Travelmaster Series
Lite Series
Mountain Series
Power Series GS 
The Travel Lite will make you want to ride more. No doubt about that. Before you know it, it will take you to the grocery store, to work, across the Alps, to sweet and sultry Tuscany... and onwards to Istanbul, Teheran and Nepal. Once you ride this bike, you do not want to stop anymore. Really. Okay, maybe for a delicious plate of real Italian pasta or a small fine hotel in Bassano del Grappa.
Enthusiasm and experience were the recipe. Ours and mostly our riders. We added our expertise and distilled the essence from all the ingredients. The basis for a strong, stiff and light touring bike, that takes you anywhere. That you would like to ride all the time.
OpPad winnaarA beautiful frame with nicely finished welds. No unneccessary inserts. With a lot of clearance for wide tires. And with user friendly, low maintenance FIRMtech brakes. High mileage and low maintenance, that was the goal.
This classic bike is your reliable partner on your holiday, on your way to work and for rides to the grocery store. It's time to leave!
Oh and by the way, if you ever have the chance to test it, warn your boss that you might be delayed for a day... or two...
"The Range Rover among the trekking bikes"
Clean & dedicated
Elegant, beautifully designed
clean look
models available
Super strong and stable
Comfortable touring with a crazy amount of luggage
stable frame
rear rack and lowrider possible
Santos XL
touring wheels
Super stable
Lots of space in the frame
Bottle cage mount on the down tube
Strong, fixed dropouts
55kg bagage
The Travel Lite is equipped with the TravelRack XL, an extra strong rear rack. You can easily take more than 40kg* along, divided over five panniers.
*In case you use the carrier for panniers only on the side and on top of the bike, it's suitable for at least 40kg. The carrier is not suitable for child's seats.
Strong wheels
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Super stable
The Travel Lite is build to cary a lot of luggage. The ladies and gents frame will carry all of your luggage with ease, up to 55kg, divided over 5 panniers. To carry a heavy load and for intensive use, the Travel Lite has a super stiff frame. The triple-butted aluminum tubes and the efficientgeometry with large triangles make it a super strong bike. -
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Lots of space in the frame
The Travel Lite's spacious frame offers plenty of space for many bottles. -
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Bottle cage mount on the down tube
The Travel Lite is designed to ride a lot and far away. That includes the possibility to take a lot of water along. The inserts underneath the down tube allow you to take an extra bottle. -
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Strong, fixed dropouts
The rear wheel has fixed dropouts, this ensures a perfect alignment of the rear wheel. When you remove the rear wheel, in case of a puncture, it is easy to put it back in. The alignment of the belt is easily checked by looking down at it after a couple of spins. -
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55kg bagage
The Travel Lite is equipped with the TravelRack XL, an extra strong rear rack. You can easily take more than 40kg* along, divided over five panniers.
*In case you use the carrier for panniers only on the side and on top of the bike, it's suitable for at least 40kg. The carrier is not suitable for child's seats. -
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Strong wheels
The Travel Lite has super strong Santos touring wheels, suitable for heavy duty purposes! They are handmade, have extra wide rims and 36 spokes.
A crazy amount of luggage
Stable riding behaviour, even with a lot of luggage
You can fit the Travel Lite with more than 40 kg of luggage, divided over 5 bags. For example, choose a Santos TravelRack XL rear rack (26 kg*) and a Tubus lowrider (15kg). The strong, stiff frame and the steel front fork ride effortless over cobblestones and tree-roots. The fat tires give you lots of comfort.
*In case you use the carrier for panniers only on the side and on top of the bike, it's suitable for at least 40kg. The carrier is not suitable for child's seats.
TravelRack XL
The TravelRack XL is a heavy duty carrier, especially designed for our 29-er models. Designed by Santos, produced by Tubus. It carries 40 kg of luggage, has an extra long plateau and is situated more to the front, which makes it stronger than any other 29-er carrier. Suitable for a crazy amount of luggage.
*In case you use the carrier for panniers only on the side and on top of the bike, it's suitable for at least 40kg. The carrier is not suitable for child's seats.
Strong wheels
Santos wheels can withstand it all.
Wheels are very important. They have a lot to endure and are difficult to repair while traveling. All the more reason to make our wheels strong, very strong. How?
Santos Hold-it-All
One size fits all.
From a regular bike bottle up to a large PET bottle. The name says it all; you can stash anything with the Santos Hold-it-All. Thousands of Santos riders use this unique Santos Only accessory on their journeys around the world.
Durable transmission
Riding a lot, barely any maintenance
Rohloff speed hub
Santos belt drive
Care free riding, little maintanance
Reliable Rohloff hub
The Travel Lite is equiped with the most durable and low maintenance components; the most reliable and user friendly internal Rohloff gear hub with Santos belt drive. It transforms your Travel Lite into a low maintenance travel companion and durable commuter.
Rather go for the Pinion gear box? Check our Travel Lite+.
Gates belt drive
Durable Santos belt drive
The right belt and sprockets make your bikes transmission super durable. The Travel Lite has this durable Santos belt drive. That means fixed dropouts (thus the certainty of a straight rear wheel) and Gates belt drive. It's the ultimate system for a lót of silent kilometers.
Compare gear systems
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Pinion |
 Derailleur |
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| Number of gears | 14 speed | 18 speed | 12 speed | 3x10 | 11 speed |
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| Increase per gear | 13,6% | 11,5% | 17,6% | ||
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Direct pedal stroke
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| Available since | 1998 | 2011 | 2011 | - | 2010 |
| Maintenance | ? |
Hydraulic FIRMtech brakes
Reliable and user friendly
FIRMtech brakes
Santos Only
SON SL, modular cable guides, many colours...
wireless dynamo hub
modular cable guides
SON SL Light set
Wireless dynamo hub
In case you opt for the SON light set, you get a beautiful headlight with a wide, clear beam. This is a distinctive feature of the SON headlights. The connection to the hub is wireless, which makes it very easy to take out the wheel.
We mount the headlight on a Santos headlight bracket, this provides a clear, straight beam above your front wheel.
The SON lights are available in 6 colours, just like corresponding SON dynamo hub and rear light.
Modular and clean
Santos cable guides
Santos developed modular cable guides for the Travel Lite. The cables run along your frame perfectly, without superfluous inserts. No matter how you customize the bike.
Custombuilt
For everyone a unique bike
Which frame do you need?
Your wishes and needs determine the frame of your choice. Do you expect to bring a lot of luggage? Do you prefer paved roads, single tracks or both? Santos offers a suitable frame for every purpose.
By the way, your frame is available in more than 50 colors!
Version
Choose the kind of gear system you like. We offer the unique possibility to choose from various gear systems; opt for the reliable Rohloff hub, the low maintenance Pinion gear box or an affordable derailleur system.
Both Rohloff and Pinion can be selected with Gates belt or chain.
Customize
The finishing touch; handlebars, saddle, tires, rims, fenders, brakes, lights, front fork, grips, carriers ánd color! It's completely up to you; you decide íf you need it and what exactly you prefer. The result: your unique Santos.
Geometry
All sizes at a single glance
Geometry Travel Lite
All sizes are in millimeters, unless mentioned otherwise.
Tip: testing says more than just numbers.
| Size | Seat tube length | Top tube length | Stand over height | Head tube height | Head tube - Dropout |
| Gents | |||||
| 49 cm | 490 | 580 | 799 | 908 | 602 |
| 53 cm | 530 | 590 | 822 | 911 | 602 |
| 57 cm | 570 | 600 | 853 | 932 | 622 |
| 61 cm | 610 | 610 | 883 | 951 | 642 |
| 65 cm | 650 | 620 | 913 | 969 | 662 |
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| 45 cm | 450 | 575 | 650 | 908 | 602 |
| 49 cm | 490 | 580 | 656 | 908 | 602 |
| 53 cm | 530 | 585 | 668 | 929 | 621 |
| 57 cm | 570 | 595 | 678 | 951 | 642 |
| 61 cm | 610 | 605 | 713 | 969 | 662 |
* Measured with Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 50 mm tires.
Comparable models
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Is the Travel Lite suitable
for you?
When you are sure about your choice, you can use our customizer to configure your unique bike.
Customizer >
Roadmap
First go through our roadmap to be sure you made the right choice ór let this step-by-step plan help you to find out which Santos suits you even better.
Roadmap >
Also available as E-bike
Would you like tail winds under any circumstances? Now you can! This bike is also available as E-Bike.
Not ready yet for an E-bike, but would you like to keep the option open for the future? No problem! This bike is E-bike ready, which means you can always electrify your bike later.
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