Koga Miyata are now doing their World Traveller with the Pinion 18 speed gear box. Interestingly, it is also only the second time that I have seen a real touring bike with front pannier racks mounted on a carbon fork.
World Traveller with Pinion 18 speed
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World Traveller with Pinion 18 speed
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World Traveller with Pinion 18 speed
My Sabbath Silk Route is quite a "real" touring bike and has had carbon forks with pannier racks on it since the day it was built 4 years ago.il padrone wrote:Interestingly, it is also the first time that I have seen a real touring bike with front pannier racks mounted on a carbon fork.
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Re: World Traveller with Pinion 18 speed
OK. Editted 
Interestingly, not shown as such on their web-site though
?? Their Silk Road model shows carbon forks, but no mounts for pannier racks
Interestingly, not shown as such on their web-site though
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Re: World Traveller with Pinion 18 speed
Interesting but is it really worth the extra weight?
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Re: World Traveller with Pinion 18 speed
That I do not know, Andrew. But everyone told me about how the Rohloff was too heavy. Now I have one I ride as well as I used to with the derailleur set-up.
I suspect the Rohloff is only about 400-500g heavier than a top-line deraileur group, and about equal to what I had which was STX. The Pinion is about 1kg or more over the Rohloff weight.
I suspect the Rohloff is only about 400-500g heavier than a top-line deraileur group, and about equal to what I had which was STX. The Pinion is about 1kg or more over the Rohloff weight.
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