landotter wrote:
On Oct 9, 8:21 pm, James wrote:
landotter wrote:
On Oct 9, 4:08 pm, James wrote:
Harry Brogan wrote:
I'll be heading down to pick bike up the first of the week. I was
wondering if anyone out there had any experience with this ride or if
some people had any suggestions as to what additions might be needed.
I mean suggestions besides the usual lighting and safety suggestions.
THANKS GUYS!!!!! ((and Gals))
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes.../transport/tra...
Lights, if you want to ride at night or in poor weather.
Pump, tool kit, spare inner tubes and/or puncture repair kit.
I like shoes designed for riding, so clipless pedals. Probably double
sided SPD, or SPD one side and platform the other. It's a personal
preference decision.
Again with the personal preference, I'd want handle bars that offer
various hand positions. Drop bars are the ticket. Fitting the controls
from that bike to drop bars might prove a challenge.
Trekking bars offer tons of hand positions
Please define "tons".

Seems the Cyclocross folks do plenty of trekking with bikes equipped
with drop bars too.

and use strong and
inexpensive mtb components.
True, however I've not broken a STI lever yet.

Using drop bars on utility bikes is a
strange affectation.
Maybe. I like to think outside the box and it does not mean the
suggestion I made may not be useful and worth considering.

It's fairly useless. Drops on a longtail are dumb as hell, as you need
the leverage of a wide bar.

Please, do tell what you are levering against? Why is this leverage
necessary on a longtail and not a fully loaded touring bike?

Plus, the conversion would cost several
hundred dollars. Trekking bars are twenty bucks.

Yet still do not provide the same grip position on the hoods that I
particularly like.

I said it was a personal consideration. I said it would cost to
convert. You have done nothing to disprove my statement is true.

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JS.