Gear

Back in 2017 I complete a bike tour along the coast and islands of Croatia, which was a great experience. Not so great was that my old Fuji Sagres was broken on the way home. Something happened in the belly of the plane and the frame got bent. As it was an aluminium frame, there wasn’t any possibility of repair. It had been a good stead for 12 years and I could have replaced it with a similarly inexpensive frame, swapped over the parts, and just kept on going. Instead I decided to get a bike specifically designed for touring.

Now I have myself a Thorn Nomad II with a Rohloff hub and I can say that it is a joy to ride!

• Thorn Nomad II steel frame
• Rohloff Speedhub
• Thorn front and rear racks
• Edelux II front dynamo light
• SON dynamo
• Brooks B17 saddle (taken from the Fuji)
• Supernova ThePlug USB charger (taken from the Fuji)

There is no denying that the bike is heave, but it is also well built and designed for load. In fact, I’ve found that it rides better being loaded down than when it is unloaded!