Touring on the cheap
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Touring on the cheap
Postby 4 1 3 0 » Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:07 am
I'm thinking of doing some short weekend bike tours come spring and wonder if i could get away with using one of these type bikes as i was given one recently.
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby RonK » Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:17 am
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby 4 1 3 0 » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:16 pm
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby Thoglette » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:50 am
Try to avoid taking too much crap* (all you really need is a credit card and a mobile phone And a towel. )RonK wrote:Yes, that bike will be fine. Just throw on some panniers and go - without overthinking it.
Some spare tubes, shoes you can wear off the bike, water/carbs and layers of clothes.
*25mm tyres are pretty skinny so you'll find soft ground/gravel a little challenging. If the bug bites the first thing you're going to want is fatter tyres. While the fashion has (finally) swung back to the other side of inch-and-a-half, 28mm was considered a "touring" tyre for a very long time and is still a big improvement on 25mm.
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby 4 1 3 0 » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:06 pm
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby 4 1 3 0 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:49 pm
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby brumby33 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:48 pm
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby Thoglette » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:54 pm
The picture says it all.4 1 3 0 wrote: I also came by an old Giant iguana 640 Rigid 26r MTB it has 4130 Chro moly Frame. Was just wonder if one of those would be good.
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby 4 1 3 0 » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:00 am
Thanks again.
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby RonK » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:11 am
As it happens, my main touring (bikepacking) bike is a rigid drop-bar steel mountain bike. It's called a Salsa Fargo.4 1 3 0 wrote:Its just I didn't know weather anyone I'n Australia used them to Bicycle tour with. The Rigid MTB that is. If anyone on here use's or has used one I would be Interested In ( ANY FEEDBACK ).
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby Trevtassie » Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:23 pm
My first two touring bikes were 1990s steel MTBs. My current bike is a Surly Troll, that's just a modern version of a 1990s steel MTB with more holes to attach things.4 1 3 0 wrote:Just a little update and maybe bit more advise needed. I also came by an old Giant iguana 640 Rigid 26r MTB it has 4130 Chro moly Frame. Was just wonder if one of those would be good. It already has a Topec Pannier rack and I have tracking bars. Its one of these.
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby 4 1 3 0 » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:47 pm
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby avolve » Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:07 pm
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby Trevtassie » Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:13 pm
I'm a big fan of wide tyres now. You can just roll over everything. You probably won't be able to stick anything much over 2.1 on that Iguana, but that still leaves you things like a Schwalbe Big Ben Plus in a 2.15 x 26. I have 2.5 extraterrestrials on my Troll and they are great for getting around, you can crash on up over curbs, even fully loaded, through pot holes, whatever and they just soak it up. The fatter tyres also seem to go better off road, you can run them at lower pressures and get good grip that way.avolve wrote:Rigid and steel all the way. That Giant will treat you well. When you come to replacing those tires, going wider can afford quite a bit more comfort with only small impacts on rolling resistance.
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Re: Touring on the cheap
Postby 4 1 3 0 » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:43 am
Any input would be greatfully excepted.
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