CLAUD BUTLER REGENT
TOURING: Touring bikes are designed to take you long distances, carrying most or all of what you need with you. They have lots of gears to get up the steepest pass, and good brakes to make sure you are safe coming down the other side. Mudguards keep road spray off you, and racks front and rear carry all your luggage. Some tourers look like road bikes, with drop handlebars to let you vary your riding position. Others look like mountain bikes, with straight handlebars for a more upright position.
A variation is the fast tourer or Audax bike. Audax is a kind of day-long race, and these bikes are designed to carry all you need for a full day’s riding, but not for a long-distance trek. They are faster than other tourers.
| Mens |
48cm, 53cm, 58cm |
| FRAME |
6061 T4 T6 aluminium |
| FORK |
Steel rigid |
| REAR GEARS |
Shimano 2300 |
| FREEWHEEL |
8 speed cassette 12-26 |
| GEAR SHIFT |
Shimano 2300 |
| BRAKES |
Tektro Oryx cantilevers |
| WHEELS |
Shimano alloy 36h hub with double wall alloy rim |
| CHAINSET |
FSA alloy 30 442 52 |
| TYRES |
Kenda 700 x 35 |
| STEM |
Alloy Ahead |
| BARS |
Alloy |
| SADDLE |
Active touring |
| EXTRAS |
Mudguards, alloy carrier rack, Frogleg brake levers |