First of all I wanna say that I don't know anything about bikes. I want to do a bike trip and I'm looking for a bike right now for less than 300 euros and around my area. My options are very limited because of where I live but this one seemed like a good option at first glance. I asked chat gpt because im very clueless and he said I wouldn't be ideal because it lacks mounting points and gear range.
Do you think I can pull this off if I upgrade it or should I look for more options?
Thanks!
by Primary_Smoke1054
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It’s got rear rack mounts and disk brakes, better than some of my friends touring set ups.
But also a perfect reason to not ask chat GPT anything because it clearly does have a rear rack mount and it probably has more gear range than a lot of modern bikes because it has a front derailleur.
Old front forks can be iffy but just to get you started I’m sure getting this bike and getting it a tune up and learning some basic maintenance you could very easily do some bikepacking and bike touring on this bike. If you can get it for a good price I say do it