97 Kona Conversion for Touring advice

[sswiss]

....has anybody done it?

old 97 Hahanna, on P2's, probably not ideal for a tourer, but thinking of adding a rack to see if it works, not convinced the Kona geometry will lend itself to a tourer set up, can anybody convince me to try it. What other bits will I need?

thanks
sswiss

 

[Midorimage]

One of the biggest concerns is that your feet will not hit the rear rack or panniers．　Two of my friends 　biked across the States with me on their mtbs and had no problems.

 

[was8v]

This guy settled on Kona geometry (albeit modern) for round the world touring:

http://tomsbiketrip.com/2010/04/how-to- ... ke-part-1/

Depends what surfaces you will be riding / how much stuff you are taking!

 

[mullinino]

yes

ta-daaaa! worked a treat...on my recent tour of the kitchen.strange place...

 

[sswiss]

mullinino...nice one - seems it can be done, hoping to get a little further afield than the kitchen though

cheers

 

[hamster]

A pal of mine rode the Pacific Coast of the USA with me on his Fire Mountain. It works, and works well!