Tony Martin
New Member
- Location
- Faversham Kent
Me and a few mates are mooting the idea of doing a charity ride from Canterbury to Jerusalem next year. This will require us to take five weeks off work, so obviously there's are considerable financial considerations. Being an optimist I'm assuming it's going to happen and part of the financial planning is to build a bike for the job now. We are going to ride road bikes, not tourers and will be followed by a support van. Planned daily mileage, seventy. The route is through eastern France to Switzerland across to Italy, down through Greece and across Crete and Cyprus. Unfortunately we think it will be better to avoid some of the obvious less stable countries around the Mediterranean rim.
So the first part of the new bike has been purchased, an Argon 18 ally/carbon frame to which I intend to fit the new SRAM Apex transmission. Hype is it's better that a triple and lighter. This should help on the hilly bits. Ally frame was chosen as bikes could be chucked in the back of a van and a carbon bike might take a fatal knock, as opposed to a dink. Next up is a set of strong hand made wheels. All this is based on a friends advise who has completed several long hauls.
Would like to here any constructive advise from anybody who has undertaken such an enterprise and here about any pitfalls they could help us avoid.
So the first part of the new bike has been purchased, an Argon 18 ally/carbon frame to which I intend to fit the new SRAM Apex transmission. Hype is it's better that a triple and lighter. This should help on the hilly bits. Ally frame was chosen as bikes could be chucked in the back of a van and a carbon bike might take a fatal knock, as opposed to a dink. Next up is a set of strong hand made wheels. All this is based on a friends advise who has completed several long hauls.
Would like to here any constructive advise from anybody who has undertaken such an enterprise and here about any pitfalls they could help us avoid.