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I have to plan to cycle from Amsterdam to Rome this summer. But since I don’t really have a bike for this I decided to build a touring bike on a (tight) budget. At first I wanted to go for an old steel Rockhopper, but I already have a frame that I can put racks and stuff on pretty easily so I will use that.
I started this thread because I don’t know much about touring and some advice would be nice!
So it started as this:
Which I converted into to a sscx bike.
I stripped it all down again and cleaned it up and fitted a nice Tange sealed bearing headset.
The frame has some rust spots, should I be worried about rust inside the tubes??
The plan is to build it up with dropbars, a bar end shifter and a 9 speed cassette.
What I already have:
Racks: Original Batavus rear rack and Tubus Ergo lowrider
Wheelset. Alex Adventurer rims with Deore hubs
34-11 cassette
FSA Energy compact crankset. I want to use no front derailleur and a 34t chainring. Currently that's at the inner position giving a 41mm chainline. Is it worth it to go from this 108mm bb to a 113mm to get the chainline in de middle of the cassette?
Thanks for all the input guys!