Dawes Horizon or something else?

flester
flester Posts: 464
edited June 2011 in Tour & expedition
Looking for a tourer in the price range of the above. Any other makes/models to look at? Replacing a slicked MTB to do some touring but hopefully something nippy enough unladen. I know 'try before you buy ' is the best policy but no dealer near me has any tourers at all in stock. Most of them don't know what a tourer is.

Any thoughts?

'I do not believe in the three-speed gear at all', the sergeant was saying. 'It is a newfangled instrument, it crucificies the legs, the half of the accidents are due to it.' (From 'The Third Policeman')