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Will an Americano/BOB Rig Handle X-Country?

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Will an Americano/BOB Rig Handle X-Country?

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23-12.-2005, 06:42 AM	#1
Cyclesafe Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 67	Will an Americano/BOB Rig Handle X-Country? When toured from San Diego to St Augustine this Spring I hitched a BOB Yak to a carbon road bike, with general success other than a couple of slips of the front wheel in gravel, an occassional inability to control descents, and once or twice being flung into traffic or the shoulder by a surprise gust of wind. I'm going from Missoula to Anchorage this summer so, based on my experience on "100%" pavement, I've bought a tandem-weight steel-framed Americano with tandem wheels, disc brakes and 37mm tires. I will pull my Yak and not have panniers. My question is this. Will this latter rig serve me adequately on the 100% dirt cross country rooutes like Adventure Cycling's Great Divide? The Americano has mountain gearing, 38mm knobby tires can be accommodated, and I don't plan to be anything other than sedate going down hills. The frame geometry is more open than a road bike, but not as much as a mountain bike. I'll have drop bars with STI shifters. Plus I'll have no suspension other than my tires and my numerous body joints. What do you think?

25-12.-2005, 04:33 AM

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