The Classic British Touring Bike

Beautiful, and just my frame size. Now if only you could print out the actual bikes shown in digital pictures ... :)

My dad has a Tony Oliver tourer i'm always trying to steal from him, has anyone any information on them?

See I told you, A classic British Tourer, and my bike.

Not mine, Jamoirs, he had a nice looking chainset to replace that with but quite sensibly chose function over form.

Heres my King of Mercia fully loaded. Itll be starting a 2000 mile tour tomorrow, hope it can handle it.

lovely. have fun mate!

like those panniers.

Have a great trip, guys!

Classic Dutch touring bike. Actually just a Champion Mondial A, shows how tough those frames are though.

Where's the best place to pick up something along the lines of the above bikes? Ebay?

c2c forum, here or ebay I should think. Got mine from here.

In no position to buy one, but one can always dream...

Touring baguette all the sustenance a hard working cyclist needs

My Neil Orrell 1979

I am hoping to do a bit of what it was intended for this year........

Wonderful bike.

Magnificent Neil Orrell!

I've noticed a few people mention the c2c forum in relation to touring as a place to pick up a bike. Would that be this one (http://c2c.freeforums.org/)? Doesn't seem to make sense as there seem to have been exactly five ads in the classified section in the last two years. I'm looking for a chariot on which to embark on an adventure and have vainly searched the depths of ebay and this very site.

Here's me Bob Jackson Legend

I've noticed a few people mention the c2c forum in relation to touring as a place to pick up a bike. Would that be this one (http://c2c.freeforums.org/)? Doesn't seem to make sense as there seem to have been exactly five ads in the classified section in the last two years. I'm looking for a chariot on which to embark on an adventure and have vainly searched the depths of ebay and this very site.

what sort of tourer and what sizing?

i will very likely have an almost immaculate bob jackson world tour frameset for sale very shortly, and a bunch of bits which would work quite well on it (though probably not a whole bike's worth).

I'm going to be selling a 90s Dawes 531st cyclo-x frame soon.

Seat Tube (ctt): 55cm (21.5in)
Top Tube (ctc): 52.5cm (20.75in)
Rear dropout width: 130mm
Wheel size: 700C - I managed to squeeze a 38c cyclo-x tyre on the rear, so it should take a normal/non-deep treaded 38c on the rear. The pic is with 25c front and 28c rear to give an idea of clearances.
Seatpost size: 27.2mm

It has a dent filled on the top tube, hence the undercoat spray on the tube. It has braze-on mounts for cantilever or V-brakes. New Stronglight neadle headset.

It doesn't have braze-ons for mudguards or racks, Vaz quoted me £5 per braze-on. So thats about £30.

Looking for £90.

I planned to get the mounts put on and go for a rough looking tourer/cyclo-x. But sadly I can't afford to build it now... I'd love to see it get properly build up.

what sort of tourer and what sizing?

i will very likely have an almost immaculate bob jackson world tour frameset for sale very shortly, and a bunch of bits which would work quite well on it (though probably not a whole bike's worth).

What size? I'm looking for around 58cm or larger. Sounds brilliant though and I'd be very interested if it's the right size.

I'm going to be selling a 90s Dawes 531st cyclo-x frame soon.

Seat Tube (ctt): 55cm (21.5in)
Top Tube (ctc): 52.5cm (20.75in)
Rear dropout width: 130mm
Wheel size: 700C - I managed to squeeze a 38c cyclo-x tyre on the rear, so it should take a normal/non-deep treaded 38c on the rear. The pic is with 25c front and 28c rear to give an idea of clearances.
Seatpost size: 27.2mm

It has a dent filled on the top tube, hence the undercoat spray on the tube. It has braze-on mounts for cantilever or V-brakes. New Stronglight neadle headset.

It doesn't have braze-ons for mudguards or racks, Vaz quoted me £5 per braze-on. So thats about £30.

Looking for £90.

I planned to get the mounts put on and go for a rough looking tourer/cyclo-x. But sadly I can't afford to build it now... I'd love to see it get properly build up.

That'd be good but I'm afear'd it's too small. Thanks anyway

ah well, it's a 21.5", so gonna be a fair bit too small. sorry to get your hopes up

Pity that, sometimes I feel I need to grind off a few inches of leg, oh to be of average height and fit so many more bicycles.

I've noticed a few people mention the c2c forum in relation to touring as a place to pick up a bike. Would that be this one (http://c2c.freeforums.org/)? Doesn't seem to make sense as there seem to have been exactly five ads in the classified section in the last two years. I'm looking for a chariot on which to embark on an adventure and have vainly searched the depths of ebay and this very site.

http://forum.ctc.org.uk/