Looking for a leisurely tourer that combines full suspension with the elegance and practicality of a continental city bike? Something capable of soaking up the bumps on forest trails, farm tracks and bridleways, yet easy to propel on the tarmac? Then your search is over - meet the Vektor from Utopia. Designed for gentle rides of up to 100km a day, the Vektor majors on comfort. Its got the long wheelbase of a Dutch roadster and an easily-adjustable handlebar stem for an upright or slightly forward-leaning riding position. The frame is available in three sizes with top-tube, and two with a step-through option. The Vektor is designed so that you can tune the suspension precisely to your taste. No tools are needed to adjust the telescopic front suspension: the oil-damped rear suspension is also adjustable and you can choose a spring matched to your own weight. The Vektor can carry plenty of luggage: low-riders bolt onto the lower front suspension, and the rear pannier rack is mounted on the rear suspension swing-arm. The Vektors main frame tubes are CrMo with an ovalised cross-tube, and the rear suspensions chunky swing-arm is hard-anodised aluminium. For ease of maintenance, moving parts use special plastic bearing bushings and the sub-assemblies are bolted together. Have no worries about the structural integrity of the unorthodox frame - with typical German thoroughness, its been checked by Manfred Ottos respected testing-house, EFBe of Bochum. The weight of this comprehensively-equipped bike is about 20kg, and depends on the equipment options selected. Theres a staggering choice. For example, you can have a Shimano or Spectro 7-speed hub, the Shimano 4-speed hub, 21-speed Spectro 3x7 hybrid gearing or the 14-speed Rohloff Speedhub. There are similarly wide choices for handlebars, saddles, carriers and lighting systems. A positively Utopian situation.
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