Originally Posted by
trailmix
Never had an Expedition but old Cannondale tourers with their 45 3/4 cm stays are awesome. We must be on the same quest, I have been hoarding old tourers over the last few years. I can't seem to get enough of them.
Thankfully for you, or for other people my height, this 620 is the only complete bike I possess, and I'm more than happy about that. Previous tourers are smaller in size than I'd prefer, with ~65cm being the absolute limit (66-67 ideally, especially for race frames...it wavers) and 64cm being too small to proportionally work out unless I want more saddle-to-brake-lever-hood drop. I can do that, even if I am spoiling myself with things now.
Future ideas include a Fuji Touring Series V (IV is fine, too) in their 64cm size (yeah, a cm too short) and a 1984/5 Trek 720 in 25.5" size (of course). I have...a modern bike in mind, just to see if the spirit of vintage touring bike geometry lives on in a bike spec'd the same thirty years on, but we'll see about that.