[QUOTE=zowie;8596527]There was a new Thorn Rohloff eXp on ebay a few weeks ago, great set up, almost everything top of the line including SON hub. That's probably my ultimate bike for expedition touring and I almost bought it but barely controlled myself by repeating "you don't DO any expedition touring. . . ."
Oh, man -- sounds exactly like me! I am such a sucker for the Thorn bikes/their advertising. At any rate, my current dream (commuting/touring) bike is in fact a Thorn Raven Sport Tour; 'wild fantasy' bike is a custom version of the same thing built by True North here in Ontario, but with discs. Or, OTOH, there's always this (custom Thorn Mercury) -- oh NOOOOoooo, where will it end?