26" 700 cc
Hi there guys,
I'm brand new to the site and also brand new to touring. I'm currently looking into getting myself sorted with a tourer but I certainly don't have the cash to be spending on a shiny new one (alas I am a student). SO I was looking into getting a nice old (reynolds 531) steel framed bike and specing it up.
One problem I have encountered with this idea though is that a lot of the bikes I've been looking at, though with long enough chainstays are fitted with 700 cc wheels and cantilever brakes. I was hoping that someone would be able to tell me if I would be able to fit 26" wheels and V-brakes onto such a frame?
Also I am I right in thinking that I can get brazons put into a steel front fork for attaching a front rack?
Any info will be immensly well received.
Thanks,
Rob.