With a vibration absorbing CroMoly fork and lightweight aluminium frame, the Ridgeback World Tour touring bike is a great option to consider for your first touring bike.

A triple chainring up front and 8-speed cassette gives you plenty of gears to play with. It comes with road bike style handlebars with a pre-fitted rear rack and place to add other touring accessories.

Like the majority of other bikes mentioned in this article, there are other models in the range, with increasingly quality parts, going up to a still-reasonable £1249 for the Ridgeback World Panorama.

More info: Ridgeback

RRP: £599.