Originally Posted by
John E
I'll state another vote for a sports touring bike as a superb compromise between a racing bike and a full out touring bike. Older (1950s) racing frames were pretty similar to sports touring frames, because of the cobblestone and gravel roads that were still common in Europe.
This one as 72 degree parallel seat and head tube angles and a long wheelbase, with plain gauge Reynolds 531 main tubes.
Pretty bike. Yeah racing bikes were more versatile BITD when you could fit a 32c tire. A great many racing bikes up through the 70s could do that. My 1978 Trek TX 900 has eyelets and can fit a 32c tire; it was Trek's top of the line racing bike.