Pooks - I spent an hour today wandering around my LBS while Flossie was getting her compact double.
They have a gorgeous elegant Salsa Casaroll fitted up to be a tourer for $1200. They said that it does come as a frameset, and it can be fitted out however you like (even a single speed!) for as much or as little $$ as suits you.
I also looked at a Kona Sutra, a steel tourer, comes as a complete bike. It has disc brakes. It is a tough looking and sturdily built beast of a bike. Costs about $1200 also. The one I looked at was a 2006, and on sale. http://www.konaworld.com/bikes/2006/sutra.htm
Last edited by KnottedYet; 04-16-2007 at 03:55 PM.
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