Comments for Rolling East https://rollingeast.com A bike ride across the world Sat, 13 Nov 2021 13:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Comment on The Best Touring Bike: VSF Fahrradmanufaktur TX-400 by Alexander https://rollingeast.com/the-best-touring-bikes-we-could-wish-for/#comment-114 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 13:40:15 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=230#comment-114 Hello Rolling East,

there are so many great bike companys over the world, like Thorn UK or Surly USA and so on. Hard to make a decision. I bought a VSF TX- 400 in 2016. After thousands of kilometres i am still not happy. I need lots of power to drive the tank and in the field the blows feel very hard for my hands, compared to a 28 inch touring bike. The bike feels slow and needs power to accelerate.

How can i tune the bike? Do you have a stem and handlebar you can recommend for a 1,80 metre tall guy?

Any experience with the Jones H- Bar, the Surly Moloko, the Koga Denham Bar or the Ritchey Kyote?

Do you have a tire recommendation for the TX- 400? Not so heavy like the Marathon Mondial?

Do you have a rim recommendation? The Ride Andra feel heavy to accelerate.

I am with you, the TX- 400 is a beast for cycling the world. But it feels clumsy and uncomfortable.

All the Best from Alexander

]]> Comment on Cycle Touring Guide to Chiang Mai by jesicak miller https://rollingeast.com/the-cyclists-guide-to-chiang-mai/#comment-111 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:19:12 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=901#comment-111 What a great article. thanks for sharing it.

]]> Comment on The Best Touring Bike: VSF Fahrradmanufaktur TX-400 by Derek https://rollingeast.com/the-best-touring-bikes-we-could-wish-for/#comment-110 Sat, 20 Feb 2021 22:33:27 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=230#comment-110 Great article. I too have one of these which I bought as a (super indulgent) 50th birthday present. We were living in France at the time and to the best of my knowledge they weren’t available in Australia so it was pretty sweet to find my local bike shop in Nantes carried them. 5 years later and it is still going strong. The only component I swapped out was the saddle – for a Brooks B17! It is a bit heavy, but chances are it will outlast me.
Happy cycling guys, so glad I found your website.

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]]> Comment on Gear by neil https://rollingeast.com/gear/#comment-107 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:24:35 +0000 https://rollingeastblog.wordpress.com/gear/#comment-107 Great website. I p[lan on a trip in a few years and want a TX400 – where can I get one please? UK based.

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