MartinBrice wrote:Buy a Thorn. The Tricross isn't made for carrying luggage and doing very long trips on rough roads. It's more of a cyclo-cross bike - one light bloke, lots of mud, all over in a few hours. If you want trouble-free riding for week after week .
Next time I set off on a 12 month tour, with 12 months camping gear and to be fair, only the odd 130 mile section off road, I'll remember the above advice . Not that I'd recommend a Tricross, eight years after I bought it and 10000's of miles later, it's ok, but not as nice as the part carbon based road bike.