Originally Posted by cyclotoine

Like I said in my above post, this bikes value as little to do with vintage Cache or beauty. This is a pure utility thing. The biggest tires I have seen fitted to an 80s touring bike with 700c is 32mm and that is just barely. This bike has better clearance and larger diameter tubing this bike is meant to be loaded with 50lbs of gear distributed over the whole bike. It's a suburban not a Ferrari. Hey if you can find a custom tourer cheeper than buy it. I am ALWAYS watching out for a good touring bike. They are not easy to find. The person who buys this is not a collector they want to trek!