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Re: What is a "touring" bike?         


Author: jim beam
Date: Jul 3, 2008 16:13

Chalo wrote:
> SMS wrote:
>> CroMo steel frame (no aluminum!!),
>
> Aluminum makes it easier to achieve enough stiffness for shimmy-free
> loaded riding without excess weight.
>
>> long wheelbase, non-compact frame,
>
> Sloping top tubes make it easier to mount and dismount from a heavily
> loaded bike, and they make it easier to get the handlebars up nice and
> high.
>
>> stronger wheels (36 or 40 spoke rear, 36 spoke front) with wider rims,
>
> Everything a 40-spoke wheel does, a 48-spoke wheel does better-- and
> it is slightly easier to find.
>
>> For a while you could get Koga-Miyata
>> touring bicycles in the U.S., but no longer. ...
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Re: What is a "touring" bike?         


Author: Hank
Date: Jul 4, 2008 20:24

On Jul 3, 7:09 am, "Tom Kunich" wrote:
> "Ablang" gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:767e306d-ba2e-4729-98f8-2c27672f4d80@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>> I'm a relative newbie to cycling but not biking.
>
>> I was talking about my hobby at work this morning and a couple of
>> older fellas (50s) mentioned that touring bikes were no longer being
>> made and that they missed them.
>
>> So what are they to young guys like us?  Are they basically road bikes
>> or is there something I'm missing?
>
> By the way - I have a 25" Raleigh Kodiak Touring bike for sale.

Wasn't that one of the 650B ones?
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Re: What is a "touring" bike?         


Author: Hank
Date: Jul 4, 2008 20:27

On Jul 4, 11:24 am, Hank wirtznet.net> wrote:
> On Jul 3, 7:09 am, "Tom Kunich" wrote:
>
>> "Ablang" gmail.com> wrote in message
>
>>news:767e306d-ba2e-4729-98f8-2c27672f4d80@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>>> I'm a relative newbie to cycling but not biking.
>
>>> I was talking about my hobby at work this morning and a couple of
>>> older fellas (50s) mentioned that touring bikes were no longer being
>>> made and that they missed them.
>
>>> So what are they to young guys like us?  Are they basically road bikes
>>> or is there something I'm missing?
>
>> By the way - I have a 25" Raleigh Kodiak Touring bike for sale.
>
> Wasn't that one of the 650B ones?
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Re: What is a "touring" bike?         


Author: datakoll
Date: Jul 5, 2008 19:02

doesn't ask for guidance over 75 miles on a hot day in hell
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Re: What is a "touring" bike?         


Author: Hank
Date: Jul 5, 2008 19:19

On Jul 5, 10:02 am, datakoll yahoo.com> wrote:
> doesn't ask for guidance over 75 miles on a hot day in hell

Sound advice as always.
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Re: What is a "touring" bike?         


Author: Tom Sherman
Date: Jul 5, 2008 19:37

Hank Wirtz wrote:
> On Jul 5, 10:02 am, datakoll yahoo.com> wrote:
>> doesn't ask for guidance over 75 miles on a hot day in hell
>
> Sound advice as always.

gene's a genius!

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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