how much he weighs. I've toured a bit with people who used race bikes with seatpost racks and backpacks, no problems came up. I weigh more than some of these people including their bike and all of their stuff, so my total load is around 250# for light touring while a 115# woman friend is around 100# less, certainly any decent road bike can carry 150# without issue.

Drew Eckhardt 

With the same position and fast 25mm tires mounted you're not going to have a measurable performance difference.

jerrycan42

I'm thinkg trailer too... Lots of options... https://travellingtwo.com/resources/b...r-bike-touring

prostuff

Guess what .. I changed my mind! - this never happens >.> . Now I'm thinking about getting a touring bike and put luggage on the rack. I'm not yet considering the trailer, but at this rate I'll probably think about getting one soon and, obviously, give up on the idea after a few days.

On another note: I find it amazing that a thread that started with one simple Yes/No question got to be so big. I've definitely learned quite a bit from most people that replied and I'm thankful for that ^.^

Machka 

If speed is your goal, I'm not sure that a trailer is what you want. And if you have a touring bike with a rack, you shouldn't need a trailer.

Go to the Touring Forum and look for threads on ultralight touring ... there are several such threads. They may give you some ideas ...

There are no simple Yes/No questions on bikeforums.

hybridbkrdr

There's no simple answers in the bike world either. If I was to look for a...

cyclocross with endurance-type geometry, aluminium frame, chromoly fork with either 50/34 or 50/39/30 crankset, 12-27 cassette, cantilever brakes, cross-top or interrupter brake levers, backrack eyelets, 32mm tires, 32 spoke wheels, mudguard eyelets, rigid forks and a chainguard or...

touring bike with endurance-type geometry, aluminium frame, chromoly fork with 48/36/26 crankset, 11-32 cassette, V-brakes, (and again with cross-top brake levers on drop bars), backrack eyelets, 37mm tires, 36 spoke wheels, bar-end shifters, rigid forks, mudguard eyelets and a chainguard

I probably wouldn't be able to find it. And lots of frames are not to my liking either. So I guess one of the only solutions is to find a bike close to what I'd want then sell the parts on eBay and replace them.

Excuse me for the rant. Haha.