Originally Posted by
MooneyBloke
Maybe credit card touring. To me touring doesn't necessarily imply the full load-the-bike-with-a-ton-of-panniers fat tires thang. The thing that sticks out is that there are three rather than two sets of bottle bosses. That seems very odd on for a race style road bike as you can't make use of the under-mounted bottle on a roll. I'd carry a bottle in my jersey or have a note of water stops for rides longer than two bottles.
Yeah, if that happened it happened after it left the builder. It doesn't look like it was custom-built for that purpose.
The side picture on post 11; if you look at the amount of clearance on that skinny tire that doesn't give you space for much else, not even fenders. The geometry is also very road bike-like; judging by the gap between the tire and the seat tube it looks like a short wheelbase. The front angle is also more aggressive than you would see on a touring bike. To me it just doesn't have that vibe other than the triple and what seems like a huret derailleur. That triple also doesn't seem to match the age of the rest of the bike.
In the 80's there were a few builders that made so called 'touring' bikes (it was in the name) with minuscule clearance like this, but this puppy strikes me as earlier than that.