For CC touring, honestly most bikes will do the job. Hang some bags on it (need a total of 12ish liters of capacity in my experience) and go. No retrofit necessary. If camping, you'll definitely need more capacity (though light tents and sleeping bags go a long way - maybe only an extra handlebar roll if you're clever).
But don't let me discourage you from buying a bike for this purpose :). I have a Schwinn Passage that gets used 1-2x a year just for this. As for the canal, I grew up on it, but have not ridden the trail. I do know that you'll be seeing a lot of down-on-their-luck CNY towns along the way, including my hometown Jordan. Will On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:01:20 PM UTC-4 jeff.ze...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello group, > > I'm new here so hope this is ok as a first post. I am wondering if any > members have done the Erie Canal ride (Buffalo to Albany or vv) on a > Rivendell and which model they used, any other tips etc. I am in the midst > of trying to retrofit my current bike, an old Surly CC, for such a journey, > maybe early next summer, but I'm just not sure if I'm heading in the right > direction. I'm not sure if I'll be credit card touring or camping...prbly > the former....and hoping to do 60-80 miles a day. > > Thank you, > > Jeff > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fc5daf9f-8fef-43df-b215-27f4d318dd4bn%40googlegroups.com.
