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lemongrass: what size top tube you looking for? i've got super galaxy frame here - 56cm on top
raleigh magnum is same as medale - will be high ten - will take wide tyres and wheels but maybe flexy for fully loaded touring - also prob no hanger - has 73mm BB too
it's same frame as BSA,royal enfield , sunt gtx - probably more - triumph , different raleigh and sun models - a very comon but cheap frame - good for hack not for proper touring bike - although for light touring geometry and comfort on this is excellent
very easy to spot frame due to it's bulky cable stops and twin pump pegs on downtube - (which i'd grind al off - catch trousers /knees on )
i had one as an off road fixie with 35 mm tyres in - very nice ride for hack, but not great to set up with gears. also BB width is less common but still available
i'd not shy away from weinman center pulls - they are very good and very cheap. - easy ( cheaper to get than canti bossed frame) to get cheaper 27" wheel frame in good steel and run with those brakes for touring is fine - get good MTB pads on and therte are a range of different cable lengths (changing this changes power to distance moved - shortest cable equals most power and least travel of the arms. )
alternatively you can use 'solderless nipple' with a normal MTB ended cable (or just 2 on any cable) to make a cable with variable adjustment (just like cantis)- if wheels are stragiht you can run block near rim with max stopping pwer.
seen here but car shops should carry easier and cheaper than ordering here:
http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/chrome-steel-solderless-cable-nipple-218-p.asp
i'd run two of these next to each other per side for extra holding power