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The great thing about cycling is you can tour on just about anything. It all depends how far and how long you want to go for. The only time a steel bike is a must is if you are going around the world. If something breaks, you'll always find someone who can weld it back together. Dawes bikes are fine.
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Hi Henrik -
I've been looking at this in depth over the last few months - have just ditched my job, rented the house out, and about to take off on a ride from London to NZ. Why the fuck not eh?
26" wheels - don't bother unless you're outside Europe or North America and even then, it's not a huge drama by all accounts - just take spares. Schrader is better than Presta, and Schwalbe Marathon Mondial Evolutions are the current tyres of choice.
Steel's good if you think there's a likelihood you'll need to weld a crack but like Yoav says, pretty much anything's fine. My missus has crossed Europe twice on a Trek 7.3. I did it on a steel cyclocross (Gary Fisher Lane, just flogged it).
FWIW we've both stumped up for Surly LHTs but if you've feeling minted, go for a Thorn with a Rolhoff on it.
Spa Cycles (no relation, just a very happy customer) are very competitively priced for most touring stuff and offer a pretty good range of bikes at reasonable prices.
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@henrik
thinking of doing a bit of bike touring this summer, so i'll be delving into the tour bike market........
looking for advice from those who do this, ie... things like 26" or 700c options etc etc
bikewise (haven't got one yet and limited funds) i would like to stick to a steel frame and have been looking at a dawes sardar 631. has anyone got one and what do you think?. or any other reasonably priced alternatives
ps
thanks to all those who helped with advice after my knee op................
its coming along fine
cheers