Older lugged canti touring frames

[m_sasso]

Mistake

[shankldu]

Is that a d cell mag lite tie wrapped to the forks leg ,or a cnadel on a box ;]

[Kirk Pacenti]

Originally Posted by Roger M

I bought this frame a few months ago. It is a 1984 or 85 Expedition. Nothing exotic, but a pretty nice touring rig. I gave 38mm Gravelkings on it with fenders. I know of another that has 42mm tires(no fenders).

Plenty of attachment points for fenders and racks. It even has internal wiring(originally designed around a Sanyo dynamo that mounts under/behind the bottom bracket.

One of my favorites... wish I still had mine.

[zmudshark]

I bought a Schwinn Voyageur SP for $30 bucks years ago, built it up from the parts bin. It’s a great gravel bike, that can still go fast.

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[jet sanchez]

Panasonic made some nice tourers, I have this Touring Deluxe, fits 38s with ease

Only photo i have, ignore the rear fender and stem, this was a mockup

[72gmc]

^^^ Nice Panasonic. Do they still make similar frames? I thought I saw touring frames on Yellow Jersey or another site in the last few years.

[choke]

Like others have said, there are lots of options depending on what you mean by a 'gravel bike'. Even many older road bikes fit wide tires....this 1966 Frejus is running 35mm tires.

[zmudshark]

I had and sold a top of the line Panasonic touring bike, a PT-5000. It was a very nice bike. No canti's but large clearance.


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[cnighbor1]

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=268815

[girlscantell]

I really like the Nishiki Cresta for this.

[bfd]

Originally Posted by 72gmc

^^^ Nice Panasonic. Do they still make similar frames? I thought I saw touring frames on Yellow Jersey or another site in the last few years.

Yes, Alex Cycle still sells Panasonic framesets in both steel and titanium! Here's a similar touring type frameset with bosses for canti or v-brakes:

https://alexscycle.com/products/pana...41534784&_ss=r

The only downside is it appears the frameset doesn't appear to be available in anything larger than a 55cm?!

They also sell a lugged cyclocross frameset that would work too and it comes in larger sizes too!

https://alexscycle.com/products/pana...ti-brake-frame

Good Luck!

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by bfd

The only downside is it appears the frameset doesn't appear to be available in anything larger than a 55cm?!

Yes, I've noticed that too. Pretty much every time I come across an interesting frame from a Japanese source, I check the numbers and they don't go up high enough. I only go up to 58-60cm for a frame, not that tall.

Perhaps it's for the best.