snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
People tend to buy carbon bikes for lightness and speed, neither of which is important when plodding along on a tour where you need a bike that is rugged enough to take knocks and carry a heavy load, also "road" bikes have narrow tyres unsuitable for the varying road conditions a tourer is likely to encounter.
The Axiom video makes great play of the aerodynamic design, but aerodynamics are not important at touring speeds, also aluminium racks tend to fail at the welds under load IME, better with steel. The narrow top of the Axiom rack will make it difficult to attach luggage securely.
The Axiom video makes great play of the aerodynamic design, but aerodynamics are not important at touring speeds, also aluminium racks tend to fail at the welds under load IME, better with steel. The narrow top of the Axiom rack will make it difficult to attach luggage securely.