Originally Posted by fietsbob

Touring and Ti? Check out Van Nicholas bikes http://www.vannicholas.com/Touring/5/allbikes.aspx

Note the oversize frame tubes ... adding diameter to a tube increases its ability
to resist the flexing cycles of pedaling the load..

where a lighter , small diameter tube will feel a bit whippy ..


Threre's a review of one in a back issue of the ACA magazine of this NL made rig..

closer to you on the Greenwich Prime meridian side of the Atlantic. than TN USA.

[ Salsa , a QBP brand , is coming from Asian Sources , of late. ]