Road bikes and Racers : Touring

Touring bikes are characterised by all-day-every-day levels of comfort and feature sturdy frames, bomb proof wheels, wide range gears and powerful brakes all designed to cope with hauling a full set of panniers up hill and down dale for many thousands of miles without complaint. Dropped bars offer a variety of hand positions for comfort but unlike out and out road bikes they aren't for speed as such, more for simply minimising the slog of grinding into an all-day headwind.

The design features which allow them to withstand fully loaded touring miles - stability, luggage capacity, control - make them great shopping bikes. Their comfort levels allow them to devour commuting miles with ease. And their durability lets them survive the daily knocks and scrapes sufered by town bikes.

Although sales of traditional touring bikes were hit hard, and permanently, by the introduction of mountain bikes for many riders Touring bikes remain the ultimate do-everything bike.

	Touring Bicycle From Gebla Sometimes it is difficult to describe a bicycle in the right way. This Touring Bike could also be a Randonneur, Randonneuse or Cross Bike, that depends on the definition...		Galaxy From Dawes Cycles The legendary Galaxy features another legendary tubeset from Reynolds 631. The forks use Reynolds 520 chromoly blades that make for a smooth but reliably strong ride for...
	Ethos From Enigma Bikes Our new steel beauty with ultimate versatility in mind, the Ethos is handcrafted in our Sussex workshop from a selected mix of Columbus Life tubing. Mudguard eyes and...		Sutra From Kona Bicycles Feel good all over the world and then some with Kona's wondrously refined touring bike. This year the Sutra returns with new chainstay mounted disc brakes for easier...
	Joey Explore Drop From Airnimal The Joey is the complete all rounder. Sports rider, commuter, tourist or trail maker, the Joey can do it all. Unusually, it works well with two wheel sizes - fat profile...		Espoir 3000 From Dawes Cycles The Dawes Espoir 3000 has been carefully designed to be a perfect junior road bike. With its correctly proportioned cranks and handlebars, a mudguard compatible frame...
	Heritage From Condor Cycles A modern bike in a traditional mould. Made for the serious cyclo-tourist, the Heritage is a robustly practical yet lively and pleasurable mile eater. The Heritage's...