Suggestions for "credit card tourer"?
 

I would like to find a nice lugged frameset or complete bike as the basis for "credit card touring" style machine. Most important is a 73 degree head angle. Other characteristics would inlcude:

56 or 57cm seattube (center to top)

56cm toptube

415-430mm chainstays

clearance for fenders with 700 x 28 tires

I am thinking a Japanese bike from the late 80s may match this. Any ideas?

TIA, Dana

Surly Pacer...
yeah, I know it's new. I also know how hard it is to find something used that
fills all those requirements. Well, it's not lugged. It's a sweet bike, I think it's Surly's best effort.

velo orange randonneur.

This list of potential candidates was posted a while back in response to a similar question:

Bridgestone RB-T
Bridgestone T-500
Bridgestone T-700
Centurion Pro Tour
Fuji Touring Series IV
Fuji Touring Series V
Kuwahara Caravan
Lotus Odyssey
Miyata 610
Miyata 1000
Nishiki Continental
Nishiki Cresta GT
Nishiki International
Nishiki Riviera GT
Nishiki Seral
Novara Randonee
Panasonic PT-3500
Panasonic PT-5000
Raleigh Alyeska
Raleigh Kodiak
Raleigh Portage
Raleigh Super Tourer
Raleigh Touring 18
Schwinn Passage
Schwinn Voyageur/Voyageur SP
Takara Overland
Trek 520
Trek 620
Trek 720

You can also go to Dave Mann's Bike Geometry Project and sort the database for those particular characteristics you're looking for: http://home.comcast.net/~pinnah/dirt...y-project.html

Neal