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i dont tour but regularly do 50 miler day trips on the weekends. i like steel bikes the best. ive had this bike since new, its a 2001 lemond nevada city. they have long top tubes so its kind of like straddling a horse! but i can run up to 28c tires so thats good enough for urban riding. i run conti gatorskins and ride all over glass strewn portland oregon. ive had 4 epic flats on those tires in a decade. i wont ride anything else. id like to tour but it would probably be more like over night trips on long distance bike paths. we have two options for that here. a 25 mile trail on the east side, and a 20 mile hilly route towards the coast range. that one is popular because its got a state park convienient at the halfway point. its also got yurts and cabins you can rent. long distance, gravel riding is what i want to conquer next. i have a cross bike with gravel tires i ride on logging roads. nothing epic, just like 10 or 15 milers here and there. im an enthusiast but my mileage is more like weekend warrior, i do about 2500 miles a year.
