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Originally Posted by JR1664

Good stuff !! It sounds like you've had some great trips. I loved the finish on those ball burnished frames and yes a trailer is an excellent idea. I feel your loss. I nearly bought a Rohloff equipped Thorn Raven tour but really can't justify it just yet. The bike in the above pic is a 2008 Specialised Tricross, very light, nowadays it would probably be called a gravel bike. Hand made wheels from Spa, not much of the original left mind but fits like a glove. I don't do much off road but it can cope with most things, actually run it on 28mm's.

In 2012 I rescued an old 90's Raleigh MTB frame and thought it would be a bit of fun to build it up into a tourer. I managed to get to Switzerland and back on that little beast, the build was about £250 , new 8 speed groupset, butterfly bars, square taper BB and amazingly some Mavic wheels from Rose in Germany back in the day when bike parts were cheap. It's now the shopping / leave at the station runaround.

Here's the beastie in Koln in Germany with the Hohenzollern Bridge to the right and Cathedral in the background. If you haven't done the Rhine its well worth it if you don't like hills

Yes mine is a Nomad with the Rohloff Hubb, I paid nigh on £4k for it with a custom 'Mercedes Silver' paint job. It seems an awful waste just sitting in the garage...... I need to pluck up the courage for the OP and get back on it

I have never done Germany, all of my Euro trips have been Italy, France and Spain, I would love to do Germany and maybe Austria where I have done quite a bit of walking over the years.

You look well loaded up in that pic JR, I carry as least as possible and end up coming home stinking like a ferret !!!

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