Hmmm, did I just discover this thread or did I not have a touring bike at the time I might have discovered it and I've since forgotten? Or is it just old age creeping up on me? Who cares?
I've got a bike for this thread:
circa '71 Mondia Special, restored from a terribly-rattlecanned and pitted mess to this:
Stripped down:
I have it out here with me in DG and she's taken everything I can throw at her - and then some. Fairly inexpensively built/refinished, this was the best all-around bike to get me through this next year here.
DD