FEATURES
- Cromoly steel tubing with gauges, butts and profiles adapted to frame sizes
- Geometry optimized for balanced front-rear load, or front-biased load.
- Ideally used with swept-back “alt-bars” rather than road drops. If using drops, you’ll need a short stem and/or a frame one size smaller, this bike has a long front to it.
- 27.2mm seatpost, cast seat collar
- EC34 headset (1-1/8″ standard)
- 28.6mm theadless steerer
- Disc brake ISO mounts, 160mm rotor recommended
- Downtube mounts for shift levers or housing stops
- 135mm rear spacing, quick-release vertical dropout
- BSC threaded bottom bracket (1.37″ x 24TPI), 68mm shell width
- Higher BB than many touring bikes.
- Includes cable guide for shift cables under the BB shell and bolts are installed in the eyelets.
- Kickstand plate (please don’t overload the kickstand, we stand by Soma’s recommendations for touring bikes and kickstands)
- Pretty darned rugged weight limits, as far as luggage on a properly installed rack goes. We tested with 26kg of weights in panniers, up and down steep hills, and handling didn’t change much, so you’re probably good. But be reasonable.
- So many eyelets, I haven’t even counted them. Put racks, cages, fenders, whatever you want on this bike. Keep putting ’em on. No, more than that.
- Eyelets for a Bassi Strap, too. It’s for helping you handle the bike when you’ve taken the luggage off. Don’t try hauling it onto that train with the bike’s weight and the luggage’s weight all on the strap, please. You’ll hurt the bike, the strap, and probably yourself.
- Metal headbadge. It doesn’t change anything but boy is it pretty and really classes up the place.
- Size appropriate wheels. Small and medium fit 26×2.2in or 650x47mm. Large and Extra Large fit 27.5×2.2 in or 700c x45mm
- frame and fork weigh in at around 3.8kg.
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