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Hi Everyone,

Thought you might like to check out some of the links below as I have recently been looking for a good quality touring / trekking bike for future travels.

Koga-Miyata - The Quality People In Cycling - Home

T h o r n C y c l e s L t d.

The Adventure Cycling Guide: Information for adventurous cycle touring

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I too am amazed at the changes to bike design and equipment (and like Walkabout the increase in prices as well)

In the mid '80s I was into cycle touring in a big way, cycling throughout the UK plus a lot of Europe / Scandinavia - I too had a Dawes which was then considered to be one off the better touring bikes, then I discovered it was easier with an engine ! and have spent the last 15 years touring on motorbikes, the last 6 on a very nice Africa Twin which I keep telling myself will be the last one !.

Now I am back to where I started from and am thinking about touring by bicycle again, not quite sure why but I think there is something very peaceful about it, getting off the main roads, going at your own pace, freewheeling down hills - and no (compulsory) helmet.

And yes you are right there is tonnes of relevant information on the HUBB to 2 wheelers of both varieties.

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Hi Everyone,

Thought you might like to check out some of the links below as I have recently been looking for a good quality touring / trekking bike for future travels.

Koga-Miyata - The Quality People In Cycling - Home

T h o r n C y c l e s L t d.

The Adventure Cycling Guide: Information for adventurous cycle touring

(You might have to cut and paste!)

I too am amazed at the changes to bike design and equipment (and like Walkabout the increase in prices as well)

In the mid '80s I was into cycle touring in a big way, cycling throughout the UK plus a lot of Europe / Scandinavia - I too had a Dawes which was then considered to be one off the better touring bikes, then I discovered it was easier with an engine ! and have spent the last 15 years touring on motorbikes, the last 6 on a very nice Africa Twin which I keep telling myself will be the last one !.

Now I am back to where I started from and am thinking about touring by bicycle again, not quite sure why but I think there is something very peaceful about it, getting off the main roads, going at your own pace, freewheeling down hills - and no (compulsory) helmet.

And yes you are right there is tonnes of relevant information on the HUBB to 2 wheelers of both varieties.

Cheers
Graham
Hi Graham,
Thanks for your thoughts on this and the webpage links - prices are truly horrendous however!! There are lots of cheaper second-hand motorcycles on the road & some of those pushbikes are close to certain new prices of motorbikes!
If I spend that kind of money on a bicycle I will definitely be lying awake at night listening for the burglars!

I have just returned from a few days on the road, with a motor on this occasion, and I was observing the few touring cycles that I saw on the road - I did not see anything startingly new; in terms of luggage capacity for example.

Anyway, while I can see what you are saying and I have some empathy for the sentiment I am certainly not thinking of dropping out of riding with an engine any day soon - quite the opposite: I am thinking of taking up the push-bike as a complimentary activity rather than an alternative.

What I may do is turn the "family" saloon car into a van so that I can carry light bikes and get to interesting destinations more quickly and, perhaps, more efficiently - e.g. I may take a pushbike and, say, a light weight offroad motorbike to some location or other and ride each as seems fit.
Right now, nothing is ruled in and nothing is ruled out.

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