1982 Lotus Touring Bike

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Frame:
Lotus Touring Bike

Handlebars and Stem:
early 90s Scott ATB Bars and SR stem

Fork and Headset:
Lotus fork/ Shimano Headset

Front wheel:
Velocity Dyad

Rear wheel:
Velocity Dyad

Crankset and Bottom bracket:
Deore Touring (note: cranks are of Shimano Dyna Drive era)

Saddle and Seat Post:
Selle Italia Flight Gel Saddle

Pedals and Chain:
Deore Dyna Drive pedals

Cog/Gearing et cetera:
Shimano 7spd cassette, Deore Touring front derailluer and shifters, STX rear derailluer

Notes:

Has Shimano Deore Touring groupo, this was before deore became a mountain bike group.

People who friended this bike A Worm Is Coming, whiskeytango, latron, tallbike, larossa9

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Love the touring Deore gruppo

Submitted by latron on 02/28/2008.

The crankset especially, with their crazy take on a TA crank. How do you like the zero-rise (or whatever they're called) pedals? The center of the bearing is at the ball of the foot, and they were supposedly more efficient.

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Great looking bike

Submitted by bite on 10/19/2007.

Those Scott bars were also v. nice but if they are old and have seen a lot of use you might want to chuck them for something new. The aluminum is thin and tends to fail catastrophically. The Nashbar bags fit the bike too.

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the bars are NOS from the

Submitted by stokedonspokes on 10/19/2007.

the bars are NOS from the basement of the shop i work at...really comfortably and stable. probably replace the bags by something higher quality before my next tour cuz while they got the job done i wasn't such a fan of the setup.

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Nice!

Submitted by Aphex139 on 10/19/2007.

I was wondering when another Lotus like mine would surface on here. Is yours made from Tange Mangalloy, too?

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yep

Submitted by stokedonspokes on 10/19/2007.

yep

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lotus seeker

Submitted by katwoman on 07/20/2008.

where did you get your Lotus touring bike?? It looks awesome. I rode my lotus excelle cross country but did not carry my gear b/c it was just a road bike. my bike was stolen last week :((( and now I am searching.

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i found my lotus excelle

Submitted by larossa9 on 07/29/2008.

i found my lotus excelle short series at a dump waiting for me with an inch of dust an flat tires but after a bit of work i got it shining, are these rare bike, i get compliments everywhere i ride

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1982 Lotus Touring Bike

Love the touring Deore gruppo

Great looking bike

the bars are NOS from the

Nice!

yep

lotus seeker

i found my lotus excelle