In Conclusion: Go Ride!
I hope that this article has comprehensively covered the process of designing and building a touring bike for a round-the-world cycling expedition.
Every bike builder would end up with something slightly different, but there’d be far more in common between such bikes than there would be differences.
Don’t get hung up on the cost of such a bike, by the way.
Top-end bikes aren’t cheap, but if you don’t have the money, you’ll be able to go just as far using literally any old bike.
Yes – I will reiterate this advice until the day I die – you do not need bags of money and top-end gear to go cycle touring.
Have fun!
I’d love to hear about your own experiences and the bikes you end up building, so feel free to post your story in the comments below.
And if – after all that – you’d actually prefer someone else to build you a bike like this, you could do a lot worse than dropping Richard at Oxford Bike Works a line.
Something to add?