Spa Cycles Wayfarer

Spa builds every Wayfarer to order, so gearing, tires and contact points can be set up for the trip before the bike leaves the workshop. Even the standard build gets right the parts a loaded tour wears out first: wheels hand-built in house, a Tubus Cargo Evo rear rack and SKS fenders on a Reynolds 725 steel frame with room for 47 mm tires. It is a lighter, more road-minded alternative to the Thorn Nomad: one magazine test weighed it at 13.9 kg (about 31 pounds) against 16 kg for the Thorn. The same test found its 23 to 124 inch gear range a little high for heavy expedition loads, so ask for a lower bottom gear if the route climbs hard.