Can You Tour On Any Bike?

[greekonabike]

I know that it's possible to tour on literally anything but what's the most interesting bike you've toured on? I'm planning on setting up my Giant Escape for touring next year as I'm unable to buy a dedicated touring bike and I'm interested in seeing what kind of bikes people have used before.

GOAB

 

[velovoice]

8 days in France, September 2015:

8 days in France, June 2016:

 

[derrick]

I toured on this.
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[gavroche]

I know of a local young lad who is planning on going from North Wales to Chamonix on a £20 second hand bike. I think he is bonkers!
He did say he doesn't care how long it takes him to get there .

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Last summer @flyingfifi and I cycled from Glasgow to the Lakes and back on 2 flat bar Pinnacles.
The year before I used a hybrid Trek to cycle from Glasgow to Inverness.
As long as there are a rear rack for luggage, decent puncture resistant tyres, decent brakes and low enough gears I think any bike will do if you are not in a hurry.

 

[greekonabike]

Thanks everyone for your responses thus far.

I know of a local young lad who is planning on going from North Wales to Chamonix on a £20 second hand bike. I think he is bonkers!
He did say he doesn't care how long it takes him to get there .

Well fair play to him, there's nothing really stopping him from doing it unless he has a major mechanical malfunction on the way. I've not long got back from North Wales. I was staying in a little village between Porthmadog and Caernarfon and I really wish I'd bought my bike whilst I was up there so I could have experienced the countryside on it.

Last summer @flyingfifi and I cycled from Glasgow to the Lakes and back on 2 flat bar Pinnacles.
The year before I used a hybrid Trek to cycle from Glasgow to Inverness.
As long as there are a rear rack for luggage, decent puncture resistant tyres, decent brakes and low enough gears I think any bike will do if you are not in a hurry.

Yeah I think I saw some pictures of that in one of the other threads. A Trek FX something or other wasn't it? Well I've already got the puncture resistant tyres and I'll be getting the rack at some point in the near future along with everything else I'll think I'm likely to need.

Thanks for all your input.

GOAB

 

[Tigerbiten]

For the last 7 summers and over 35,000 miles in that time, I've toured with a recumbent trike-trailer rig.
So yes .........

 

[derrick]

I'd tour on just about any bike. I would only draw the line if the luggage had to travel on me instead of the bike. That's just wrong.

Carrying your gear on your back is a man thing, you would not understand that.

 

[mjr]

Yes. http://tomsbiketrip.com/how-to-go-cycle-touring-for-the-price-of-a-round-of-drinks-part-1/

 

[Dirk]

I know that it's possible to tour on literally anything but what's the most interesting bike you've toured on? I'm planning on setting up my Giant Escape for touring next year as I'm unable to buy a dedicated touring bike and I'm interested in seeing what kind of bikes people have used before.

GOAB

I did many happy miles touring on my Giant Escape.
Nowt wrong with them if set up to suit you properly.

 

[steveindenmark]

I did a weeks long tour along the West coast of Denmark with my scooter. A great way to tour.

 

[jonny jeez]

I did a weeks long tour along the West coast of Denmark with my scooter. A great way to tour.

Ladies and gentlemen.

We have a winner!

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Surly Big Dummy (me & youngest) And a more conventional approach taken by my oldest on her Dawes Super Galaxy. (Netherlands)

 

[Milkfloat]

I once did a C2C on a full suspension MTB with knoblies, everything I needed (and lots I did not) in a massive rucksack. I won't be trying that again.

 

[TheDoctor]

I've toured on just about every bike I've got. Provence on a Brompton, fixed, road bike, singlespeed, it's all doable. Of course, some things are more sensible than others, but nothing's impossible.

Tl; Dr - Yes.