Buy a Giant FCR3 for a first bike tour
06-12-09, 01:25 PM
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Buy a Giant FCR3 for a first bike tour
Hi Brothers and sisters Bikers !
I will go for my first big tour from Vancouver to San Francisco for around the end of august. I will allow me 1 month to do it (Actually i might start from Seattle)
So here is a post i just found out on Craiglist:
https://montreal.en.craigslist.ca/bik/1217664954.html
Its a giant FCR3 2008 like new condition for 300$
Seller replied to my first email when i asked the size by:
The Bike is XS size with rigid suspension, the bike is still breaking in, but all in all ...I love a Giant...had a 2007 Boulder SE with street tires before this.
XS seems to be a 53cm and i'm 5'6'' tall (1m70), so it should fit me.
My questions are:
Do you think that its a good bike for a first tour like it ?
Is it a good deal ?
Do you any advise to give about preparing the bike for the tour ?
And any others comments would be so appreciated
Thanks a lot in advance and i wish everybody some nice experience during your tour.
Cheers
Poulos
I will go for my first big tour from Vancouver to San Francisco for around the end of august. I will allow me 1 month to do it (Actually i might start from Seattle)
So here is a post i just found out on Craiglist:
https://montreal.en.craigslist.ca/bik/1217664954.html
Its a giant FCR3 2008 like new condition for 300$
Seller replied to my first email when i asked the size by:
The Bike is XS size with rigid suspension, the bike is still breaking in, but all in all ...I love a Giant...had a 2007 Boulder SE with street tires before this.
XS seems to be a 53cm and i'm 5'6'' tall (1m70), so it should fit me.
My questions are:
Do you think that its a good bike for a first tour like it ?
Is it a good deal ?
Do you any advise to give about preparing the bike for the tour ?
And any others comments would be so appreciated
Thanks a lot in advance and i wish everybody some nice experience during your tour.
Cheers
Poulos
06-14-09, 06:27 PM
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i wouldn't recommend a tour of that length on an FCR3, aluminum frame and short wheel base.
Look for a steel frame with a longer wheelbase, your body will thank you.
Look for a steel frame with a longer wheelbase, your body will thank you.
06-14-09, 09:36 PM
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go look in the touring forum, they are a lot more calibrated to the kind of riding you are talking about.
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hi
thx Metricoclock for your reply.
Yeah i guess it will be not the best bike for a long smooth ride.
Anyway, i finally bought it for just 250$ and it's really like new condition.
After i bought it, i just found out on this forum a guy who did the same tour during 6 weeks on the same bike, so i feel better now and know thats possible.
Unterhausen, yep i was new on this forum and thought at first that that was the touring forum. I now started another thread on the touring forum.
Have a good ride guys !
Poulos
thx Metricoclock for your reply.
Yeah i guess it will be not the best bike for a long smooth ride.
Anyway, i finally bought it for just 250$ and it's really like new condition.
After i bought it, i just found out on this forum a guy who did the same tour during 6 weeks on the same bike, so i feel better now
and know thats possible.Unterhausen, yep i was new on this forum and thought at first that that was the touring forum. I now started another thread on the touring forum.
Have a good ride guys !
Poulos
