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1 # club tour Mk 4. TRADITIONAL - yet CONTEMPORARY Issue 23. WINTER. 700c TOURING BIKE 2018. Size 580S. ###. DROP BARS with TIAGRA STI, REAR DISC, BROOKS SADDLE and CARBON CAGE UPGRADES. A very focused bike for fast, light- Fork: Thorn weight, touring on back roads. MER853VC. STRAIGHT BAR. FROM:- 1528#. DROP BAR. FROM:- COLOUR SHOWN IS R&B. 1538. The best ever example of this most To ORDER:- versatile style of bike? We think so! Phone: 01278 441505. CLICK HERE For or email: THORN MEGA BROCHURE. Or complete an order form - PARTS 1, 2, 3 and 4. This is a very large file (39Mb) it may take a this can be found in Part 3 of the Mega Brochure considerable time to open, please be patient. Premium-Quality, Size 550S. #. STANDARD DROP BAR SPEC. 30speed Derailleur EXCEPT for REAR DISC BRAKE. and THORN F&R CARRIERS - an Shown with Touring Bike.

2 Ideal set up for cycle camping. Thorn ST700 fork. Traditional Geometry but with a choice of Straight bars or Drops and Discs or V Brakes. ###. Option of 3 different Reynolds Steel Forks:- ###. Reynolds ST700. V Brake Touring Fork or, Reynolds 853c V Brake Randonnee Fork. or, COLOUR SHOWN IS. Reynolds Disc Fork GUNMETAL (with Lo-Loader bosses). Copyright 2018 - All rights reserved. St John Street Cycles - Thorn Cycles Ltd. Company no. 123142 VAT no. 406 7053 70. Thorn club tour Mk4 Issue 23 WINTER 2018. FORK Fork 5. Thorn MER853VC. Probable Mid-Tube Height of Frame Slope Seat Virtual BB Seat Chain S/O. Height of top tube cyclist size Tube top Drop Angle Stay junction steel V (and Canti) brake OPTIONS. (Standover with head in mm suitable for C to C tube height) tube fork. Reynolds 853c blades this size. and steerer Andy says The most comfortable forks 1575 500S 90 410 530 70 74 436 740 765 Fork 4.

3 Thorn Reynolds I've ever ridden. Light and comfortable to Super Tourist steel touring yet very strong and reliable . 1675 ..a premium product offered at a fork with V brake, 500L 90 410 565 70 441 740 765 mudguard and lo-loader premium price.. There are 2 offsets:- 52mm for Short bosses. 1615 520S 80 440 540 70 439 755 785 This fork must be used with a front V or for Long frames. to Cantilever bars or drop The forks are offered in Gunmetal Imron, 1710 bars may be chosen. Red Imron, Blue Imron and BRG (British 520L 80 440 580 70 73 444 755 785 The forks are offered in Gunmetal Imron, Racing Green) Imron. Red Imron, Blue Imron and BRG (British Stainless fittings for direct fastening of 1660 550S 70 480 550 70 73 442 785 815 Racing Green) Imron. mudguards. to This fork can carry per side. NOTE NO Lo-loader 1780 A full mudguard, can be fitted with this bosses.

4 Tyres up to 35c with guards. 550L 70 480 590 70 447 785 815 fork. Ideal tyre size 32 38c. Max tyre size 40c THORN club tour Mk4. 1730 580S 60 520 560 65 73 445 820 842 semi slick. Fork offset for each frame size/fork option to 1835 Mk4 has Choice of 3 forks 580L 60 520 600 65 450 820 842 Fork 6. Thorn Reynolds Frame Size Fork 4 Fork 5 Fork 6. 1790 HEAVY DUTY steel touring THORN THORN THORN. to 610S 50 560 575 65 448 850 865 fork with ISO DISC MOUNT ST700 MER STEEL. 853VC DISC. 1905 m/g and lo-loader bosses. 610L 50 560 615 65 72 453 850 865 This fork must be used with a front DISC Fork offset required in mm bars or drop bars may be club tour Mk4 Size Matrix chosen. There are 2 offsets:- 500S 55 52 52. 52mm for Short for Long frames. 500L 50 46 46. We resisted designing a steel disc fork - because we knew that a reliable disc fork 520S 55 52 52.

5 Couldn't be as comfortable as our Reynolds Super Tourist V brake 520L 50 46 46. it's not! However, it's as comfortable as any other reliable steel disc fork and it's 550S 55 52 52. more comfortable than most! The forks are offered in Gunmetal Imron, 550L 46 46 46. Red Imron, Blue Imron and BRG (British Racing Green) Imron 580S 50 52 52. This fork can carry 5kg per side. A full mudguard, can be fitted with this fork. 580L 46 46 46. Ideal tyre size 32 38c. Max tyre size 40c semi slick. 610S 50 52 52. 610L 46 46 46. For more information and photos of each fork, please look at pages 28 & 29 For details of our LIFETIME frame warranty and 14 day money back guarantee see page 67. of the MEGA BROCHURE - The link is on page 1 of this brochure. club tour Mk4. Actual luggage capacities. The maximum weight that a club tour Mk4 ought to carry for short periods of time (The first day of a desert crossing for example) is 43kg.

6 This load should be spread as follows:- 25kg on a suitable rear carrier, 6 kg each side of the fork, on lo -loader carriers 3Kg in bottle cages and 3kg in a bar bag. Please note that, if you load the bike with 25kg on the rear, without any luggage at the front, the handling could be seriously compromised. Whilst the club tour Mk4 is happy to carry 33kg day after day, it handles superbly with 24kg, spread between the STOP PRESS. front and rear, a small, very lightly loaded bar bag and 3 x You may now choose any 700ml bottles. The club tour still handles really well with a rear-only load Schwalbe Tubed tyres to be fitted to of around 14kg and brilliantly well, if the 14kg is spread your club tour - without any upcharge. between a large saddlebag and small panniers. If 14kg is as Upgrades to the latest Schwalbe much as you need and you choose the 853 forks, I believe TUBELESS TYRES, with appropriate that you'll find the CT Mk4 to be the ultimate long distance, derailleur-equipped, fast touring bike - especially on back rims are available as upgrades, please see roads, when fitted with 35c tyres.

7 Pages 41, 42, 43 & 97 of the Mega Brochure. 2. Thorn club tour Mk4. Quick, rugged, versatile, CT Mk4 30 speed Spec Options nimble, practical, durable At the START PRICE , you may choose either;- and comfortable - [1] Straight bars with Rapidfire . the club tour is our or [2] Drop bars with bar end shifters. contemporary take on an ##. established British icon - [3] Alternatively, you may PAY FOR the upgrade to the Traditional Touring Bike! Drop bars with TIAGRA STI levers, on your CT Mk4. ###. Usually, drop bars require SHORT frames - whilst straight bars generally require LONG frames; although, many women prefer a short frame, with a Colour and finish 110 or 120mm stem, for straight bars. The club tour Mk4 frames and all 3 fork options, are available in a choice of 3 finishes; Gunmetal, R&B or BRG (British Racing Green).

8 THORN Mk4 SPECIALS [2] Drop Bars with Dura The Gunmetal finish has a deep lustre, which appears to change from silver to deep pewter, depending upon With 30 speed gearing Ace bar end shifters. lighting. Understated black decals complete the We've sourced a Deore equivalent high We use Shimano Dura Ace 10sp bar end shifter sophisticated look. quality triple chainset, with 26/36/48t with Tektro drop bar MTB levers and a Tiagra The R&B finish is Cobalt Blue Imron at the rear and Blood rings for use on all club tour Mk4 10sp long cage front mech. We still have to use Red Imron at the front. There's a 6mm white diagonal line Shimano Deore 9 speed MTB rear derailleurs, to separating these colours. R&B forks have a red crown options. Shimano 10sp road cassettes work perfectly with Shimano 10sp bar end levers and blue blades.

9 The decals are red, whit and blue. This only go up to 30 teeth. We prefer to use but the Tektro brake levers allow the use of V . is a much livelier finish! But it still looks classy and even lower gears on touring bikes. The brakes, Avid BB 7 cable operated MTB disc somehow patriotic. We've re-introduced BRG as a frame colour. (Pictures spread of gears we can offer with an 11- brakes, or our highly recommended option - a will follow soon) The frames look both classic and very 36t is greater than anything offered by combination of front V brake and rear MTB. understated with their black decals and hi-gloss finish. any other manufacturer - we've had to disc. All frames are treated internally with a rust inhibitor; the Bar end shifters give the entire transmission a think outside the box because we know outside surfaces are sprayed with a rust-inhibiting primer.

10 Considerably longer service life. The frames are then sprayed with highly-durable Du Pont how useful it is to have really low gears, High quality bars, stem and black cork tape are Imron twin pack polyester paint, as used on aircraft. in severe terrain - especially with touring included. The decals, including Reynolds 725 decals, are then loads and, even more especially, when applied and sealed into the finish, with twin pack you're really tired! [3] Drop Bars with STI. We use Shimano Tiagra 10sp STI (ROAD) levers MUDGUARD CLEARANCES [1] Straight Bars with and a Tiagra 10sp long cage front mech. Rapidfire shifters. All 10sp STI levers have a different cable pull PLEASE READ THIS. ratio to 10sp Rapidfire (MTB) levers, however ## We use Shimano Deore 10sp Rapidfire Shimano Deore 9 speed MTB rear derailleurs The club tour Mk4 frames and forks handle shifters, Deore 10sp front mech and 10sp work perfectly with Shimano 10sp STI levers.