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Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26
The Avid Shorty Ultimates are pretty nice as are the TRP EuroX Cantis. You can have cheap cantis and cheap V-brakes or you can have HQ ones it all depends. Really though for touring and most any other riding I would rather have disc brakes. Rim brakes will never be quite as good as discs except maybe the SRAM Red Hydros compared to lower quality discs. Though I am quite biased on that subject.
Go for a 24 hour tour and see how you like it. Or do some longer distance riding and maybe bring along a hammock and take some time to relax every so often. Touring is a lot of fun and those who haven't done it, should try it.