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@eamonnog
Best thread on LFGSS. Great job spotter. As I own a sport-touring bike myself, I've been lurking round this build thread since the beginning - looking for inspiration. The bike has looked good with each incarnation... but this last is really phenomenal. Sportive in the best sense. With a 36t rear and 32c tires you can really go anywhere on that thing!
Two quick questions: How are you finding the clearance between the GBs and the 32c pasela? Coz it looks a tight squeeze at the front. I'm presuming the GBs are 40mm. And do the paselas measure a true 32mm?
As regards racks, unless you are planning on heavy duty touring, I find those large camper racks (and other large tubing racks like tubus) a bit out of place on an everyday rando bike. If you can find something like the old Jim Blackburns they look a lot more subtle when unloaded:
I know soma do a similar (bargainous) mini front rack... not sure about the rear:
http://store.somafab.com/somialfrra.html