Heavy bike with climbing gears or light bike with 52/42T ??

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Just some views needed for a potential touring bike purchase/build.

What would be better bike to tour with in a hilly region.

A 12kgs bike with a 50/40/30 triple

OR

A 10.5kgs bike with a 52/42 double ?

Both steel ?
 
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I'd go for more gears, by the time you've put racks panniers and all your stuff on it, 1.5Kg difference in the weight of the bike it's all hung on won't make a lot of odds.
 
Most of the weight is you, not the bike. Triple every time: a 42T chainring is pretty brutal over almost anything.

For touring, assuming you have some luggage then you need a lowest gear at last 26" (so around 1:1 ratio front to back) and preferably closer to 20".
 
The biggest bike you can handle. It will be more forgiving and stable with all that weight on it.
 
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Just put a deposit on a Marin Four-corners 2016 Adventure bike.

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Sora triple, Discs and lovely CrMo with a lifetime guarantee on the frame/forks :cool:

Hope to be touring next year, will pick your brains ref equipment Mr THM ;)
 
Be my guest.

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Well, it depends. If you are fit and keen, not carrying much weight or luggage maybe a double would do.

I'd ride a triple myself. It cannot possibly hurt to have the lower gear to get you going.

Ideally, get a few days practice riding where you are going with a touring load. Then, you are going to know yourself.
 
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