Timeline for Convert used road bike or MTB for touring?
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Mar 21, 2016 at 22:42 | comment | added | HJo | For the same reason that I prefer to do a cycle tour rather than fly in a plane! | |
Mar 13, 2016 at 20:47 | comment | added | Craig Hicks | Why do you exclude the possibility of purchasing a used touring bike? | |
Mar 9, 2016 at 5:25 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/707437221343850497 | ||
Mar 8, 2016 at 23:45 | vote | accept | HJo | ||
Mar 8, 2016 at 23:44 | history | edited | HJo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Mar 8, 2016 at 22:37 | comment | added | mattnz | Some road frames won't accommodate wider tires preferred for touring. | |
Mar 8, 2016 at 16:18 | answer | added | Nate W | timeline score: 3 | |
Mar 8, 2016 at 13:39 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | One question is "How loaded do you plan to get?" I mean, not drunk, but how much of a load? A true road bike is lightly built and not designed to carry the weight of a fully-loaded tourer. Beyond that, there are subtle but important differences between road and touring bikes -- wheelbase, the ability to fit fenders, etc. (Of course a mountain bike likely has a lousy geometry for touring as well, and you don't want any sort of suspension when racking up miles on decent roads.) | |
Mar 8, 2016 at 9:00 | answer | added | Chris Tsiakoulas | timeline score: 1 | |
Mar 8, 2016 at 8:23 | comment | added | paparazzo | If you have access to a load of frames then why not just use a touring frame? | |
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Mar 8, 2016 at 7:39 | history | asked | HJo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |