WTB touring bike
01-18-23, 08:15 PM
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WTB touring bike
Looking for a top end touring bike 54-57cm. Trek 720, Miyata 1000, Surly for examples. Thanks
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Are you 5'4" or 6'0" ?. Thats the range I would expect those frame sizes to fit.
Bunch of stuff here
https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...?category=5509
Bunch of stuff here
https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...?category=5509
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01-18-23, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve B.
Are you 5'4" or 6'0" ?. Thats the range I would expect those frame sizes to fit.
Bunch of stuff here
https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...?category=5509
Bunch of stuff here
https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...?category=5509
I know what size frames I can work with. Some bikes fit different, Surly’s I’m a 54cm Vintage steel I like 56-57cm. Thanka
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Originally Posted by sloar
Looking for a top end touring bike 54-57cm. Trek 720, Miyata 1000, Surly for examples. Thanks
01-25-23, 11:07 AM
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Thought I had something for you, but the Miyata is 23" or just over 58cm.
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01-25-23, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by sloar
Looking for a top end touring bike 54-57cm. Trek 720, Miyata 1000...
01-25-23, 05:22 PM
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I have an 83 Centurion Pro-tour all chrome, stripped of paint and a few satin black paint bands.
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
Get a 720. They're not that hard to find, are they? I saw one in the appraisals forum.
84/85 Trek 720
01-25-23, 08:47 PM
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I have a nice Miyata 610 I need to move on. A little small for me at 54-55 cm. It fits 27” wheels and I was in process of adapting for 700c wheels when I decided on another frame for the project. Let me know if interested and I’ll get you details, measurements, etc.
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Originally Posted by sloar
Looking for a top end touring bike 54-57cm. Trek 720, Miyata 1000, Surly for examples. Thanks
01-26-23, 07:22 AM
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This 23" 1986 Schwinn Voyageur has been available for a while. They've been asking $300.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...d-f29dda569d49
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...d-f29dda569d49
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
This 23" 1986 Schwinn Voyageur has been available for a while. They've been asking $300.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...d-f29dda569d49
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...d-f29dda569d49
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Originally Posted by shoota
This would be my vote all day long. I have the exact same (converted to 38mm tubeless Gravelkings). Amazing bike. Good thing this isn't local or I'd have two of them...
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This popped up on the "Looking for, Ebay" thread. Find a facilitator. Maybe the C & V pipeline can get it to you.
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...580435729.html
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...580435729.html
01-26-23, 09:46 AM
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I've got some F&F's and could probably cobble some parts together as I have a lot, but it depends on what you want.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 620, F&F, in a 21" frame, clean but has some slight dings that I am having problems capturing on photos.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 729, F&F, in a 23" frame but it is a little rough with some kickstand damage at the chainstays. I was going to use it as a 650b conversion because it wouldn't bother me to take the torch to it.. I can get some photos if you want.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 620, F&F, in a 21" frame, clean but has some slight dings that I am having problems capturing on photos.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 729, F&F, in a 23" frame but it is a little rough with some kickstand damage at the chainstays. I was going to use it as a 650b conversion because it wouldn't bother me to take the torch to it.. I can get some photos if you want.
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Originally Posted by canopus
I've got some F&F's and could probably cobble some parts together as I have a lot, but it depends on what you want.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 620, F&F, in a 21" frame, clean but has some slight dings that I am having problems capturing on photos.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 729, F&F, in a 23" frame but it is a little rough with some kickstand damage at the chainstays. I was going to use it as a 650b conversion because it wouldn't bother me to take the torch to it.. I can get some photos if you want.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 620, F&F, in a 21" frame, clean but has some slight dings that I am having problems capturing on photos.
Ive got a 1985 Trek 729, F&F, in a 23" frame but it is a little rough with some kickstand damage at the chainstays. I was going to use it as a 650b conversion because it wouldn't bother me to take the torch to it.. I can get some photos if you want.
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
This 23" 1986 Schwinn Voyageur has been available for a while. They've been asking $300.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...d-f29dda569d49
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...d-f29dda569d49
This would be the ticket all day long for me. Very happy with mine, so much so that its kept me from getting more bikes for myself since its purchase, I just pickup bikes to work on for friends.
They call it a 23" but IMO fits more like 22.5.
01-26-23, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by polymorphself
And looks as clean as ours!
This would be the ticket all day long for me. Very happy with mine, so much so that its kept me from getting more bikes for myself since its purchase, I just pickup bikes to work on for friends.
They call it a 23" but IMO fits more like 22.5.
This would be the ticket all day long for me. Very happy with mine, so much so that its kept me from getting more bikes for myself since its purchase, I just pickup bikes to work on for friends.
They call it a 23" but IMO fits more like 22.5.
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01-26-23, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tricky
Is this some weird digital camera image processing issue or is the top tube actually bent? I've never seen this kind of damage before so maybe it's an illusion?
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Originally Posted by shoota
Agreed, it's a 56cm. Perfect.
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sloar good looking Miyata 1000 on craigslist Sacramento. Same bike I did Eroica California on in 2017
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...580435729.html
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...580435729.html
01-29-23, 05:01 PM
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Thanks for all the replies. I’m looking for something that will handle the load for a tour from California to Florida. I bought a Surly but it turned out it was stolen and it made it back to the original owner.
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Originally Posted by sloar
Thanks for all the replies. I’m looking for something that will handle the load for a tour from California to Florida. I bought a Surly but it turned out it was stolen and it made it back to the original owner.
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01-30-23, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sloar
Thanks for all the replies. I’m looking for something that will handle the load for a tour from California to Florida. I bought a Surly but it turned out it was stolen and it made it back to the original owner.
Field notes from my tour across the USA
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