Show us your travel bike!

We just returned from our annual Member Summit in Japan and there were some stunning travel bikes there. If there’s one type of bike I get excited about, it’s a travel bike. Some standouts from the Summit:

Paul Komarek’s No.22 Drifter

Caley Fretz’s Mosaic:

Iain Treloar’s Rock Lobster

My ‘Baumpton’:

I’m keen to see yours and what you’ve done with it

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Grey man here, I ticked the “No publicity” box so there are no pictures of me with my bike. However, fellow Canadian Wade reached out and asked me to post a picture of my Canadian made customer Naked travel bike. Luckily Sean asked to take a picture of it in Takayama so here it is.

It’s a Naked Bicyles All road Titanium model. Highlights are standard Paragon Works Z Couplers, colour coded carbon fork and stem, SRAM E1 Red drivetrain, Zipp 303S wheels and custom covered SLR saddle. I’ve now ridden it on three continents and thanks to the S&S hybrid case I’ve never paid a penny in luggage fees and easily negotiated subway escalators, high Belgian train steps and sub compact car trunks.

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I thought I should add to the S&S coupled gallery.

This is my 2011 custom Naked Velocity road bike. Built by Sam Whittingham on Quadra Island in British Columbia, Canada the frame is from True Temper platinum tubes and a Columbus rear triangle for a lightweight, 15lb build. It travelled up and down the bumpy climbs of Flanders, Mexico and Maui in the Campy Chorus/CK HED build in the photo. As of 2021 it was repainted in the same British Racing Green, all mechanical mounting points removed and full SEAM ETAP 22 drivetrain with Hunt 36 UD wheelset.

My forever bike.

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This is a beauty Julian! And it was complately overlooked in our Summit gallery. An understated sleeper bike if I must say so myself.

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Thanks Wade :folded_hands:

I can especially relate to high belgian train steps. Lugging a 25kg + Bike box which was my main checked luggage piece up steep steps solo was not the highlight of my Euro trip last year.

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Travel bike DRW, Hugo!

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Built about 9 years ago. It has been on numerous trips through the US, Europe, and now Japan. I keep looking at getting a No22, but this one keeps rolling…