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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch View Post
    I built out this bike ...
    Entirely out of titanium, natch!

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    Awesome sauce. More videos and updates from where you camp overnight would be kewl.

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    Coming to dutchwaregear about two weeks after Dutch’s return, 101 pieces of new gear to improve the biking experience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch View Post
    I built out this bike as a gravel bike. So far though I have been on all asphalt. We are about to hit more gravel over the next week. It isn't light by any means, but it sure is a fun ride.
    As a gravel bike, it certainly looks top notch! And I see it being nimble within that context.

    I'm guessing(?) for your cross-country trip we'll see more of an over-the-road machine. (My wife biked the northern route across the country some years back.)

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    I like the idea of gravel or Mtn bike for this loaded trip. Maybe a little slower but more robust.
    I have friends that used road/touring bikes and it handled the loads well while going down paved roads, but had to be so careful on actual gravel, and also popped tires laying down and picking up bikes while fully loaded. The side load was too much for skinny tires.

    Enjoy

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    Quote Originally Posted by robertjackson View Post
    I like the idea of gravel or Mtn bike for this loaded trip. Maybe a little slower but more robust.
    I have friends that used road/touring bikes and it handled the loads well while going down paved roads, but had to be so careful on actual gravel, and also popped tires laying down and picking up bikes while fully loaded. The side load was too much for skinny tires.

    Enjoy
    Yeah, on my road bike if I hit as much as a tiny pebble, it can take me down. Only 32% joking.

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    No, a true touring/traveling bike, not a skinny-tire performance road bike! Steel frame, shallow angle headset, nice rake on the forks (for tracking, smoothness and a gentler ride), relaxed rear triangle, low BB, narrow crankset, 700c rims, 36h hubs(maybe 32h in front) with tires in the 34-37 mm range, etc.

    The minimal amount of gravel on a coast to coast trip can be handled by a bike like this.
    Last edited by TominMN; 09-21-2018 at 09:34.

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    Touring bikes are specifically engineered, aided by the school of hard knocks, for touring purposes. Usually they have steel frames and a geometry to accommodate the panniers, loads, and more upright riding positions. Most can accommodate a range of tire sizes and you select the tire width for the conditions you anticipate encountering. My vote is for Schwalbe tires as definitely being worth the little extra they cost. The only time a road bike tire would be useful on a touring bike is if you were using it commuting back and forth on pavement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TominMN View Post
    relaxed rear triangle
    I have to be careful about relaxing my rear triangle now as I’m getting older.

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