Bikes for North & South America
Hey,
We are planning to bike around North America (rough itinery is: LA, heading north along west coast, east along border to MA, down to New York, over to Chicago then partially along route 66 before heading south).
We then plan to bike through Central America, down to Peru (somehow avoiding the Darien Gap!), and across into Brazil.
Our question is: what is the best type of bike to do this kind of trip on? We want two indentical bikes.
Is it necessary to have a big trail bike / dual sport? Our thinking is that the US would be more suited for a tourer, whereas South America might be better with a traily. Would a tourer manage in South America? Would a traily be comfortable enough for all those miles in the US?
Thanks,
Si & Ad
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