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those were the frames he loved to make the most, he used to give discounts if you took rack mounts and made the bike suitable for a long life of use.
after making mine he said "yeah, never again"... because the amount of work was crazy (I did overpay to make up for that!), but he loved building bikes that were more like Thorns, these universal touring bikes.
yours is really nice, looks like it's dead comfortable for long days on the road.
Velocio
That looks so good. Matching racks are super cool and the S&S very special. Edited to say : belt-compatible and Rohloff too! Wow.
Thanks for bringing the thread to the top.
I recently picked up a Mather which was shared in ‘non-eBay’ thread on-here, and immediately did a debut run up to Stonehenge for the solstice last month.
Needs some tweaks (e.g. oddly it has v-levers and canti brakes, so the lever feel is on/off and needs a really firm hand), and I’ll post more -and better photos when that’s done.
However the attention to detail and quality in the frame is really clear.