Grim

Whats your budget? Velo Orange has a 20% off sale going this week. You could pick up theirs for $40 and shipping. They also have the Nitto B135 on sale for $45.
https://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...andlebars.html

jan nikolajsen 

None of these are touring bikes, but toured nonetheless. Can they participate?

Shaneferd

My dear Ol' bagsbike is lurking in the basement, and in commuter config currently. It's a great feeling to be coming out of the tunnel again... The maple sap is flowing & I hear birds singing, can't wait to squash them tires!

1saxman

1984 Trek 420T

Kobe 

My 1984 Raleigh Alyeska.




No tours yet because I just finished it last fall.

BestSportEver

Daily Ride - 1980 Peugeot PX8 by individual image, on Flickr

Fenway

Nitto 25.4mm 42cm Randonneur. Some dolt had replaced the stock bars with a very cheap straight bar before I acquired it.

There's a thread on how I got them to fit into a French stem. It involved carefully sanding out ~.2mm of radius from the clamp area.The current stem wedge is frozen despite a bath in Liquid Wrench penetrating oil and I haven't had the ability to get up to Harris Cyclery, the only people I'd trust with this stem, to get it freed without damage. I wouldn't recommend doing what I did, since it cuts into the designed safety factor of the clamp, to fit the bars unless you weigh under 180lbs and don't plan on putting any additional weight on the stem. Hence the constructeur rack to carry 100% of the weight for a future Acorn handlebar bag.

thenomad

I'll hold off for a little bit on new parts as it'll be just a 20 mile a day commuter and I can "make it work". I'll see if I can take a look at the Nitto and the Salsa bars in person before making the choice. I like the way those Nittos look though.

Chris_in_Miami

I got around to cleaning the Peugeot Alpin I picked up recently and greasing the bearings, and I swapped a few components over from my drop bar MTB. This is the first BioPace equipped bike I've owned in over 2 decades, and I think it's working well for my occasional knee pain on 30-40 mile rides. Time will tell.

Sixty Fiver

Chris, that is a beautiful bike.
A few folks have come into the shop with knee issues and have hooked them up with Biopace rings or told them to keep the Biopace on their existing bikes as this will reduce some stresses on the knee... the design unloads the crank when stresses are highest and lets you pick up a little speed or maintain speed through the bottom of the pedal stroke.

I run one on my long bike and the low gear is especially nice when you have 100 pounds of gear and want to maintain a smooth spin and smooth power delivery.

I am always looking for those chain rings that no-body wants because someone with nothing but second hand knowledge said they were bad for your knees when the opposite is actually the case.

Shimano failed to market these successfully and the pros would not use them and now, 25 years later non round rings have made a comeback and actually increased the demand for old Biopace rings in some places.

BluesDaddy

I have the exact same bike in my stand at the moment.
What are those tires?
They look so very... perfect.

badger_biker 

Very pretty bike Chris - I love the color.

Chris_in_Miami

Thanks badger_biker, I'm not crazy about the color and it's actually a bit small for me, but I still like it. It might go into the "frame doesn't fit" thread if I decide I can't live with it.

@Sixty Fiver - I didn't know they were coming around again, is Shimano leading the revival?

johnce

here's a trek 400 that i've toured on alittle. I do have a triple crank and new derailluers that are going on very soon. Probably not an actual tourer but hey it works.

Fenway

Tioga Mongrels 27"x1-3/8" 75 PSI Max. They were made in a Mitsubishi factory or something like that. I don't think they are made anymore, but some places probably have stock laying out.

Noah Scape

I spent yesterday building up this mid-70s Schwinn Voyageur II for a friend of mine. It includes bunch of new braze-ons and a respray, courtesy of the wonderful Mr.Tom Teesdale. Very nice-riding unit. He plans on taking it out for weekend camping excursions. Keeping it original was not a concern - he wanted it to be a nice looking, but more focused on it being a comfortable rider.

thenomad

Nice Pug. I like that color combo, almost Bianchi-esque.

Just picked up a Panasonic PT 3500 locally I'll be putting up for sale soon. Nice looking bike. I'll post up some pics soon.

Chris_in_Miami

That's a beauty Noah, great job! What kind of platform rack is that on the front?

Thanks, it's working fine as a commuter so far. I scored a nice PT3500 last year, it would certainly have been a keeper if it wasn't too big for me.

Noah Scape

Thanks... the front rack is some off-brand built in the old Blackburn style. Here's another gratuitous pic with bags.

Sixty Fiver

Great bike !

Just found the same front rack to complete my Blackburn trifecta and it is a genuine Blackburn to go with everything else.

Might install them tonight I am so stoked.

rothenfield1

Absolutely not! If your not riding a C&V sanctioned touring bike, your not really touring, your just posing. BTW, Ortlieb is not an official saddle bag either. What ever it is your doing there, it's obviously not up to code.

rothenfield1

OMG, I didn't need to stumble upon this thread. I'm lusting for another touring bike. Look out world!....Sorry Honey.

toytech

I have not had a chance to really go through it yet, but is a real keeper.
My 1982 Trek 728

Genshu

'78 Raleigh Record Ltd. Mom bought it for me when I was a teenager. All original parts or replaced with same part. Extended handlebar due to stenosis in my neck.

Sixty Fiver

Too dark to snap any worthwhile pics... will have to wait until tomorrow.