@Xander It looks like a good bike Xander. How long have you been riding? I’m riding a Boardman Team bike http://www.boardmanbikes.com/road/road\_team.html although this is my first bike, I spent a while using my friends old Trek 1.2 before splashing the cash. I’ve only been riding since October last year, but have well and truly got the bug! There’s nothing more relaxing than going out through the countryside for a few hours after work. As for touring bikes, I’ve got the Hewitt Cheviot in mind, http://www.hewittbikefitting.co.uk/index.php?page=hewitt It’s what a few of the tourer’s in my bike club use. Before building the bike, you spend a day in the workshop with the owner, as he fits the bike to your exact size, and he is only 10 miles down the road from me. Probably won’t be until next year, I just can’t afford one at the moment :-l! That book looks very interesting, I’ll have a read. I just can’t get enough of my bike based literature at the moment!!
well dome mate
Those Hewitts look like good touring bikes. You sound like you are on the right track, and you can’t do better than getting a custom one working one on one with the craftsman. I got my first adult bike when I was actually too small to ride it. Evenually I started taking it to school everyday from when I was about 15 (this was like in the late 1980s). I often took the long way home, and gradually started venturing further and further away. I usually got a friend or two to go along on all day trips. After college I bought some more gear to combine cycling with camping, and have been doing so ever since. I don’t get nearly as many overnighters as I’d like, but this summer I plan on one or two more at least.
Off-off topic but there’s a successful public bike scheme here in dublin: www.dublinbikes.ie I don’t use it myself, prefer walking, but know many people who, including out of-county commuters. If it works in Dublin, it must work everywhere. Thought all bikes be stolen or vandalised immediately but nothing like that happened. We’ve gone soft!
Good to know, Allan. I had to go through both Philadelphia and New York to get here, and both cities had excellent bike infrastructure (paths,lanes, markings, signage). Ironically some of the country roads were less bike friendly.
I love my GT bikes, a Zaskar Expert mtb and a ZUM (Zaskar Urban Machine) which is a hybrid. I’m not very keen on road riding because of our trafic problems. I mostly use my mtb and for that purpose we have excellent trails nearby. Off-road riding is a big thing here and we have lots of clubs. And, of course, I still race my mtb in the Grand Masters category!! I have lots of medals to show for that.
out where my parents live lots of people ride their bikes and there is no room. It slows down care traffic tremendously. I’am suprised people don’t get hurt more often as I would never dream of riding a bike on these roads.