Ok, it’s a ‘recommend what you ride’ post coming up …
My Swift has ‘old’ Jones Loops (with ControlTech terminator plugs giving me an extra 20mm out each side). I own, err, a few Singulars, and I’ve never had any issues with any of the EBB’s (which is only to say I’ve never had any trouble).
I run my Swift with a set of Salsa Enabler forks too, so I have 135mm OLN front and rear. I don’t go far enough to warrant needing to have that as a fall-back, but I could do. I use both Bikepack.EU and Wildcatgear rackless bags – both work well. The El M looks like a great bike too – I hovered between that and the Swift for ages before committing to the Swift.
… But all that said, my world-tour bike would actually be my Peregrine (but that might be down to sentimentality as much as anything else).
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