dont know if we have done this, but i like to look at pictures of other peoples bikes, so show us your tourer.
please. 8)
and in a nice location if possible....inspire me. 😉
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My Cannondale T700 (1996) with custom Dave Yates forks.
Shown at the entry to Glen Artney.
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My Trek 520 (1993 with 65,000 miles on the clock now).
Shown in a snowy field on a 78-mile ride from Pitlochry to Stirling in sub-zero conditions.
Ton, did you ever find a touring frame? What size were you after?
Ton - the Stonerpomps on tour.
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BTW if you're quick theres an XL kaffenback (effectively 135mm geared version of the pomp) in the corner sale for £99 at PX
great versatile touring frame IMO.
Scott CX Comp in an XL...? 😉
Scott CX Comp in an XL...? 😉
mcmoonter - Member
Ton, did you ever find a touring frame? What size were you after?
i did mate
a 58cm surly longhaultrucker.
in shop condition, xt throughout
upgraded wheels.......cracking price too. 8)
keep em coming people.
Shame, I have lightly used, but in need of a reapray Dave Yates about the same size.
mine and hers:
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loaded up:
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in it's local bridleway hack form
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off to West coast of Scotland again at easter. Can't wait 🙂
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new hamsters please
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On the ferry to Rotterdam, Nov 2008.
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My touring bike is... borked. 🙁
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It had a good innings though. 2x cross seasons, the HONC, the South Downs Way (laden), London to Brighton Off-road, Bristol to London, a few Audaxes, and daily hacks into town.. and that's not counting its two previous owners.
Me on my Orbit Gold medal, taken by the other half on her Orbit Gold Medal on a nice weekend on Arran at the end of last year.
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I wonder...
Just bought a Boardman hybrid, will that be a good touring bike y'think or will i need a triple chainset?
Bike will take racks etc.
Muddydwarf, it depends a lot on what style of tourer you are. If you're a kitchen sink type who takes everything they need to be self-sufficient and prefers to plod along slowly, a triple would suit. If you're reasonably fit, not too heavily laden and prepared to give it some grunt, a compact is fine even in fairly hilly areas.
kona Sutra somewhere in oirland by a loch/lough/lake
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In Hornsea at the end of the TPT:
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Now repainted as it had a few battlescars as it also gets used as a commuter
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Great bike, very stable both loaded and unloaded, comfortable to ride but wieghs a ton. It is probably the bike I would keep if I had to bring the fleet down to 1. Also fits up to 42c tyres.
I use a surly lht for most tours. A surly big dummy for fully loaded tipi tours. And really like the new salsa vaya. I saw one at a trade show last week and they are disc'd and lovely.
Not into touring myself yet. Thats for 2011 for me.
When i do it though it may be a Cross Check and Mastercard or Long Haul Trucker.
will decide next year.
Did somebody mention Orbit Gold Medals? Mine is an '85 vintage, been refinished a couple of times and is now like Triggers Broom. Just the frame, bars and chainset are original:
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P.s. Sorry about the location, though it is a nice area 🙂
The Sutra
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As above - stable, flexible, but a bit lardy.
A replacement is already "in progress"
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Dawes Galaxy photographed on the Captain's Road above St Mary's Loch in the Scottish Borders
A Trucker; no longer mine, though...
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les pomps des Stoners:
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Sutra in towing mode. Boy asleep in trailer. Not picturesque, but peaceful.
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On Berneray. Since sold, replaced with a roadrat.
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home for 3.5 months last winter
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