liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (02/01/85)
Was a consensus ever reached about what was considered the best bike for
touring over rough terrain? I left for a while and must have missed the end
of that discussion. I was only recently inducted to the sport of bicycling
for pleasure a few months ago and found that touring suited me very well.
Unfortunately, my poor Trek 400 met its match on the C&O Canal towpath just
this summer. This resulted from a combination of the relatively rougher
terrain and the great haste which we toured in (186 miles in one weekend
travelling on the canal from Cumberland to DC). But what I'm left with is
basically $400 worth of junk now. I know that The C&O Canal towpath is
probably not rough enough to warrant a mountain bike like a Stumpjumper or
something, but I never want to have to push my bike the last 20 miles again!
Its better to get something that can handle everything short of a bed of
nails, then be sorry later I guess.
-eli
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