Mountain Bike For Long Distance Touring

It doesn t require a special diet or a 12 week training plan.

Mountain bike for long distance touring. Interview with lars wikstrom milestone rides duration. I ve always had a hankering for a really long bike ride. If you re a mountain biker with decent fitness you re probably capable of extending your mileage and doing an epic ride with eye popping stats. Nothing puny like 50 miles or 100k.

But what characteristics define a mountain bike and how do they affect long distance riding. 20 comments for choosing a bicycle for long distance touring may 14 2014 by peter hi there is one more bike group to look at and that is the adventure bike s. How to ride long distance on your mountain bike. You will be after a mountain bike with a more traditional geometry to stop this being an issue.

I m talking paris to rome nyc to sf or perth to sydney. Kona describes the sutra as a blend between a mountain road and touring bike. By roger phillips july 4 2016. I mean the kind of cycling extravaganza that you can look up on a proper atlas and actually see the distance.

It certainly has the style of a classic touring bike with upright lines on a steel frame and a gorgeous brooks b17. This is because they have a smaller diameter more spokes and beefier rims. 100mm travel bikes will generally have this geometry. Now if you are planning a long bike tour you might want to consider a fully rigid mountain bike or just a hardtail.

What is long distance bike touring.