lacofdfireman
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My boys have expressed some interest in doing some bike touring or multi day rides. So I'm currently looking for a bike under $1500 that I can do this on. The issue for me is I'm a very big guy at 6'5 and 260lbs. One of my concerns is I don't have a great back and for me fit on the bike is very important. I currently ride a Scott Genius Mountain bike and just bought a 2017 Giant TCR Advanced Pro Disc road bike. I've always loved to ride and am just staring to get back into it. Right now I'm able to only ride about 30-40 miles on my road bike before I start having some sore neck and lower back issues. One of my biggest problem on all bikes is my seat height to bar height is a pretty good drop. Most touring bike setups look to have the bars either level with the seat or sometimes even the bars higher than the seat so your riding more upright. Unfortunately for me that's not a possibility with an manufactured bike unless I went custom. I can't imagine riding 8-10hrs a day with a somewhat aero position.
Also not sure if I'd be better off buying an Cyclocross, Gravel or Mointain Bike style bike for what we want to do. We don't want to do single track type touring but more Backroads and fire roads, dirt roads type stuff. I've been searching google to try and get better insite on how to do this but am kinda stuck at the bike part. Also we wouldn't pack super heavy. Would probably even do some hotel camping along the route. No more than 3-4 days or maybe up to a week long ride at the most.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a photo of my new road bike showing my seat height compared to bar height and why I don't think it would be comfortable for long multi day rides.
Also not sure if I'd be better off buying an Cyclocross, Gravel or Mointain Bike style bike for what we want to do. We don't want to do single track type touring but more Backroads and fire roads, dirt roads type stuff. I've been searching google to try and get better insite on how to do this but am kinda stuck at the bike part. Also we wouldn't pack super heavy. Would probably even do some hotel camping along the route. No more than 3-4 days or maybe up to a week long ride at the most.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a photo of my new road bike showing my seat height compared to bar height and why I don't think it would be comfortable for long multi day rides.
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