I'm looking to buy a daily commute bike, that I can also use for some casual touring couple of times each year. Goal is to complete the Danish 666 km long N5 Official East-Coast bike-route this summer, and then long term multiple european countries. But I'm just wondering if buying a bicycle this like will destrimentally ruin my trips. Like, because if its too heavy, sitting position/posture, spare parts, hard to maintain etc. Specialized of course is a huge brand and has shops all over the world.. but.. In say the more poor countries in Europe, those shops are likely far between I'd assume.
by sintrixy
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Maybe go for a bike with Bosch components? They are much more common.
My wife has a Turbo Vado 4 and we did a long tour with it staying in hotels so we could recharge every day. She used the app to reduce the power draw so that she never ran out of power (we did 100km/day). It made a huge difference for her – she never would have made the trip otherwise.
The odds that the bike will break down in 660 km in Denmark are pretty slim. In the future, maybe? But, as you say, Specialized is a really prominent brand. We’ve had my wife’s bike for three years and not a single issue