I'm sure it's pretty obvious to everyone here that THE BEST TOURING BIKE OF ALL TIME is the 1985 Trek 720.








The 1984 Voyageur SP is not too shabby either!





And the 1985 Trek 620 is quite the stylish bike as well!






I love the comfort and the style and the "business" of touring bikes. The long wheelbase, the canti brakes- built for all day comfort. They hearken to an era when "touring" was what drew people to biking- just getting out and going "that way." Now it's more like "go that way, really fast, if something gets in your way- turn."


I've kind of set most of my bikes up to that ideal- I think my prettiest bike is my 1986 Trek 400 Elance. I've "upgraded" a bunch of parts to some of the top of the line MTB parts from the era and a little later:






And I've also set up my 1987 Schwinn High Sierra up as the "rough stuff, drop bar" bike.






Right now, the Trek 720 is my favorite bike. But it's funny, when I ride the VSP I think "this is my favorite bike!" and then when I ride the 620 I think "this is my favorite bike!" and when I ride the 720 I think "this is my favorite bike!"

They're all REALLY great bikes.