• cyclists’ travel guide 2015 We’ve tried to limit this table to touring, expedition, Travel Bikes for Your Consideration trekking, and bikepacking bikes — not bikes that might make good travel bikes. Many of the bikes in this table come in several configurations, including custom versions, with varying costs associated. No 611 Bicycle Company Hand- Co-Motion Cycles Cascadia, Gunnar Bikes Grand Tour, made Touring model (from Americano, Pangea, Divide, Grand Disc, and 26-inch Rock prices reflect shipping costs. $2450). sixelevenbicycleco. and Siskiyou (from $3925, Tour (Frame: from $1050: com, 540.929.0611 frame $1965). 26-in. and frame and fork from $1350). Motobecane Gran Tourismo Gates/Rohloff options Rohloff and S&S coupler KHS TR 101 ($1099). ($699). bikesdirect.com/ Ahearne Cycles Custom available. co-motion.com, options also available. khsbicycles.com/bikes/tr- products/motobecane/ Touring, Outback 650b Off- 866.282.6336 gunnarbikes.com, 101-15, 310.632.7173 x 255 gran_turismo.htm Road, and 650b Light Touring 262.534.4190 (from $2250 Custom racks: Cyfac RandoNerv ($2600); Koga Vast selection of Mt. Airy Bicycles Carries from $250). ahearnecycles. Vintage ($3000); Horizon Heart of Steel Bicycles by build-your-own touring/ many hard-to-find and classic com, 503.473.2102 ($6600), Paris-Pekin ($2500). Georgina Terry Wom- trekking bikes, including the touring models. bike123. Custom available for all mod- en’s-specific Coto Doñana Worldtraveller (26”) and com, 410.795.2929 Bianchi Lupo ($1050), Volpe els. cyfac.fr, 610.896.0388 Tour ($3500); Vagabond Globetraveller (28”) (from ($1300), and Volpe Disc ($3850). georgenaterry.com, €1,699), koga-signature.com Naked Bicycles Grand ($1500). bianchiusa.com/ Dawes Cycles offers 802.861.7627 Adventure Basic ($1595); bikes/road/all-road various touring models from Kona Sutra (with racks: Americano ($2495); Globe- the Galaxy (£600) to Ultra Hunter Cycles Custom $1499); Rove ($1699) kona trotter ($2295; Stainless: Bike Friday 8 touring Galaxy Titanium (£2800). touring frames (Frames: TIG world.com/sutra.cfm and $3295); Deutsche (Rohloff: models including New World Women’s-specific models welded: from $1750; Fillet konaworld.com/rove.cfm $3995). Custom also avail- InfinityTour, Silk, New World available. dawescycles. brazed: from $2250. Forks: able. timetogetnaked.com, Tourist (from $849). bikefri com/product-category/ from $325. Rack from $350 Kross Offers 10 touring/trek- 250.285.3181 day.com/bicycles/touring, bikes/2014-bikes-touring per rack). Contact for com- king models (all models 1520 800.777.0258 plete bike prices. PLN and up). kross.pl/en/ Nashbar TR-1 Touring Devinci Caribou ($1400). huntercycles.com bikes/tour, 029 722 44 45. Bike ($750). nashbar.com, Bilenky Cycle Works devinci.com/bikes/ 800.627.4227 Midlands (Deluxe: $3700; Sig- scategory_128, 888.338.4624 idworx Bikes A variety of Littleford Bicycles custom nature: call for price), Tourlite trekking bikes with Gates/ touring bikes (Standard Norco Cabot 1 & 2 ($860- (Deluxe: $3545; Signature: Donkelope Bikes custom Rohloff and Pinion options Tourer: $3450, Classic Tourer: $1215). norco.com/bikes/ call for price). Add S&S Cou- travel bikes (Frame from (from $3400). idworx-bikes. $4880, Sport Tourer: $5225, bikes/road/touring plers for $975. bilenky.com, $1550; Fork from $300) de, +49 228 184700. Site in Expedition Rig: $5975. Frame 215.329.4744 donkelopebikes.com, German sets (from $2400) and cus- Novara by REI Safari 360.920.0484 tom racks (from $350). S&S ($1099), Mazama ($1099), Black Sheep Bikes offers Independent Fabrication couplers optional. littleford Randonee ($1199), and light many models with bike travel Elephant Bikes National Independence touring and bicycles.com, 503.922.1934 touring Verita ($1299). rei. in mind. Contact for current Forest Explorer (NFE: Frame the Club Racer light-touring com/novara, 800-426-4840 pricing. blacksheepbikes. & Fork: $1285) elephant- frame sets (steel $2295; Lynskey Vialé (from $1695) com, 970.218.5952 bikes.com/stock titanium $4095) ifbikes.com, and Backroad (from $3395). Opus Legato ($1570), Largo 603.292.5673 Custom also available. No- ($1350). opusbike.com/ Boo Bicycles Boo Touring Ellis Cycles Voyager Tour mad titanium rear rack ($299) en/bikes/road/touring, bamboo frame set with (from $4000). elliscycles. Innerlight Cycles Custom and Caddy titanium front rack 514.332.1320 integrated rear rack ($3995). com/models_pricing.html, Touring H1 and 26-in. H2. ($199). lynskeyperformance. boobicycles.com/bikes/ 262.442.6639 (Email for prices: kimo@ com, 423.499.5815 Pashley Cycles offers boo-touring, 970.444.2228 innerlightcycles.com). inner the ultra-classic Clubman English Cycles Hand-built lightcycles.com/hybrid.htm, MTB Cycletech Amar and Country ($2695; frame & fork: BreadWinner Cycles travel bikes (from $2650) 530.795.3454 Papalagi series (Contact for $1495). britishbicycle.com/ Aufderheide (Frame & fork: englishcycles.com/cat/ pricing), mtbcycletech.com, pashley-cycles and pashley. $2145; Complete bike: $5555) custombikes/touring-bikes, Ira Ryan Cycles Hand-built +41 44 876 5020 co.uk, 602.903.7852 breadwinnercycles.com/ 541.683.3556 touring model (Frame: $2900; products/aufderheide, Fork: $575) iraryancycles.com/ MAP (Mitch Pryor) Bicycles Pereira Cycles Touring and 503.810.2504 Eriksen Cycles Hand-built bikes/tour, 503.810.2504 Custom Randonneur Project Randonneuring bikes (from touring bikes (from $3300). bike (from $4000). mapbi $3900; frame & fork: $2700). Brodie Argus ($1299); Elan kenteriksen.com/bikes/ Jamis Bicycles Aurora cycles.com, 503.566.5270 pereiracycles.com/touring. ($1649). brodiebikes.com, road, 970.879.8484 ($939), Aurora Elite ($1649), php, 503.333.5043 604.325.2033 Bosanova ($1199). jamis Marinoni Tourismo Fuji Touring ($739). fujibikes. bikes.com/usa/adventure. ($2100-$2700) and Tourismo Peter Mooney Cycles/ Bruce Gordon Hand-built com/bike/details/touring, html, 800.222.0570 Extreme ($2300-$2900). Belmont Wheelworks Rock ‘n Road Tour (with racks 800.631.8474 marinoni.qc.ca/html/Turis Touring and Randonneur $3699. Custom options also Jeff Jones Bicycles Stock mo.html, 450.471.7133 (Frame & fork from $2995). available). bgcycles.com, Gallus Cycles Adventure and custom adventure peter-mooney.com, 707.762.5601 Bike (Fillet: $2800, Lugged: bicycles and frames (Frames Moots Routt (Frame: $3325; 617.489.3577 $3000). galluscycles. from $975; Complete Jones frame & fork: $3785-$3895) Cinelli Bootleg Hobo ($1849). com/adventure_a.html, Plus: $3785) jonesbikes.com, and Routt 45 (Frame: $3390; Rando Cycles Camper store.cinelli-usa.com/c/ 817.757.2944 541.535.2034 frame & fork: $3850-$3960). (€1200), Globe-Trotter complete-bicycles_boot moots.com/our-bike/ (€1999), Tourer (€1999). leg-hobo, 505.216.3210 Gilles Berthoud Highly-cus- J.P. Weigle Classic randon- cross/routt-45/overview, rando-cycles.com, +33 01 43 tomizable 26-inch and 700C neur bikes ($8000-$12000; 970.879.1676 41 18 10. Site in French. steel touring bikes (1880€ 3-year waiting period). class and up). gillesberthoud.fr/ icrendezvous.com/USA/ anglais, +33 385 51 46 46 weigle_jp.htm, 860.434.0700 22 ADVENTURE CYCLIST APRIL 2015 Raleigh Bicycles Salsa Vaya Travel ($3950; Velotraum Offers 11 trekking Clubman Disc ($1100), frame set: $2199); Vaya 2 models (From €3400). Sojourn ($1300), Tamland ($1950; frameset: $750); Vaya velotraum.de/system/ ($1500): raleighusa.com, 3 ($1499); Fargo (titanium velotraum-konzept, telefax: 800.222.5527 complete: $4299; frameset: (07033) 81505. Site in $2199). Fargo 2 ($2299; German Rawland Nordavinden frame Suspension $2499; frameset set (from $725) and Ravn $699); Fargo 3 ($1699). salsa Velo Orange Framesets and (available in May from $4000) cycles.com, 877.668.6223 build kits: Campeur (from rawlandcycles.com $520); Pass Hunter (from GREG SIPLE Santos Travelmaster Series $540); Polyvalent MKIII (from Redline Metro Sport ($850) (from $1449); Trekking Series Steelman Cycles Steel and Ti Cycles Steilacoom/Ren $570); Camargue (from and Classic ($1150) redline (from $1639). santosbikes. custom touring bikes (from Omen ($1895). Also offers $620) velo-orange.com bicycles.com/bikes/2014- com, +31(0)252 426123 $2750). steelmancycles. custom steel and titanium metro-classic com, 650.364.3939 touring bikes. ticycles.com/ Waterford Cycles Legacy Seven Cycles Expat S (from TCF/cross-touring.html, models include Adventure Rennstahl Kette 28 (€3590) $4958); Expat SL (from Surly Long-Haul Trucker 503.621.9670 Cycle and other touring rennstahl-bikes.de/kette.html $5668) sevencycles.com, (from $1300; Frame: $470; bikes (from $1500 frame; 617.923.7774 Deluxe frame: $999); Disc Trek 520 ($1320), 520 Disc $375 fork). Call for custom Ridgeback Bikes Tour Trucker (from $1500), ($1430), 720 Disc ($1980), pricing. waterfordbikes.com, (£549); Voyage (£800); Pan- Soma Fabrications Saga Cross-Check (frame: $480, and 920 Disc ($2090). 262.534.4190 orama (£1200); Expedition Touring (from $1800; frame & bike: $1250), Travelers Check trekbikes.com, 800.585.8735 (£900); Panorama Deluxe fork $500); Saga Disc (frame ($1100); Big Dummy (from Windsor Bicycles The (£1700) ridgeback.co.uk & fork $569) Grand Randon- $1999; frame: $950) and True North Cycles 700C, Tourist ($1,495). windsor neur (from $1449; frameset the 26-in. Troll (from $1450; 650b, and 26-in. models from bicycles.com Rivendell Bicycle Works $490); Double Cross (from frame: $525); ECR (from expedition to light touring Atlantis (frame, fork, & $1349; frameset $420); Dou- $2175); World Troller (coming with many options available World Randonneur