If your looking for all details on the bikes mentioned, I have written all the info you could need on my website : cycletraveloverload.com/best-touring-bikes-2022/

This video is from 2022 and the title says 2024???????

@alexkleine9737

5 ай бұрын

The Trek 520 is also no longer available too

@a1white

5 ай бұрын

He’s just changed the title for clicks, it appears

@peterquest6406

4 ай бұрын

He's a bad man,let's all boo him😂😂

@uncanalabsurdo8530

4 ай бұрын

Chill dude

@seanobrien2306

2 ай бұрын

( WE ) want the TRUTH ! ! Not Two ( 2 ) year's back... * Personally..., I like you and your videos' ! ! * Just..., get your video's ( up-to-date ), = ( 2024 ) ! ! "Semper Fi" Mike in Montana P.S.: Keep up the good work... :)

I have just spent ages deciding on a touring bike. It wasnt helped by the trend in gravel bikes but in the end, one bike kept coming into view, the Kona Sutra.

My partner and I started touring on Trek 520 Grandos, and have since moved to a CoMotion Java tandem! The Grando is great - we still have ours - but note that on smaller frame sizes, it's possible to have conflicts between the front wheel and your toes while turning. These days, we do almost all of our riding on the Java. It's an absolute workhorse of a bike, and it's a delight to be able to easily have conversations with each other while touring. Our favorite thing about the Java are the S&S frame couplers. It makes it dead easy to travel with; the whole thing packs down into two standard sized suitcases, and we pad the frame with our clothes and touring equipment. It's much easier than traveling with two separate bikes. I am almost certain all of my future bikes will have S&S couplers. They're such a game-changer! Our only regret with the Java is that we didn't opt for the Pinion gearbox and belt drive!

I bought a Novara Randonee in 2004 and ride it more than any other bike I have. It has held together very well.

Front bags mounted low will slow down the steering and make the bike feel more solid on pavement.

Slightly off topic but I'm from Bend, Oregon and every once in a while I see seemingly random video footage that was very obviously shot in my hometown and it always throws me off guard lol. I was not expecting that footage from Fuji to be shot in Farewell Bend park!! Though it immediately made me go to their website and check out their gravel offerings haha

Thank you! You mentioned some bikes that I will check out before purchasing.

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

All the best, let us know how you go..

You left out the Ridgeback Panorama, which I prefer above most of the bikes presented here. It has regular shifters (as I don't see the point of bar end shifters, which I deem very cumbersome and unpractical to use). It has front and rear rack, a bike stand, front and rear fenders, a third bottle cage, etc. It has everything you would need or want. For less than 2000 € (1849 € here in France).

@patcoll7455

6 күн бұрын

Have one 20 years.

Sadly Trek has dropped the 520 smh. I don't get it. They offer an endless flotilla of aluminum/carbon adventure/gravel bikes abut drop their one and only "classic" steel touring bike.

good review, thanks for your time. You got a sub

Love my vintage steel tourers. Raleigh Royal, Raleigh Classic, Claud Butler Majestic. Wish I still had my F W Evans.

You mentioned a stand. Very handy if they can be trusted. A gust of wind caught my bike and pushed it over => damaged derailleur. Spoiled my lunch.

@paulschmidtke425

Ай бұрын

My friend had a stand and parked where cars were around, someone reversed over his bike , just didn't see it , changed my mind about getting a stand

I was hit by a truck a few days ago on my Surly ECR. The drive side chain-stay is bent and the dropout is FUBAR. I'm devastated. I love my discontinued ECR. I'm keeping that frame in hopes that some day a bend back may be financially possible.

Some excellent touring bikes; thanks for reviewing them. Anyway, I never like the components on off-the-peg touring bikes, so I bought the frameset (Surly Disc Trucker 2019) instead, fitted my own choice of parts - Shimano XT 10 Speed, along with hand built wheels, for e.g. - which of course costs more, but this gives me the creativity and freedom I want.

Very good job. I believe you hit every bike that an adventure cyclist would want to look at that at least has a conscious about budget.

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

Hey Tommy thanks for the comment mate..

You should include the Surly Bridge Club, one of the most underrated touring bikes on the market! BTW, I also have a Kona Sutra 2021, which is an awesome touring bike.

Very underrated Channel

Thorn Touring bike from Somerset England never made your list? I have done over 25k on mine, its never missed a beat. Carrys me, 83kg, plus my touring load and water about 35kg. It rides better loaded.

I would suggest the POSEIDON X-Ambition flatbar or dropbar for touring. With enough money left over for the trip itself.

Thank you mate I own a 2010 LHT and a 2012 DT both I love .Thought the current DT I would not purchase and go for a Kona model.

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

No worries mate, thanks for the comment.. What Kona bike would you get?

@matthewstephenson7173

Жыл бұрын

@@CycleTravelOverload I would go for a Sutra model

Brilliant

Love the video. Thanks very much. AUD $ for anyone who wasn’t sure.

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

Thanks will do for next video :)

Excellent to start with some technical specifications! it's very rare... everyone looking for serious rides in a specific category should start with that, since most of us can't try many different bikes before buying. That said I'm looking at a cyclocross bike - as an allrounder for shorts drives and some exercise, 80% paved roads - which kind of the opposite of what you are looking for in a travel bike, when it comes to frame specs!

I know this is an older video, but it said touring bikes for 2024. Unfortunately, the Trek 520 has been discontinued.

How do you clean your chain when touring?

I rode across America on a Trek DS2 but it couldn’t handle the weight. Trek lent me a 920 and I loved it. Gunna get a Trek 520 though as they’re a little cheaper for my next ride

@pulguinha1303

Жыл бұрын

I've had no luck getting a 2022-23 Trek 520. I think they discontinued it, unfortunately.

@djkenny1202

Жыл бұрын

I have a blk 2015 with disc brakes and index shifting

@nicholasgellie6509

2 ай бұрын

Just get a 2009-2012 version of the 520. This model is on par with the more recent models. I have it and I had a Surly LHT. I prefer the 700c wheels on the Trek 520 over the 26" Surly LHT.

Vivente Gibb touring bike has all you mentioned and Rohloff speed Hub

@allanrobins1564

Жыл бұрын

I have a 2011 Vivente World Randonneur that I have been very happy with. It came well equipped and has been pretty solid. I did have to replace the bottom bracket three times in six months but have now had a ceramic one in since 2012 and have had no trouble with it. The previous one was a nylon Shimano one; can't recall the model and it did not perform well for me. I'd love to try the one with the Rohloff hub but don't have 5 grand odd sitting round doing nothing.

@DR_1_1

5 ай бұрын

@@allanrobins1564 "replace the bottom bracket three times in six months" Wow! Are you a very big, very strong guy? Was it a pressfit or threaded model, can you remember that?

Great video but i'm very glad with my co-motion Americano rolhoff speed hub

You left out the Cannondale Topstone. For $1400 you get the aluminum frame, full carbon fork. Gearing is 9 speed, with competitive range. All the braze ons for racks and bottles are there. A very long upright bike with a solid smooth ride feel. Very easy to get a Shimano HG cassette 12-36, and put a 13 in final position. As a fixed gear rider, pushing the 96 gear it's easy to go 25mph. Any faster with the non aero body position is a waste, especially heavily laden downhill. It comes with 37mm gravel tires, but 30mm road tires are for me. A semi- gravel offering.

I need your opinion about 3 bikes. I'm ready to buy a touring bike. Which would you choose among Genesis Tour de Fer 10 (flat), Trek 520 and Fuji Touring? Thanks for advance and keep up the great work!

@newcan1701

Жыл бұрын

GENESSİS

@axouldu78

4 ай бұрын

Kona Sutra

Thanks a ton. Exactly what I was looking for. Now to decide Kona , Trek or Bombtrack 😊

@lv2keepfit493

7 ай бұрын

Kona Sutra SE all the way... if you can find one

How about custom build with Pinion/Rohloff belt drive? Koga has some bikes like that or bike workshops can build one.

Trek 520 no longer available in the USA

What's a good commuter for work and pleasure. I've had my eye on the toughroad for a while , quite like the look of the marin 4 corners

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

Both good choices.. I think I might have to make a best commuter bike video? Haven't covered commuter bikes too much but this article has some more options : cycletraveloverload.com/gravel-bikes-for-commuting-best-commuter-gravel-bikes/ also flat bar gravel bikes would make great commuters cycletraveloverload.com/best-flat-bar-gravel-bikes/ But will definitely have to make more commuter bike content..

@patrickmartel3169

Жыл бұрын

I've a Kona Sutra SE ... just luv it ... handles with or without load fab ... using it as a commuter, fun day out , a few overnighter and my grocery run ... you can't go wrong ... 5 stars ... I've had mine for over 5 years looking to purchase a new one for 2023 ...

If you dont need steel and are looking for a budget option, get the trek 920, ive now been driving it for ca. 50.000 kms incredible amount of abuse, trips over three months in length and its never let me down, its fast, stable and kind of sexy.

The biggest problem seems to be trying to purchase a 54 cm medium of any of these bikes at a bicycle shop anywhere in and around any outer suburbs of Melbourne. I've been trying to get something around 2 and a half grand for over 2 years or more now. Just out of frustration I bought a gravel Fuji Jari to bikepack a light tour. Also have an old 90s rigid 26 MTB that I put racks all round. I just can't get a touring bike in Melbourne.

@dariuslankarian3282

Жыл бұрын

That is correct either Australian distributors are bringing wrong sizes into Australia or manufacturers are not producing correct size quantity.

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

Yeah its difficult some of the bikes I wanna get are not available either. Seems trying used market is an option but they go quick.

@mwe1337

Жыл бұрын

@@CycleTravelOverload they just aren't around 2nd hand either. I saw a 26 inch wheel surely lht on line just down the road but frame is 56cm. It's been like this for about 2and a half years or more. The closest is a medium in a giant tough road 1. That has just arrived at Hallam cycle shop. But it's all aluminium. I mean what's the point when I have an old converted rigid MTB I built in chro moly. And also have a aluminium Fuji Jari 2.1 to bike pack.

@mrman5517

Жыл бұрын

i've also noticed the bike shortage in the melbourne region. i've asked around a lot, and the answer why there is none in stock is always the same: stores won't order them because they don't sell them, and they can't sell them because stores refuse to order them! it's a perfectly circular explanation, but the stores don't care because they are making bank selling ebikes to boomers.... fvck, another industry ruined by boomers >:(

@mwe1337

Жыл бұрын

@@mrman5517 you will be a boomers age in some years to come..good luck with all the hate and Kent's wanting to knock you off..I'm on in the very last six months of technically being a boomer. I want a 54 cm touring bike I can peddle.. don't give a sh!t about electric. So don't know what the hell you are on about..feel sorry for haters like you. Anyway today I found 3 on gumtree so I'll just head there.

Trek doesn’t make either version of the 520 any longer… That being said, I’ve pretty much made up my mind for the Bombtrack Arise. It doesn’t even try to be a gravel/touring bike. Surly’s new geometry is too high a BB for touring, lower would be more stable… Too many bikes are starting to be more Gravel bike than anything. Gravel vs touring are not the same thing, merging the two is just trying to meet the gravel bike craze that is going on. Even using the “rail trail” argument fails, as rail trails are pretty flat the most you can argue is that most are not paved but crushed stone not even gravel.

What do you think about the salsa Journeyer?

Oh god I absolutely love your denim jacket, where did you get it ? 😲

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks!! I got it from the thrift store for like $10 :) Levi's :)

I have the State All Road 4130. Would that be sufficient for less epic adventures (3 months or less)? I lowered the chain ring to a 38 since I'm fine with coasting downhill, and plan on changing the 11-42 cassette to an 11-46, and will change the brakes for sure. I know you weren't hyped on the spec, but will it probably make it through a SE Asia Tour? Cheers!

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

On 650b x 2.1" tires that should give you about a 22.5" climbing gear which is much better then the 27" from stock.. It might be okay for SE Asia but really steep hill climbs might be a struggle still at this gear inch. I am heading to Vietnam in a few months.. So excited..

@feralearthworm3044

Жыл бұрын

@@CycleTravelOverload Right on, I'll see if I can get an even better climbing gear in there. Have fun in Vietnam, and make sure to remember to bring the #1 necessity for the country: noise cancelling headphones.

They never do them for small people. Small or xs

I liked the Fuji you reviewed, bit of a weight weenie 😊oh and thanks for your informative reviews

You chould check out the tout terrain expedition and falkenjagd hoplit +

you cant go wrong with Novara timeless

Mate great video except you left out our Aussie touring Legend Vivente World Randoneur😊

@GordoGambler

Ай бұрын

Are they still alive?? I have seen no signs they are going back several years of looking. Worst website ever. I saw that Peter Newberry on CGOAB had one since 2013 doing Vietnam and neighbor countries. Anyway, I have done the same on my custom with a Rohloff14 and flawless SA XL-FDD dyno drum brake front.

@vk2icj

Ай бұрын

@@GordoGambler they have new stock at my lbs so I would assume so. If you are looking for a bike give Noel a call. Not many companies left that you talk to the owner before purchasing.

For me high gears are also inportannt on touring bike, I did my speed records on fully loaded touring bike downhill. Did you konow the fact that old Fuji Touring's top speed is 90 km/h?

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

Wow that's amazing!! I will definitely try my best to include high gears stats in future videos.. I can see how you did your speed records with all that extra weight..

@davidjohnston1374

Жыл бұрын

I had one of the original Fuji Touring bikes back in 2005 when it had the shimano Tiagra brifters with 3 x 9 Deore rear and had a Truivit triple at the front but i always felt it was too high in the lowest gear (granny) and I thin had something like a 50 on the largest. So by memory I think it could've been 50/38/26. It was a really nice bike and I regretted selling, I don't even remember why I sold it, I took it on the NSW 2005 Kusziusko to Kiama big ride, it done a sterling job.

What about Genesis Tour ??? I saw this bike and is sooooo Beautiful

@kathleenr744

Ай бұрын

And the Croix de Fer

How about REI's house brand CO-OP Cycles ADV 1.1?

AUD or US dollars?

Ridgeback panorama

I want all of them

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be great :)

@robertfrancois6064

Жыл бұрын

Greedy

v nice

Im in Australia. Im 6,1 120kg . Large foot .im looking for a full steel bike to camp and touring with . Help what do you recommend,? Thanks 😊

@mattbryan8535

Жыл бұрын

I've got a Kona Sutra ltd which is 1x and the frame is extremely robust and great to ride,no toe overlap(size 46)...I put a 30 tooth chainring with a 11- 42 cassette and this suits my need, I could have put a 2x on but more expense...I also put some nice DT Swiss wheels on as the old ones just were not up to it...but as your 120 kg plus gear you are going to need custom made 36 spoke wheels to carry your weight imo... Good luck, just thinking by now you've probably sorted everything and of course the Kona Sutra(original) may just be the fit for you!?!?

Great vid. Is the Kona Sutra the only one that has through axles?

@CycleTravelOverload

Жыл бұрын

No there are other bikes in this video that offer thru, both Trek 520's, the Focus, Bombtrack, pretty sure Toughroad has them too and Surly Disc trucker offers dual dropout eyelets. Not too sure with the Marin think quick release for that one.

Do you know If there are any touring ebikes?

@GordoGambler

Ай бұрын

Motorcycles?? NUTS.

You're right about aluminum, It might only last 200 to 250 years tops. Did you know that the Air Force, including yours down under have aluminum aircraft. And the aluminum is not that different. I'm glad you're not a carbon fiber nut. Your videos are amazing. Thank you for the in depth reviews.

What is the point of bar end shifters ? I can't see how it's better (?) If someone can help :)

@wadesnyder6871

4 ай бұрын

not having to take your hand off bars

what would you reccomend for something like the pan america tour, a super long journey?

Could not care a less about peddling down hill. I need all the rest I can get lol

Love the jif and a bottle cage and mad respect for wheeling a loaded touring bike

So you just change the video title from 23 to 24?

Kona Sutra max size 58 cm...

A used Bruce Gordon

2022?????? BAD CLICKBAIT BAD

Are people in Australia not in danger of head injuries when flying through the forest next to hardwood trees and no helmet while barely under control? Don't you people like flat bars?

All luddite tech in 2024.. Get a Rohloff14 or Pinion, or STAY HOME. LOL. Thru axles SUCK on heavyweights.

Hello february 2024 😂

So heavy bikes. I had a cheap (1.500€) aluminium gravel bike, less than 10,5 kg and I wouldn't carry those extra 2-3 kgs and paying more money by no means!

=Consumerism=

Need a woman that will go touring with me 😊

@newcan1701

4 ай бұрын

If you carry it on your back, you will find it easy

Bombtrack arise tour is a shitty bike ! I had to replace brakes, cogs etc... Very disappointed

Trek 920 the best why did they stop making it

@rickchandler2570

5 ай бұрын

Probably same reason they quit making the 520. Nobody was buying them.

@davidodell4687

5 ай бұрын

@@rickchandler2570 Well I love mine Don't know why they would would get rid of something So Good.

@rickchandler2570

5 ай бұрын

@@davidodell4687 Yeah I had a couple of them. Loved them. It’s a business and they don’t care about great products that doesn’t sell.

Sheesh a single bike costs more than my entire lifes savings...

@sarahfisher5719

2 ай бұрын

Get a job.