Originally Posted by
gesta
Last weekend I finished 600km brevet with my Carbolite 103 -tubed PH8M bike, no bad feeligs towards the frame. 22.5h ride time and 34.5 hours from start to finish, so it was not even close being the slowest bike in the bunch. Sure, it's bit more heavy than the bikes made out of fancier tubes, but ride quality is good, if not great. Gravel or rainy sections were not scary because there's lots of room to run 35mm tires with full fenders, too.
For 39 year old low-end frame, I could not ask for more.
One of the best things about these older Pugs is that they have plenty of room for fat tires and fenders. I did a tour through Finland: best bread I've ever had and some of the biggest mosquitoes you'll see outside of Minnesota.
Nice ride,
