what bike? road perfomance that can do very light off road

pel66

I need a bike that's light fast and can do lots of road miles but can also tackle canal paths. I've got £800 burning a hole in my pocket. Been looking at giants rapid 1, will this handle the towpaths?

RonB

Welcome to the forum Pel.

A Specialized Tricross might fit the bill. No personal experience but it has had a good rating by others on here. Good luck with the search.

Anonymous

pel66 wrote:

I need a bike that's light fast and can do lots of road miles but can also tackle canal paths. I've got £800 burning a hole in my pocket. Been looking at giants rapid 1, will this handle the towpaths?

Hi mate! To be honest I have no probs using my road bikes on tow paths, the important bit is to have good tyres.

A colleague of mine has a Giant Rapid 1 for commuting and his commute involves a fair amount of towpath riding, he manages fine on the supplied kenda tyres. He rates it very highly.

Monty Dog

It really comes down to being able to fit some wider, tougher tyres - like a 28mm touring tyre. Something like a Kinesis TK2 will take bigger tyres and yet feels more like a race bike. Alternatively, for something more robust, try a Planet-X Kaffenback

Barrie_G

I'm with NapoleonD on this one, any road bike should be up to riding on tow paths with standard wheels and tyres, have you seen some of the roads in this country :shock: if the bikes can cope with potholes etc. at 20+mph then they'll do fine on your average towpath.

petemadoc

Cyclocross bike every time. You can go pretty much anywhere with this.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Focus ... 360045314/

dombo6

I've ridden my Lemond Buenos Aires road steed through the woods (packed rooty earth bridleways) on Conti 4000S tyres and Easton EA90 SLX wheels. Took it reasonably slow as i was with the wife and sproglets on their mtbs.
Canal towpaths wouldn't be a problem.
But as others have said, a tricross or other cross bike would take you absolutely anywhere.