Re: "Road" bikes

From: [email hidden] (Raymo853)

Quoted message said:

I just want to add you should be willing to
take your touring bike on trails. I do not
mean rock gardens or anything like that
but you would be surprised if well made
how far off of pavement a good touring,
or even good road racer type, bike can
go. Much to the chagrin of some of my
riding partners, I got no issues taking my
road racing bike or what ever you should
call it onto gravel, packed dirt and so on.
Yea I run big heavy tires& wheels by
today's standards, 25c conti gator skins
and 28 spoke rims with crossed spokes,
and have to true the wheels once in a
while but am happy with the results.

Oh, I tackle gravel and dirt roads all the time. Well, not ALL the time,
but you know what i mean. I don't shirk from a little dirt.

By "trails" I mean REAL ATB type stuff, four inch high roots, big rocks,
things that really require fat tires and (preferably) suspension of some
kind.

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