Hi all,
A while ago I changed the wheels and bought Marathon tyres for my Felt hardtail mtb and have gradually added racks and panniers and to test it all out I did a two day tour last week around Datmoor to see how things went which apart from choosing the two days of rain went pretty well .
It's a bit hillier than I thought and with the exception of somewhere around Tavistock the granny wheel got more use than it ought to have done but depsite the weather the bike ,panniers and tent performed well which was the main point of doing a short tour. To iron out any problems.
I know weight isn't too much of an issue with touring but I am wondering if I ought to investigate keeping all the goods bits of my mtb (wheels,tyres, bars, disc's etc) and transferring them to a frame from Thorn's or the like.
It's a fairly comfortable mtb ,or it will be when I change the saddle, so posture wise I wouldn't want anything too different. I've got the touring bug now and plan a couple more this year so perhaps I'm thinking I should invest in a specific frame . A wise move or should I ride the mtb until it separates ?