I hope you found this video informative! 🥰 You can learn a tonne more by subscribing to this channel, or getting a copy of my Touring Bicycle Buyer's Guide: www.cyclingabout.com/touring-bicycle-buyers-guide

Nice list! For 2022 I have converted my Salsa Beargrease to be my day adventure tourer. I went 29x3 on wheels and tires, and added the Surly Corner Bar and a set of aero bars. It’s been super fun in mixed riding around town, excited to get it in more remote areas!

As someone who is just about to pull the trigger on my next bike this is a really useful and very well made video, with some little gems in there that I would never normally have even considered. Thanks.

Anyday a cyclingabout video comes out is a good day. Thanks Alee!

been cycling for 35 years, i find cyclingabout my go to site, lots information (overviews and focused) , Thank you

Thank so much -- been waiting for this video!! Excellent as usual and always good for a re-watch; Thanks man.

I have watched this a few times now, going back for information that answers questions that come to mind as I rebuild and source the correct products, due to your reviews. thank you. for everything.

That was super informative. Thanks for the master class in touring bikes.

These are the kind of videos, for those who are at least, half serious about getting into bike touring, should listen to. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with others in order for new comers to make better choices in what exact bike for their type of riding need and style should purchase. Saving on time and cost in the long run.

Very well done. I could (and will) watch this one over and over and....

Love these videos man, I've had a giramondo for a couple years and I love it, I've made lots of changes that make the bike way comfy, Ritchey coyote bars, Selle anitomica saddle with a thudbuster, no problem spending long days on this bike, was glad to see the masi

Thanks for the awesome content Alee! Your buyers guide and tech content were super helpful for buying my first touring bike, and the travel docos are fantastic. Just a note for anyone that does go for the Cube Travel, and wants to improve the climbing gear with a 36 tooth casette. You may also need to swap out the crank or get an abnormally long chain to cope with the 48 tooth ring up front and the 36 toother out back. Happily this just means you improve the climbing gear even more to 16.7 gear inches, but something to factor in when buying. Also the standard rack isn't great for Ortlieb panniers as the hooks have few places where they can fit nicely. Ideally it needs more straight bits of rail without joins and welds in the way. In time I think I'll upgrade to a Tubus rear rack but for now,I'm loving the bike and can't wait to take it out on my next tour. Cheers!

One of my favorite videos every year, although I haven't yet done any bike touring. Dreaming takes me a long way and these yearly videos takes me closer to buying a touring bike and just go for it. 👍

Very useful information. thanks!

Looks like the Kona Libre is most accessible for a test ride in my area of the USofA. Thanks as always for the epic research and experience, brother! Ride safe!

Excelle3nt and very informative video!!! Thanks!!!

Brilliant video, thank you!

Man, this is awesome information!!

some damn fine bicycles in your list, thanks for the vid, great stuff

Just wanted to say thanks for your work, we're currently 7,500 miles into an around the world trip on bikes modeled after your guide 'How Would I Custom Build A Round-The-World Touring Bike in 2019?'. Loving our Surly Ogres with Rohloffs and Son 28s, just wish we could do belt drive!

Dude thanks for making this video! I watched it a month ago and learned of the Masi, and after careful consideration bought it. I was hesitant about the lack of information online. I just got it yesterday and took it for a 26 mile test ride today and it is frickin awesome. The price is actually amazing when looking at the components. The tubus racks are another amazing touch. I also love the bar end shifters-- also the bike is just flat out beautiful with a lot of small Masi details that stick to their tradition.

Thanks for this Excellent review.

This is so great. On-One, Riverside and Brodie are all so appealing both in value and service. Count me among the 2X and a kickstand class of rider too. Genesis plus Rohloff also appealing. Hopefully that Brodie bar is sold seperately.

What an incredible video! Wow. Thank you.

Brilliant informative succinct video. FYI, I have a cube hyde Pro that I toured the Spanish coast to Portugal and back over 15 months. The basic bike cost 550 euros with your recommended upgrades of course. Also with regards to camping equipment I agree with you again, I started out with lightweight gear but have since changed to more substantial slightly heavier gear, it pays dividends.

Thanks. That was very useful.

Finally! New video! 😁👍. I am using my Marin Nicasio for my daily driver. Hope it is capable to do touring also.

very deep and detail, ride safe and thanks

wonderful as usual. thanks

Love your videos, super high quality content. I have a question for you: My bike can fit a 30.9 seatpost, if I wanted to use an eeSilk which doesn’t come in that size, is it okay to use a seatpost shim / adapter and use a 27.2 eesilk? Any drawbacks you can see to using that shim?

Really nice guidance! My current touring bike is my normal street bike, it is pretty normal. So I have to think around the edge for the stuff that i carry with me, surprisingly I've been now travelling now for over 4000km with it and it has never failed me once on a tour. Dispite on day where crashed into an tree and bend my front wheel, but even then it carried me about 250 km further to the next cycle shop. But I'm looking forward to buy a new "real" touring bike, because I love this hobby and I'm really passionate about bicycles haha. Thanks!

Great video!

Thank you for warning against the Sram SX derailleur! I'm a mechanic and I can't even guess how many of those we've warrantied or thrown in the bin.

Hey Alee, happy to see a new video... have you ever heard of or seen the new Giant Toughroad SLR EX ? Big fat tyres, dynamo lights, but with a lightweight frame and carbon fork.... Not a big fan of the hydro brakes but damn have a look at the thing, 1250eu with racks and the rest! Let me know what you think!

As always your videos are really well done. I bought a Cube travel 3 or 4 years ago and really love it. I just wish cube would add a few more braze- ons for a lower water mount and maybe a few more on the fork. It is really a hell of a value. I also have a Focus that I bought first that is a great bike. It will only handle a 38 mm tire and also is lacking frame mounts.

Here we go again, another bike to get! Thank you!

FANTASTIC REVIEWS. Thank you for your time, finally an exceptionally well presented video with tons of RELEVANT information. A BIT OF A ONE OFF, videos like this. Just subscribed. Can i also ask, your thoughts on a more premium adventure bike, like the end section of this video,. The bikes i like are the Surly Ogre, The Bombtrack Beyond Plus adv. The thing after watching this now is, i like the idea of sitting up and having a much more relaxed position, so i may have to swap style over substance, if that's the right way to put it. I ride with my wife in he evenings an electric bike the Rad Plus and it's such a comfortable riding position, except for the seat. Apologies i seemed to have droned on a bit.

Thank you for doing this

Great review...

Keep it up... Curious to know your thoughts on the Marin four corners as it's a very popular bike in North America and considered for gravel / touring / backpacking

Very useful info great set of bikes for sure you picked ..tho i may have to watch it twice to absorb it lol

Thanks for the update: What are your thoughts about the priority 600 with a pinion gear box? I really like the low maintenance of this bike. I value your opinion as I am thinking of purchasing this bike for a long distance tour next summer. cheers

I just ordered your Touring Bike Buyers Guide. I have a new 2019 Kona Sutra that arrived the first week of the pandemic & has not been used. It’s going on a US coast to coast trip pulling a Bob Yak style trailer. I’m not real keen on off road touring but I am thinking about the Great Divide Mountain Bike Trail and I will ride one of my full suspension mountain bikes with front & rear panniers. I can’t ride an aluminum bike on the road. It kills my arthritis. I put a suspension post on the Kona and may add a carbon fork before my lengthy trip which I am breaking up in one segment from Kentucky to Yorktown VA then doing the other segment from Oregon back to KY with a tail wind. There are a lot more touring bikes available now that when I purchased the Kona. I had thought about the Tout Terrain with belt drive for a trip to Sweden, Finland and Norway. I’ll look over the bikes in your book and see what might work better and cost less. If not then after my US trip I’ll get the Tout Terrain or a different touring bike. I ride all carbon fiber road bikes and full suspension mountain bikes all with Spinergy wheels for road shock absorption here where I live. I think conventional alloy wheels and spokes are likely to be more bombproof for a lengthy trip even though I could use a pair on my Kona. I’m really tired of being in the house because of the virus 🦠 and want to get out on a long trip. I can’t wait to quit my job and get out there. Stay safe. I love 💕 your channel. 👍☮️🌞🌟🚵‍♂️🏔🏕🗺

I truly recommend you checking the recumbent trikes too! Next level comfort for around the world!

Best cycling channel on KZfaq. A++

Excellent summary. If only I could get any of these in Thailand!!

Hello there and thank you for this prety useful and good video. One model I will suggest, it is Cube Nature EXC. Well I personally have one and it's 2019. model, but until today they didn't chaged a lot, only minor things. Bike is categozed as fitness bike or trekking bike, but is is very versatile. It comes from factory with 28" tires 44mm wide, the frame can accept tires up to 2,25". Can take rack mounts and kickstand and comes with shimano drivetrain with 30 speeds and 63mm coil fork. I converted mine drastically, so it can take steep hills and I put wider tires. Currenty it's 1x11 34t oval AB and 11-51 cassette in the back, tires are 2.1" tubeless set up, new hubs and DT enduro rims, so it can literally go anywhere I want. For is also replaced with RS Reba RL 100mm, I also upgraded brakes to 180mm rotors and whole braking system to M8000-M8100 combo. I have done 3000-4000 Km with it and for myself it is really really great bike.

As usual great video, I would like see a similar video specific to belt drives!

You do very helpful & interesting videos ,thank you , I've watched your report on bike weight I have a Thorn Nomad & a Surly Ogre ,I like them both except when it comes to lifting them over gates & fences ,I've had back problems in the past ,So now I'm considering a Titanium frame ,The Sonder Broken road with pinion is the main contender minus the suspension fork .Do you think this is a wise choice ?

Interesting video! I have maybe one addition: have you seen the Giant AnyTour CS 1? It looks like an amazing value for a belt driven touring bike as well with the only disadvantage being the shimano alfine 8 hub. But even if you would swap the shimano hub for a rohloff hub aftermarket it's still a cheap bike.

Great list. A few of these bikes really caught my eye. Also worth noting is that many of these can be had with a Rolhoff gearhub and some even offer a pinion gearbox.

Nice video 👍. Where is the landscape behind you? It looks like the Andes in Ecuador...

Bike reviews don’t get much better than the cyclingabout efforts on KZfaq, as well as his journal work he has in PDF format. ✅ added in the constant cycling effort worldwide and there is a level of been there done it to gain the knowledge to help chose even if you chose different.

Thanks for the video for sure buying one of these when my car finally breaks!

I have not found a single bike of interest that is not sold out or back ordered. This bike market is crazy! Great video as always, appreciate all the work and science you put into these videos. If you could have any weird, unreasonable dream bike, what would it be?

i bought the diamant 247 deluxe 645km so far, going great :)

Co-Motion currently has an 8 month lead time on delivery, at least for an Americano. The Deschutes may be a bit shorter wait as it has few configurable options.

This information is excellent. It is also invaluable when building up or purchasing an older frame for touring, which is what many of us poorer touring enthusiasts have to resort to. I ride a 1980's model mountain bike with some key modifications. It has served me well for almost ten years and there is no end in sight. You'd be hard pressed to find a bike like this on the current new bike market.

Hellow!! excelente work in these videos. I wonder if you could explain wich rigid forks you consider the best, wich brands would you prefer. I would like to update my mountain bike to touring, so thank you if you read and answer me. 😊

After doing extensive research and being a bike nerd for over 35years. I purchased a Priority 600 with pinion gates setup. Its the cheapest bike with pinion. Ive added redshift post and stem. Re laced the rear wheel. And absoultely love it.

I have my 1985 Dawes Ranger, LWB, 531 reynolds, relaxed geometry, light, tan Schwalbe table top 2.35s tyres to smooth out gravel and bumps.

I'm hoping to hear a review of the Priority 600X if you have a chance. Great list of bikes!

Good video excellent info 🇵🇷💯

I never imagined that I'd be intrigued by a bike by Decathlon, but that Riverside Touring 900 has a lot of great components. Kudos to them for bringing some legitimate competition to the marketplace. I only wish the racks were black rather than silver.

My 29er xc bike is basically like the brodie with the loop bar set up.

Have you ever tried the Priority 600 ? Price is attractive, Pinion gear box plus mostly cheap components, I wonder if the frame is stiff enough for long touring ?

That Riverside is absurdly good!

My set up is 15.8 & 91.6 using that formula plenty for me that’s with a 30T chain ring and 9-52 cassette 1X drive both by E thirteen , moving that set up to the jones SWB frame I’m working on once it gets done I mostly off road tour

Were do you put the Priority 600 on your list of touring bikes? I love the idea of the gates and pinion drivetrain.

This is great! Already purchased your books.Thanks for your hard work!

After watching your video on the World traveler koga bike I have been researching getting a bike with the rohloff hub with a gates belt. The genesis web page does not list the longitude but has the brixton with a nexis hub. I am located in canada so went to the panorama web page. I love to get the koga but it's in the netherlands and I am in canada. I'll keep looking thanks for sharing your knowledge cheers

What is your opinion about Giant Toughroad SLR 1? I used the 2016 for new zealand and australia

As a welder I love those uncleaned welds on Masi bike 😍

I am surprised that the Prority 600 didn't make your list. It seems to fit thebuild well with Pinion gearbox, fenders, rack mounts, dynamo hub.

I bought a used on one inbred 18" slot dropout frame off eBay and a rigid fork from on one a few years back, with the intention of building a go anywhere, do anything bike. I had a rohloff / son 28 Andra 40 wheelset built and run a 32/ 44 chainset with a 17 teeth sprocket on 26 x 2 .15" Schwalbe tyres. This setup gives me a gear inch range of 13.6 to 98.5". I have tubus rear and surly front racks and dynamo lights and charger, a suntour parallelogram seatpost, on one Geoff bars, trp cable brakes, hope 180mm discs, mud guards and hebie kickstand. That'll do me.

Considering the used market these days, those second hand bikes can be more expensive than just signing up on the waiting list for the new bike.

How has the Kona sutra held up to the competition this year? The riverside 900 might be my new go to bike for the future.

Yeah, the pandemic hit right before I was supposed to pick up my bike. We were banned from the city I needed to go to and they wouldn't deliver. After a year the shop refunded me. I went to the local shop, bought a GIANT hybrid, ordered parts online and made a tourer. It has an aluminum frame and I definitely feel the wobble. I just learned to distribute the loads better. Surprised at the stock components the bike came with. The handlebars and tires I kept, but the drive train was heavy and it had no racks. It's done me solid for two years but I'm definitely looking to re-enter the higher end touring bike market.

That brody bike looks very similar to my Pinewood Gravel Bike and it is very pretty

Thanks for the video, been looking forward to this one for 2022. Question...where were you when recording this? The mountainside with the city background, sort of semi desert looking terrain? Somewhat reminds me of the British Columbia interior.

Nuevo seguidor 🇲🇽🌎🚴

What do you think about Idworx? Love my All Rohler!

What about my Scott Sub 20...just fully fitted it out as a world touring bike... Or should I stick with my 25 year old Dawes?

Idk if they ship worldwide but Bergamont has some really good value for money bikes like their Grandurance

Anyone considering touring should take a look at Rene Herse tires. These are some of the world's best tires and they provide a comfortable ride. One thing I didn't see in this video is a discussion of how comfortable a touring bike must be. Comfortable riders are stronger riders because they are dealing with less vibration that saps energy. Even the best scenery in the world means little if the rider is in pain.

What about the VSF bikes? What do you think of the Kona Sutra bikes?

the riverside touring 900 really caught my eye, but it seems to impossible to buy now.

I just noticed you used two of my pictures! 😎

I am going to be touring on a ebike in France this September and I will be purchasing the bike in France. My question is what would you recommend ebike wise I should buy?

This time around, I will go for a belt drive. Do you think for 2K$-ish there are big difference between available models? I definitely want a dynamo integration. Is this being covered in your Buyer's guide?

Have you seen the Falkenjagd Hektor suspension fork? I love those bikes but not the price tag so much ...

I'm intrigued to know if you've ever narrowed down a list of the best touring bikes for tall guys? I know you'd mentioned the Curve Titanasaur previously as a bike that tall guys might consider. I ride a custom Zinn road bike - with 210mm cranks, so I know the difference a bike that is set up for a tall guy can make. (I'm 2m tall)

Any thoughts about the hole in the headset of the Focus Atlas? Doesn't scream rugged tourer to me...

i would choose Cube... reasonable price range and super great bike

Any Thoughts on foldups I plan end to end UK on Tern Link P24H I reckon It will Make It ?

12:53 is there a dropbar cube bike you can recommend too? (Less than 1800€ so a competitor to the focus atlas 6.7?) And are there any other competitors to the atlas I should have a look at?

where and how i can get that guide book? because im planning next 2023 cycling around the world

Hello. Lucky for me to be seeing this video as I begin the search for a touring bike after many years off the bike. Frankly, the one that jumps out for me is that Koga World Traveler in the orangish color. But striking out thus far in finding a retailer here in the Atlanta, GA area. Any leads to a distributor would be much appreciated. And I won't close without saying "thanks" for making so much valuable information available. Best wishes and happy trails to all.

Amazing👍

Did you have a look at the Radon Sunset Supreme bike for this test? It offers a great kit for a good value. The only potential downsides are 45 mm max tire width and a suspension fork.