Posted by Edward Dolan on 02/27/06 12:46

"Peter Signorini" <petesig@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
news:4402deb2_1@news.chariot.net.au...
>
> "Peter Signorini" wrote:
>> You can do this type of tour on a conventional bike, and others have.
>> Take a look at:
>> http://www.mark-ju.net/
>
> Or take a look what the Germans get up to:
> http://www.mountainbike-expedition-team.de/
>
> And the Danes:
> http://www3.utsidan.se/corax-e/2002/2002ker.htm
> http://www.adserballe.com/
>
> All done on standard rigid MTBs with full panniers and BOB trailer at
> times. Carrying the load for extreme cold conditions can be done as easily
> as on a recumbent.
>
> As I said, just my point of view (2c)

I agree with Peter Signorini. If the roads are bad and/or no roads at all,
you had better have an upright for your steed, and I think a mountain bike
would work best too. Recumbents really only work well on paved roads and
they are the pits climbing mountains.

You are also going to have to walk the bike from time to time because of
road and/or traffic conditions and a mountain bike is easy to walk. I
believe if I were embarking on an adventure type of bike ride in a third
world country I would definitely go with a simple mountain bike. In fact, I
would not even consider a recumbent and certainly not a recumbent trike. You
have to be practical once you get away from civilization.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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