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Sport-touring Bicycle
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Sport touring bicycles occupy a middle ground between touring and road racing bicycles. The meaning of this term has been changing:
- Older "sport-touring" bikes, the typical 10 speeds of the 1970's bike boom,were solid, sturdy machines that differed from touring bicycles mainly in that they didn't have as wide a gear range. They could be used for moderately-loaded touring by riders strong enough to get along without serious low gears.
- Current "sport-touring" bikes are more like road-racing bicycles which have had a triple crankset added. These bicycles have low enough gearing to let aging baby-boomers still get up the hills. Most bikes in this category are not well-suited for serious touring, because their wheels are too fragile, and they often are poorly designed so that there is not adequate frame clearance for fenders and touring-width tires.
