Originally Posted by
shelbyfv
Would be interested to hear how you decided on this frame, where you got them, etc. Weather looks nice where you are,btw.
It's early autumn here.
Thorn's British ... SJS Cycles.
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/bikes-dept757_pg1/
Back in 2002, before I ordered Machak (my stolen Marinoni Ciclo), I narrowed my choices down to a small handful of companies ... Marinoni, Thorn, Seven, Rivendell, Waterford, and a couple others. I went with Marinoni, but the Thorns were definitely appealing.
Then, when we were looking for a tandem last year, we came very close to ordering a Thorn, but they had stopped manufacturing the type we wanted. Very disappointing! Although we are happy with the Santana we picked up.
So, when we decided to get new touring bicycles, we considered a few options. Marinoni was one of my top choices, but would have cost too much to ship here. But Thorn was high on the list ... and they had what we wanted.