Re: your worst touring bike

That is interesting, as my 1989 version (red) did have the 
eyelets and held up quite well.

Colin

On 2011-02-20 4:44 PM, Kelly Iniguez wrote:
> Colin,
>
> My Trek 1420 was a 1992 version - eggplant purple. I 
> believe they marketed it as a sport tourer. But we were 
> fully self contained. I think it was a bit too much of a 
> load for the bike. I think (but don't quite remember) that 
> I had to attach the rear rack with P clamps as there 
> weren't any eyelets. I put many a mile on that bike. It's 
> still around town. The fellow who owns it now does Ride 
> the Rockies on it every year.
>
> My husband's Sirrus definitely wasn't up to the job, it 
> was breaking spokes.
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Colin Brander 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
> wrote:
>
>     I'm surprised that you said that the Trek 1420 was ill
>     suited for touring. I had a Trek 1420 that I used
>     extensively for touring, including a trip in Hawaii
>     and loved it. Maybe yours was a different vintage,
>     mine was from around 1989.
>
>     I would say that my worst touring bike was my Raleigh
>     600 (circa 1977), which I replaced with Miyata 610
>     (circa 1982).
>
>
>     Colin
>
>     On 2011-02-19 8:25 AM, Kelly Iniguez wrote:
>
>         The first self supported camping trip my husband
>         and I made was back in . .
>         . . . 1995? or so. We left the kids with my mother
>         and rode a three day loop
>         from her house in Delta, CO.
>
>         I had a Trek 1420 with a rear rack. My husband had
>         a Specialized Sirrus with
>         a rear rack. Both bikes were ill suited for the
>         purpose - but at least my
>         rear wheel held. The rear wheel on the Specialized
>         broke a couple of spokes
>         before we limped into Paonia. The bike shop fellow
>         replaced the spokes,
>         trued the wheel, and politely told us that was way
>         too much weight on a bike
>         built to go fast. But he thought we could make it
>         the 30some miles from
>         Paonia to Delta. We did. We had no clue that there
>         were bikes built for the
>         job.
>
>         The Trek is long gone. That was my last diamond
>         frame bike. I now ride
>         recumbents. My husband gave away the Specialized,
>         but was happy to get it
>         back when that woman's flirtation with cycling
>         ended. I don't know that he
>         will ever ride the bike again, it's heavy by
>         today's standards. But he
>         maintains it's the best fitting bike he's ever owned.
>
>         On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Scott
>         Loveless<[email protected]
>         <mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
>
>
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>     Shoup - The High Cost of Free Parking
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