Touring Road Bike Setup

While a touring bike is possibly the heaviest type of well built bike there s no reason to add to it without necessity.

Touring road bike setup.

Touring bikes commonly use three chainrings on the front crankset although new crankset cassette technology permits a wide spread of gears using both single and double chainring setups. Here is the most technical aspect i am going hit you with about touring bicycle gearing. Fenders help to protect you and your bicycle from water and debris kicked up by the road surface. Sram 10 speed road shifters have the same cable actuation as sram 10 speed mountain bike shifters so you can use a mountain bike rear derailleur with road shifters.

Today i m going to show you a lightweight bike touring setup that you can use for local bike tours or for cycling all the way around the world. Here is our favorite sram setup. Many touring bikes have an extra pair of eyelets on the down tube for a third water bottle cage. You only want suspension descending steeper offroad bits where you lack traction with a fully rigid bike.

Even more important than those powerbars is an adequate water supply. A camelback also works well. Bicycle touring essentials list. But that s easily solved by well walking the bike over the worst bits.

Each manufacturer may offer these or other sizes as a complete set or individual chainrings. Wragge morley gave us a rundown and review of his full setup. Every kilogram you will end up hauling uphill it s rarely necessary anyway if you go a bit slower macadame and dirt roads are not an issue on a rigid 26 touring bike. The clutch on the rear derailleur will help prevent chain suck when the lube is worn off your chain and also eliminate the annoying sound of the chain banging on the chainstay.

If yours doesn t stow an extra bottle or two with your gear. A short cage. Beyond that wragge morley assembled the bike with his chosen components see below and set off. They aren t 100 necessary but most people who do long distance bike tours enjoy having them.

All you need to get started is a bicycle a way to carry your belongings such as in a trailer or a set of pannier bags a few clothing essentials food water and a route that you intend to follow. You re going to be drinking. When you are using one of. A bike fit will help you to find your optimal position for comfort and performance but if you re after a quick set up guide we ve got it here.

With a single chainring drivetrain you ll have to sacrifice some high or low gears compared to 2x or 3x. Road touring is easy. What are gear inches.