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A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pricin
Postby }SkOrPn--7 » Wed Oct 02, 2013 11:32 am
A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pricing
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Postby Mike Ayling » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:19 pm
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Postby }SkOrPn--7 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:52 am
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Re: A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pr
Postby RonK » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:23 am
Comprehensive - yes, but complete? I doubt it.
The list of bikes available in Australia is probably more relevant.
Don't think much of their comments about geometry. They are misleading and could give the impression to the uninformed that that most of these bikes are somehow deficient. The type of person who would need to consult such a list would probably not understand this. I doubt there is anything wrong with the geometry of, for instance, a Koga Miyata World Traveller or a Tout Terrain Silk Road.
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Re: A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pr
Postby il padrone » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:49 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pr
Postby onrbikes » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:25 pm
And what about http://www.baumcycles.com The Burke and Wills touring bikes. Very expensive but very good.
As usual the Australian labour market and taxes make for an expensive product
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Re: A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pr
Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:44 pm
No way I would be spending "Baum" money on a touring bike.onrbikes wrote:Seeing the world has become such a smaller place its a good list to have. With online purchasing and cheap flights it wouldn't be too diff=icult to organise a bike from overseas.
And what about http://www.baumcycles.com The Burke and Wills touring bikes. Very expensive but very good.
As usual the Australian labour market and taxes make for an expensive product
Touring bikes cop a hiding on the road and baggage handlers alike. I think I would prefer a cheaper, steel, of the peg bike that I would modify to my requirements. Something I am not going to cry about after I dent the top tube.
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Postby Tim » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:53 pm
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Postby il padrone » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:28 pm
Speaking of dented top-tubes, I bumped into a guy in the Grampians who had a new Thorn Sherpa that he'd imported from the UK. Nice and new, then when he pulled it out of the car he discovered a big ding in the top-tube - paint chipped and tube dented. He recalls that the bike was parked near his shed the a week or so back and the wind blew it over.... it fell sideways onto a metal table frame Ouch!!
A friend of mine had this happen to his custom-built touring bike some years ago - it was in a rear bike rack and the driver drove through a ditch. Bikes clipped the ditch and his was forced out of the rack, denting the tube. He was pissed, but put up with it for a while, then asked the frame-builder about repairs. Their advice was that it was not worth trying to repair - too expensive to replace the tube. Structurally little concern and it was best to just fill the dent if the look bothers you. What my mate had done in the end.
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Re: A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pr
Postby Tim » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:45 pm
Not quite as much as I'd expected.il padrone wrote:I believe you'd get no change from $5000.
Beyond my budget but is that for a complete bike or just the frame and forks?
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Postby il padrone » Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:14 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pr
Postby Tim » Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:43 pm
Nah, Kevin Wigham in Melbourne would be my choice for custom built (steel) if I were ever to go down that road again.il padrone wrote:Talk to Baum I guess.
Had one of his Paconi branded road bikes in the late '80's. I believe he was Cecil Walker's frame builder at one time too.
It was a nice bike, Reynolds 753 tubing I think, downtube shifters, complete Dura Ace bits including hubs, headset, quill stem and seatpost and Mavic rims.
I sold it not long after I stopped racing (and riding), wish I hadn't.
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Postby RonK » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:09 am
Since we are talking touring bikes, Tim Stredwick's Velosmith may be a better choice. You can get prices here.Tim wrote:Nah, Kevin Wigham in Melbourne would be my choice for custom built (steel) if I were ever to go down that road again.il padrone wrote:Talk to Baum I guess.
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Re: A Complete List of Touring Bicycle Manufacturers with Pr
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Baum price
Postby onrbikes » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:26 pm
I did enquire last year and recall the frame alone was about $4500. Lovely kit but pricey. A said before, you could pick up may a good tourer overseas.
Went for a Thorn Raven instead.
My wife got sideswiped in China and the bike ended up being jammed under the guard-rail, and the bike suffered a seriously bent fork. Just a bit of readjusting of the fork and off we went. I would have my doubts about a non steel bike.
Oh, and the wife suffered a badly dislocated finger and numerous abrasions. On the road the next day.
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