Yeah this setup's not going to win any races unless they're downhill, but it really tickles my semi-retro-grouch fancy with its lugged frame, support for downtube shifters, and old style geometry married to disk brakes and support for larger tires. It's super comfortable for those long touring days in the saddle of 70-90 miles.

Joking aside, it all depends one where I am. Right now only one has water; it's just easiest to store the empties on the bike where I won't lose track of them.

But three liters hasn't actually been enough when touring through the emptiness of the Dakotas, crossing the Ozarks in a heatwave, or traveling through the Deep South in July.

Thank you, I'm glad too.

The crankset's a Dia Compe ENE Ciclo I picked up for that lovely three arm spider. How easy it will be to replace the chainrings when the time comes, I'm unsure. Like the crankset, I'll probably have to source them through a Japanese merchant. At least it's Dia Compe, so unlikely to be impossible.