chrismisterx
Senior Member
- Location
- North Shields
After some advice on Touring bikes / Routes and General touring/ bike-packing advice.
As you may have seen in other posts me and my wife are pretty new to cycling and now ready to buy our first bikes for a tour we have planned this coming May, its a 3/4 day trip from North Shields to Moray in the north of Scotland Via the coastal route, 4 day stay over and then a 3/4 day return via the highlands.
So we need 2 bikes quite soon so we can begin our training for the trip. We have a budget of around £600 each for the bikes and I have a few questions.
1st what bike to get?
Saw this one B'TWIN HOPRIDER 900 URBAN HYBRID BIKE for sale at £550 seems to have quite a lot of stuff on the bike for the price but I read a review that says its heavy, would that be a good entry level tour bike ( our first few tours will all be UK based ) Problem I have is really not sure what I am looking for, to make sure I get the right bike for the job.
Any better options or what should I be looking for in a tour bike?
2nd training?
What sort of training plan should we follow, going from zero to Touring in may, its approx 350 miles up north 4 day break 350 miles back. We only have 12 days and want to spend around 4 days with her parents up there. Is there enough time to train for a 350 mile ride in may with only around 4/5 months to go?
lastly any tips or anything else we need to know?
gathering as much info as possible to avoid making too many mistakes.
As you may have seen in other posts me and my wife are pretty new to cycling and now ready to buy our first bikes for a tour we have planned this coming May, its a 3/4 day trip from North Shields to Moray in the north of Scotland Via the coastal route, 4 day stay over and then a 3/4 day return via the highlands.
So we need 2 bikes quite soon so we can begin our training for the trip. We have a budget of around £600 each for the bikes and I have a few questions.
1st what bike to get?
Saw this one B'TWIN HOPRIDER 900 URBAN HYBRID BIKE for sale at £550 seems to have quite a lot of stuff on the bike for the price but I read a review that says its heavy, would that be a good entry level tour bike ( our first few tours will all be UK based ) Problem I have is really not sure what I am looking for, to make sure I get the right bike for the job.
Any better options or what should I be looking for in a tour bike?
2nd training?
What sort of training plan should we follow, going from zero to Touring in may, its approx 350 miles up north 4 day break 350 miles back. We only have 12 days and want to spend around 4 days with her parents up there. Is there enough time to train for a 350 mile ride in may with only around 4/5 months to go?
lastly any tips or anything else we need to know?
gathering as much info as possible to avoid making too many mistakes.