Re: your worst touring bike

My "worst" touring bike was a circa 1995 Trek 7200 hybrid. I did an 
overnighter with it once.

NOTE: The bike didn't suck. The 7200, at least in that vintage, was more 
along the lines of a robust hybrid, not a gracile "road" hybrid. I live 
in San Diego, and here at the intersection of the Pacific Coast Route 
and the "Southern Tier" here in the southeast corner pocket of the 
Continental United States I see a fair number of "hybrid' and "commuter" 
bikes rolling in from far away.

For example, one guy rolling across country from Boston was on a KHS 
Urban Xpress, a steel-framed commuter-pitched "hybrid" that, get this, 
has through-fork eyelets for front rack mounting (which the rider didn't 
have). I do worry a little bit about the people on triathlon bikes with 
canteleverd/seatpost racks and small duffel bags bungied to the racks on 
PCH though....

Robert Leone