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Touring advice, one bike or two?
Hank wrote:
And when it comes to touring triples, by far the best choice is the Sugino XD600. The 110/74BCD is the most sensible format for touring, allowing lows down to 24t and highs up into the 50s. MTB cranks are geared too low for most folks' tastes, and the rings are too small to work with STI-compatible FDs. I love the XD600. It's *so* cheap and it also makes a ducky compact double replacement if you use a shorter BB with it. The 110/74 gives you a really nice selection of chainrings (unlike 130/96 or some of the others). -- Dane Buson - "Besides, I think [Slackware] sounds better than 'Microsoft,' don't you?" (By Patrick Volkerding) |
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Touring advice, one bike or two?
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, Maury Markowitz wrote: Ok, the picture is getting much clearer now. I visited Urbane and they have a Jamis set up for touring. Low-end grouppo, but pretty much everything I'm looking for -- drop handles with STI, standard sized steel tubing that could be cut for break- down, and a nice head-up geometry. I'll live with the calipers for now, although I've never been a fan of them. The only real concern was the front crankset, which was 53-something-30ish. I'd definitely want to take that down a step, perhaps with the Sugino crank. All this for $1100, which seems like a steal. The other option they had was a Richey frameset with built-in breakdown points. It came with a carbon disk-read front fork, and a little less wheelbase (which I like). The frame was $1000 though, so it would likely run me 2k for the full buildout. I'll be trolling craigs and e-bay and see if anything turns up though. They also had a couple of the Huffy frames, but he said it would basically be identical to the Jamis, and only recommended that I go that way if I wanted to do a complete build-up. Of course at that point I'd just go with the Richey for a few more bucks, but already with the breakdown points. Maury Just checking into this thread after a few days absence... Possibly a few points of interest to you Maury: I've a 2001(?) Jamis Nova. I've toured extensively and commute daily on it, all in all an excellent all rounder. My only complaint, which is a minor, is that I'd prefer a setup with slightly longer chainstays and greater wheelbase for touring. Up-thread you expressed in interest in "breakable" bikes, that is, frames with S&S BTCs installed. [ http://www.sandsmachine.com/ ]. I've two bikes so equipped and both a hard and soft case for their transport. You're welcome to come on and inspect the equipment. The couplers DO NOT compromise the integrity of the frame nor adversely affect the handling of the bike at all. Jody Lee of Jester Cycles [ http://www.sandsmachine.com/bp_jst.htm ] out of Welland retrofitted the BTCs to my frame (I bought the other with them already installed). |
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Touring advice, one bike or two?
On May 28, 10:43 am, SMS wrote:
Maury Markowitz wrote: Ok, the picture is getting much clearer now. I visited Urbane and they have a Jamis set up for touring. Low-end grouppo, but pretty much everything I'm looking for -- drop handles with STI, standard sized steel tubing that could be cut for break- down, and a nice head-up geometry. I'll live with the calipers for now, although I've never been a fan of them. The only real concern was the front crankset, which was 53-something-30ish. I'd definitely want to take that down a step, perhaps with the Sugino crank. All this for $1100, which seems like a steal. The other option they had was a Richey frameset with built-in breakdown points. It came with a carbon disk-read front fork, and a little less wheelbase (which I like). The frame was $1000 though, so it would likely run me 2k for the full buildout. I'll be trolling craigs and e-bay and see if anything turns up though. Two other options. The Dahon Tournado uses the Ritchey frame. It's $2000, but think about how much it'll cost for S&S couplers on a standard steel frame touring frame (I expect that it's at least $350). See "http://www.dahon.com/us/tournado.htm". The Panasonic touring frame breaks down, and is available for $795. See "http://www.yellowjersey.org/posd7.html" Beautiful lugged frame, and threaded headset. That Panasonic looks gorgeous, and with the racks, headset and fenders included, it's a steal - IF you're a man under, say, 5'7". Biggest one they make is a 53, with a 54.5cm top tube They wouldn't even be particularly good for many women, since the TTs are so long, considerably longer than the seat tubes. If you're vaguely shaped like a typical Japanese man, though....wow, great bike! Another option is the Surly Traveler's Check, which is their Cross- Check frame with S&S couplers installed at the factory. And the "Blurple" color is gorgeous. Almost as nice as the Karate Monkey's "Hüsker Blü." |
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