Hi, first of all I am new to this forum so Id like to say hi to everyone.
I posted this thread in the onroad section aswell because Its kind of relevant to both sections.........
I have recently bought a commencal combi disc mountain bike. The bike was heavily discounted due to it being an 08 model and in a sale.
It has a reasonably high spec of sram, deore and roxshox components and is prettey light.
I intend to fit some road tyres to the bike to do a ride from solihull to oxford (70 miles). I have done this ride before so I know what to expect and that my bike will be ok for it.
I also intent on doing a ride from london to paris, this is approx 400km mainly on good road surfaces.
My question is,
- Is my bike going to be up for the job?
The organisers reccomend a racer bike, however I dont want to spend any more money on another bike, and if i fit some good on road tyres to my commencal then it should be ok, right?!???
If so, are there any more bits that you reccomend fitting to the bike to make life easier?
Or should I just get saving for ANOTHER expensive bike?
thanks in advance for any advice.............
Greg.
I posted this thread in the onroad section aswell because Its kind of relevant to both sections.........
I have recently bought a commencal combi disc mountain bike. The bike was heavily discounted due to it being an 08 model and in a sale.
It has a reasonably high spec of sram, deore and roxshox components and is prettey light.
I intend to fit some road tyres to the bike to do a ride from solihull to oxford (70 miles). I have done this ride before so I know what to expect and that my bike will be ok for it.
I also intent on doing a ride from london to paris, this is approx 400km mainly on good road surfaces.
My question is,
- Is my bike going to be up for the job?
The organisers reccomend a racer bike, however I dont want to spend any more money on another bike, and if i fit some good on road tyres to my commencal then it should be ok, right?!???
If so, are there any more bits that you reccomend fitting to the bike to make life easier?
Or should I just get saving for ANOTHER expensive bike?
thanks in advance for any advice.............
Greg.