This bike is another custom touring bicycle with the sturdy S&S machine works couplings. The bike comes apart so you can fly with it as regular luggage. The fork is also handmade, with a custom rake and lugged construction. The bicycle is built up with a Campagnolo Centaur/Comp Triple drivetrain and Chorus Ergopower shifters. The wheels are hand built 36 spoke wheels with DT Swiss spokes, DT Swiss TK 9.1 trekking rims and Campagnolo Centaur hubs.
Nice, but … cantilever brakes. Check out Andy Hampsten’s travel bike. Wound Up long reach fork + long reach Shimano calipers give clearance for 33mm tires with caliper brakes & road geometry:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/tech.php?id=/tech/2008/probikes/andy_hampsten_may08
With the new airline restrictions, is having a coupled touring frame really a neccesity anymore? I just recently flew to Aruba with a Bike Friday with 20″ wheels and had no problems, but if I had taken a bike with full sized touring wheels I think it would have been a different story.
Good looking bike though!
I’m not sure what new restrictions you are talking about. Most airlines will charge $50 to $125 per direction for taking your bike. Most don’t differentiate based on the size of the bike. With the S&S couplings, you travel with luggage, not a bike. 😉
…and Phil – a lot more than 33’s can fit on this bike – try that with your calipers – it is a touring bike though, not just a travel bike….However, I agree – Hampsten’s bike is pretty sweet.