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The best long distance tourer?
I just finished putting this bike together today. This isn't meant to be commercial so no names. I just couldn't resist posting what I think is about the perfect tourer.
Custom Ti frame with S and S couplers
Rohloff rear 14sp hub
Velocity Dyad rims
Tubus Racks
Custom Ti frame with S and S couplers
Rohloff rear 14sp hub
Velocity Dyad rims
Tubus Racks
Much more satisfiying than pinarello dogma a thats only going to be used in CP
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Permalink Reply by Edward Re on
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That does look grand! I heard the Rohloffs are pretty weighty. Have you had much time to ride it yet?
Also, after a recent mishap, I'd swap out the minimal front racks for something more substantial, or be very careful putting the bags on! Nice work. Me thinks this bike not be cheap.
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Permalink Reply by Davidtcr on
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That looks beautiful, I would have to agree that it would be close to the perfect tourer.
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Permalink Reply by Geoff and Marian on
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The Rohloff isn't light. The rear wheel built up with DT alpine spokes and a swalbe marathon plus tyre weighed 3.6kg
Complete bike weighed around 14.5 kg. Hate to think what a similarly spec LHT would weigh.
Bike isn't mine. Guy who has bought it leaves for the US to ride from the Canadian border to Mexico in a few weeks.
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Permalink Reply by Neil Alexander on
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Does he have the book?
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Permalink Reply by Ma Dame Vélo on
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Gratuitous plug above. ;-)
Really nice looking tourer though. Unusual shaped saddle isn't it? Not sure I would find that comfy over long distances.
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Gratuitous plug above
Just askin'. Nothin' in it for me anymore. No royalties from that job.
On the other hand...
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This is the most comfortable saddle there is in my books. This is the padded version lite 209. I have the unpadded one on my road bike and have done a few rides of 200+kms on it with no problems. It has a big gap down the middle which seems to solve comfort issues for both men and women. It does have to be set up carefully and one model the "evolution" i found to be torture.
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Permalink Reply by Cameron on
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It depends on the shape and size of your bum. I have an evolution and its great: http://www.boutiquecycles.com/bikes/details/stealth_estrada/
Your saddle seems to be tilted up a bit much, but whatever is comfy I guess.
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He is doing an Adventure cycling tour. The route he is going to is this http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/sierracascades.cfm
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Permalink Reply by baa baa on
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Good looking geometry, kinda like a touring 29er or 29er that tours.
Only one thing missing - Mudguards.
Are the front forks steel?
Is the black thing hanging on the top tube cable near the S&S coupler one of those cable disconnecter / connector gizmos?
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Permalink Reply by Mark Heydon on
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Agree, mudguards are missing.
Can't tell from the photo, but appears not to have a Schmidt SON front hub. This plus the mudguards would make it perfect!
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It's a conventional 700c wheeled tourer with velocity dyad rims.
A Schmidt front hub would have been good. I did try to talk him into one as well as getting Bruce Gordon racks which I think are the best racks on the market. http://www.bgcycles.com/racks.html
much better looking than the Tubus which I have on our touring tandem. Not sure about mudguards. Great for bunch rides in the rain but if you have something on the rear rack and you're not drafting a wheel then I don't see the need.
Forks are steel and the little black dangly thing is a DaVinci cable joiner.
Bike is a combined effort of Cheeky Transport (wheels and touring parts) and Cyclefitcentre frame and rest of partsM
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