| Re: Surly LHT bike - dual use as full on tourer and as cyclocross?
Good info
Right, the primary use of this would be as a full on tourer, carrying
camping gear deep into the mountains (at least that's the dream, we'll see
when I can make that a reality). But it will get several full gear long
weekend tours through the year. The LHT seems to be the right bike for me in
that regard, if I can spec it out within budget. I'll have it for 25 years,
judging by my other bikes, so I want some long term quality.
I just want to get an idea of how to re-purpose it for regular rough road
riding, commuting in winter, etc when I'm not touring.
I haven't dealt with cross tires any - I 've seen them as a bit knobby but
nothing like mtn bike tires. How do these work as a commuter tire, for
example - do they roll on pavement decent or is it more like mtn bike tires
buzzing along giving me a great workout (as opposed to a nice ride...) on
pavement?
I'd love to have the full stable of bikes, each one for a single purpose,
but that's just not going to happen. Gotta have my fast road bike (gunnar
sport with the racks and fenders off), commuter (early 80's Trek, still
plugging away), I've "stolen" my son's Gary Fisher mtb to replace my old
solid mtb that's now got fenders for real bad weather, and now I want to add
a tourer to the group to keep from overloading the Gunnar. I'm not too sure
the wife's going to accept the idea of a cross bike and a race style bike,
but maybe one of these days....
jm
"landotter" <landotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jack Murphy wrote:
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>> Any experience with this type of riding on a LHT?
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> Should be no problem. The LHT handles 45mm tires w/o fenders, and
> you'll likely be fine with 35mm which will leave room for fenders.
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> Cxbikes generally have a higher bottom bracket, but it doesn't sound
> like that's needed in your case.
>
> The Volpe's a compromise between the two, and a pretty good deal at
> $900 list. If you thinking about heavy touring, with front panniers,
> I'd stick with the LHT, Fuji Touring, or if you're on a budget, that
> cheap and cheerful Windsor Tourist.
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