Rockmeister
pfm Member
Long time biker, but these days, slower, in need of some comfort and light weight.
Current bike is a Giant Hybrid, which type of bike seems close to my needs, but it sits on 700X42 tyres, in a ali frame with suspension fork and seat post, all of which adds up to near 18 Kg.
I like the relaxed riding position. Drop bars are out, or anyway I'd not use the drops and they tend to come on a long stem, so always too bent for me now, and so a fairly short top bar seems sensible.
A touring frame would give me the pedal position I like (near straight leg at the bottom of the downstroke), and a long wheelbase is good, as are 700 x 32 tyres.
Should I buy a decent steel touring bike and add a higher, short stem and flat bars?
Or buy a light hybrid and fit thinner tyres.
What's it for? Everything except proper week long touring. Getting fitter, exploring the country here.
Budget is, as always as small as can be, but I am looking around £1000 ish if I must!
Previous bikes, a Raleigh Royal tourer (1981) (DB reynolds 531 front and rear) I loved, but that long top bar and dropped bars are out of reach now and it's replacement, a Ridgeback mountain bike(ish...more a tourer from 1988) was as heavy as a bag of sand.
The Giant is OK, but if it were 12/13K instead of 18?
Incidentally, new Conti city ride tyres recently have helped a tad, but come the hills, not enough!
All advice and ideas most welcome. Thanks
oh, forgot...mudgaurds essential...very wet here!
Current bike is a Giant Hybrid, which type of bike seems close to my needs, but it sits on 700X42 tyres, in a ali frame with suspension fork and seat post, all of which adds up to near 18 Kg.
I like the relaxed riding position. Drop bars are out, or anyway I'd not use the drops and they tend to come on a long stem, so always too bent for me now, and so a fairly short top bar seems sensible.
A touring frame would give me the pedal position I like (near straight leg at the bottom of the downstroke), and a long wheelbase is good, as are 700 x 32 tyres.
Should I buy a decent steel touring bike and add a higher, short stem and flat bars?
Or buy a light hybrid and fit thinner tyres.
What's it for? Everything except proper week long touring. Getting fitter, exploring the country here.
Budget is, as always as small as can be, but I am looking around £1000 ish if I must!
Previous bikes, a Raleigh Royal tourer (1981) (DB reynolds 531 front and rear) I loved, but that long top bar and dropped bars are out of reach now and it's replacement, a Ridgeback mountain bike(ish...more a tourer from 1988) was as heavy as a bag of sand.
The Giant is OK, but if it were 12/13K instead of 18?
Incidentally, new Conti city ride tyres recently have helped a tad, but come the hills, not enough!
All advice and ideas most welcome. Thanks
oh, forgot...mudgaurds essential...very wet here!
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