> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Subash > > > and now I'm having a new bike custom made for light > > touring. > > if you don't have to kill me to do it, i'd like to know more details > please... especially the custom and the touring part. :) >
I'll try not to kill you. A few weeks ago I went along to see Chas Roberts, had myself measured up, chatted about the requirements and he is making an audax bike for me. He called last week to say the frame is finished and that it had just gone to the paint shop, so I expect in a week or two to get another call to come and collect it. It will be somewhat like this, but a different colour (burgundy) and no logo other than having the engraved name picked out in cream on the ends of the seat stays: <http://www.robertscycles.com/audax1.html> The frame is Reynolds 853. The forks are 531. Handbuilt wheels 700x25C. A mix of Campag and Shimano componentry. Road triple (26/36/48), 11-32 9-speed on the back, which makes a nice set of touring gears and for commuting keeps me on the same chainring all the time - it's very similar to my current gearing (11-28 7-speed) which I'm very happy with. Light touring in my case means long weekends credit card touring with just a small saddlebag, no panniers or crap like that, and holidays in France touring from a fixed centre - cycling from here to a gite. I have some ambitions for much longer tours but they will have to wait until I win the lottery and can afford to spend weeks or months away. And year-round commuting of course. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
