Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ucbvax!hamachi From: hamachi@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Heavy-Duty Touring Bikes? Message-ID: <4742@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 21:46:46 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.4742 Posted: Mon Feb 11 21:46:46 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 01:47:50 EST Sender: hamachi@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 15 From: hamachi (Gordon Hamachi) I'm currently thinking about purchasing a Specialized Expedition touring bike. Does anyone have any good or bad things to say about this bike? Would you care to suggest another heavy-duty touring bike that might be better, in the same price range (400) ? What's the right kind of wheel to use for foreign touring? Isn't the 700C an international standard? Could I get a replacement 27 inch, 40-spoke rim in a foreign bike shop? Finally, please let me know if you can suggest any sources of information on bike touring in Australia or New Zealand. I'll be happy to summarize.