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clubman
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I have the same view that you should only use the bicycle when touring, however im not very strict or im just lazy with this concept as i did use the train to Newhaven, to pick up the ferry.
I love the fact that this hobby is so accessible and can be appreciated just by leaving the front door and hopping on your bike.
The bike looks great with the sloping downtubes giving that relaxed geometry. Would this bike have been built for touring.
Thats a lot of luggage, not that im criticizing because i didnt have enough, it was fine while riding but once i had reached my over night stop i had very little to wear, the stand out night was Blois by the river Loire which was below freezing once the sun went down.
If a rear hub has double sided threads i always like to fit the bike out with double cogs of differing sizes. Useful and it looks smart to me, similar to having pump pegs but no pump fitted. (I'm guilty of doing that though).
My ride in France was surprisingly flat particularly the second day between Chartres and Blois which was dead flat. My gearing was far too low for this 46/17 as i had set the gearing up for Kent's gradients.
It hadnt even occurred to me until i had read the account of your trip and you had explained your sturmey gearing set up that i could have flipped the rear wheel around and used the smaller cog 46/16.