Re: your worst touring bike

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hi Nathan!

     i wouldn't want front suspension on anything i rode on the road; i 
certainly wouldn't want it on anything i was riding with a load on tour.
     if you're not riding the MTB in the dirt, why not consider trading 
it out for something that might be better suited for what you plan to 
do, and get yourself that touring bike?


cheers!
e


On 20/Feb/11 01:10, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Speaking of which...this thread, and this message in particular, prompts me to ask the question:
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> I would like a touring bike. At the moment, I have a nice KTM road bike, and a nice Lapierre mountainbike (front suspension only). I do not ride off-road, and so I am thinking whether adding some bits to the mountainbike will make it suitable for touring. Its gearing is certainly suitable; what it lacks is any provision for baggage (other than the small handlebar bag I use for daily odds and ends). But someone told me that there are actually rear rack systems that can be mounted on bicycles even if there are no pre-drilled holes. That, and changing from the current knobby tires to something better suited for the road. Any thoughts? I could of course just buy a proper touring bike, and may well do so one day, but for now I am looking for a short term solution. I do not need to carry sleep
 ing bag or cooking utensils or tents, just clothes, toiletries, camera and my wallet stuffed with suitable plastic :-)
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:17 PM, Denis Kertz wrote:
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>>> From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 9:48 AM
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>>> Just for the sake of conversation, what's the most ill-suited bike
>>> you've ever taken on a tour?
>> Well, it wasn't my bike but when I rode the Southern Tier route in 2004
>> starting from San Diego, I met a guy coming in the other direction from
>> Florida near the Arizona border.  He had an ordinary hard-tail mountain bike
>> that was almost certainly what he just happened to have and so it was his
>> touring bike.  What was unusual wasn't his bike but his pannier "system."
>> He had a rolled up bedroll strapped to his straight handlebars and two day
>> packs swinging freely from each end of his handlebars.  I've always
>> regretted that I didn't get a photo.  The interesting thing was he seemed to
>> be perfectly content with his arrangement, contrasted by my "correct"
>> front/rear pannier arrangement.  I use my memory of this encounter to remind
>> myself that the trip is still more important than the best/correct equipment
>> and that folks are surprisingly adaptable to whatever they have available.
>>
>> Denis
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