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Emanuel Berg wrote:
" writes: [1] https://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/en/...andonneur-2017 Looks like a loaded touring bike to me. Those are sold in the USA and everywhere in the world. To me randonneur means something very special and specific. Randonneuring is long distance cycling, 200 to 1200km, in a specific time limit. You carry minimal gear to make it through the ride. NO ONE uses a loaded touring bike like you linked to for randonneuring. Look at the bikes used on Paris Brest Paris, the original randonneur ride, and you will not see any loaded touring bikes. The bike you linked would be used on round the world tours carrying four panniers, handlebar bag, and tent piled on top of the rear rack. A heavy loaded touring bike. If that is what you want, then just do a simple search for loaded touring bikes. The bike has the word "randonneur" in it's designation which is French and translates to long distance. The bike, if I could afford it, would be packed with some 10-12 kg of dry bags with a Trangia, a sleeping mat, a sleeping bag, a tent, toilet stuff, some books, maps, and tools, and a couple of other things. What is the difference between touring and randonneuring? Touring is shorter? How/why would this impact the bike? I say the bike in the URL could be used for touring as well, and actually most everyday biking, and why not? Touring isn’t usually a timed event. It is just a solid steel frame with fenders, lots of gears, some comfort to the geometry and tires, and racks to hang luggage onto. Unpacked, most people in the city wouldn't notice anything special about it. No, it’s just a touring bike like you can find anywhere. Mine was a Bianchi Volpe purchased in a typical bike shop in Albany NY. If that’s what you’re looking for you should have your pick. -- duane |
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On 5/23/2018 4:23 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
What is the difference between touring and randonneuring? Touring is shorter? How/why would this impact the bike? I say the bike in the URL could be used for touring as well, and actually most everyday biking, and why not? _Bicycle Quarterly_ magazine is probably the one American magazine most concerned with randonneuring. Here's what they said in an online article about "10 common misconceptions about randonneuring": Misconception #3: "You need a special bike. "Bicycle Quarterly has done a lot of research on what makes an optimized randonneur bike, but you can use any bike for randonneuring. One of my friends rode several seasons, including PBP, on a carbon-fiber LeMond (above). Another friend rode a 1980s Trek on many brevets, including a 24-hour Flèche Vélocio. You can ride any bike. "A true randonneur bike will be a bit faster, quite a bit more comfortable, and probably more reliable, but you don’t have to have one. Unlike racing, where a poor bike choice will have you dropped on the first hill, randonneuring can be done on almost any bike." See https://janheine.wordpress.com/2015/...randonneuring/ Bicycles are very versatile. I know the bicycling industry would like you to have one bike for riding to the grocery in the morning, and another one for the afternoon; one for a clockwise route, another for a counterclockwise route. Loaded touring bikes are among the most versatile of all bikes. I think their only real downside is a few pounds of extra weight. If that bothers you, go on a diet before you ride. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Wed, 23 May 2018 14:28:50 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote: I'm looking for a randonneur to buy for personal use. pedant FWIW, a bicycle designed for brevets and similar riding is generally called a "randonneuse." This is the feminine form of the word; the French words for bicycle are mostly gendered feminine. /pedant |
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On 5/23/2018 1:25 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
sms writes: [1] https://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/en/...andonneur-2017 Yes, the Fahrradmanufaktur is probably your best bet. Yep, I think it looks great, too expansive but I'll put in the extra effort to maybe get it to next summer. Or the summer after that... We have no Randonneur bicycles available in the U.S.. Really? Why not? No market for them. |
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jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 1:23:48 PM UTC-7, Emanuel Berg wrote: " writes: [1] https://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/en/...andonneur-2017 I asked a dealer on the way about tires, a 42 labeled tire that's really 40 is as much as he'd try to fit under the mini-V. Looks like a loaded touring bike to me. Those are sold in the USA and everywhere in the world. To me randonneur means something very special and specific. Randonneuring is long distance cycling, 200 to 1200km, in a specific time limit. You carry minimal gear to make it through the ride. NO ONE uses a loaded touring bike like you linked to for randonneuring. Look at the bikes used on Paris Brest Paris, the original randonneur ride, and you will not see any loaded touring bikes. The bike you linked would be used on round the world tours carrying four panniers, handlebar bag, and tent piled on top of the rear rack. A heavy loaded touring bike. If that is what you want, then just do a simple search for loaded touring bikes. The bike has the word "randonneur" in it's designation which is French and translates to long distance. The bike, if I could afford it, would be packed with some 10-12 kg of dry bags with a Trangia, a sleeping mat, a sleeping bag, a tent, toilet stuff, some books, maps, and tools, and a couple of other things. Even 15 kg of gear should fit on a lighter bike. What is the difference between touring and randonneuring? Touring is shorter? How/why would this impact the bike? I say the bike in the URL could be used for touring as well, and actually most everyday biking, and why not? It is just a solid steel frame with fenders, lots of gears, some comfort to the geometry and tires, and racks to hang luggage onto. Unpacked, most people in the city wouldn't notice anything special about it. There are zillions of worthy touring bikes. Half the Soma range fits the bills and for complete bikes, you can get uber adventure bikes from mundane places like REI. https://tinyurl.com/yat8eze6 Or a touring bike from Trek, Cannondale, Fuji and on and on. I'd look for used ones sold by riders who have switched to disk brakes. Go to Performance and get a dopey retro Fuji touring bike. https://www.performancebike.com/shop...e-2018-31-8654 9sp bar-end shifters will last forever, and if the frame breaks in the middle of nowhere, the local chieftains can weld it back together because they all have MIG kits in their huts. Even cheaper at Nashbar. https://www.bikenashbar.com/cycling/...ing-bike-nb-tr Shipping to SWE: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/se/en/fuji-touring-road-bike-2018/rp-prod166407 BTW, Ikea is recalling Sladda bikes, drive belt might *snap*. Full refund, but no belt replacement? Lovely sustainability! |
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John B. writes:
I think that you are getting all tangled up in definitions. Try the Blayley's site. I think in one description The Fixie Pixie (the female member of the team) describes a Brevet Bike (what you are calling a Randonneuring Bike) as "reliable and comfortable has enough storage capacity that you can carry what you need for the distance and conditions (including clothes and tools) and/or store what you no longer need, and since the longer brevets require lights and usually involve sustained night riding, a bike used for longer brevets should have reliable long-lasting lights". Which might equally well describe a long distance touring bike :-) I'm getting all tangled up? Because that's what *I* said, basically -- underground experts exiled |
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Duane writes:
No, it’s just a touring bike like you can find anywhere. Mine was a Bianchi Volpe purchased in a typical bike shop in Albany NY. If that’s what you’re looking for you should have your pick. I'm looking for a closed steel frame, with fenders and reasonable big tires, comfort geometry, gears, and bars where I can hang 4 barrels to carry 10-12 kg (total), 2 rear and 2 front. -- underground experts exiled |
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Duane writes:
No, it’s just a touring bike like you can find anywhere. Mine was a Bianchi Volpe purchased in a typical bike shop in Albany NY. If that’s what you’re looking for you should have your pick. Bianchi Volpe, thanks, I'll add that to the list of possible bikes. -- underground experts exiled |
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Frank Krygowski writes:
"Bicycle Quarterly has done a lot of research on what makes an optimized randonneur bike, but you can use any bike for randonneuring. One of my friends rode several seasons, including PBP, on a carbon-fiber LeMond (above). Another friend rode a 1980s Trek on many brevets, including a 24-hour Flèche Vélocio. I'd like a steel frame but thanks anyway. -- underground experts exiled |
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sms writes:
We have no Randonneur bicycles available in the U.S.. Really? Why not? No market for them. Depressing! -- underground experts exiled |
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