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Ash Cycles have a 2009 ute at £470, which is a bargain. Their site seems to be down though. There are others at £550 from last year knocking about on the web. It only comes with a single bag, for some reason, but another bag for the other side (£57) isn't the end of the world.
I looked at the big dummy, but ruled it out on a cost basis. Totally awesome bike, though.
That said, having thought about it some more, rather than taking a whole load of stuff and forcing ourselves to think creatively with long bikes, and give ourselves problems for getting on trains, etc. we're just going to pare down what we take, and travel light(er).
I was thinking of a tubus logo rack, which gets the pannier tops down from the top of the rear rack so I can try mounting a carrier on there for the dog. Somehow. Rack and panniers for the wife, should be more than enough space for lightweight camping.
I need to get a rack on my mountain bike, road tyres, etc. Anyone know if a tubus logo can be mounted on a disc frame? Do I need the QR adapters, or the disco rack, the disc specific tubus one?
The good news is that my wife is so into cycling now that she's put me in charge of getting her a decent tourer. She's tiny (5'2"), so do I go for the surly LHT with the 26" wheels (£999), or do I go for the thorn audax roughly sjsc spec built by me (the same price, but 700c wheels)? Unfortunately for me, the thorn audax is available in bright freaking pink, and the LHT in that size that I've found is "truckaccino" or something -- beige. I have a feeling that careful explanations about geometry and proportional wheels may be in vain.
thanks for all the advice, peeps, invaluable as ever.