Clean & dedicated
Elegant, beautifully designed
clean look
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Clean and dedicated
Super elegant allrounder
An eye catcher, for sure. Besides functionality, the Travel Lite+'s looks are a main feature. The frame is beautifully designed, clean and dedicated. No superfluous inserts, nicely finished welds, a semi integrated head set and reliable hydraulic disc brakes.
The frame is designed for one kind of brake and gear system. That means cable and cableguides are fine tuned in shape and function, without concessions.
Low top tube possible
Ladies and gents version available
The Travel Lite+ is available in 5 ladies and 5 gents sizes The ladies frame has a low top tube and maintains its stiffness and stable riding characteristics due to its well considered geometry. There's plenty of room left for a bottle cage.Powerful hydraulic disc brakes
With fixed dropouts
disc brakes
Powerful hydraulic disc brakes
A lot of braking power
The Travel Lite+ is standard equipped with Shimano XT disc brakes with long handles; nice and comfortable. Depending on your goal you can choose different discs. The XT variant is available in 180 and 203 mm, from Hope we have the Tech3 V4 variant of 203 mm. Choose what suits you best.
PLUS+
Two wheel sizes
42-55 mm tires
tot 62 mm tires
Santos XL touring wheels
The Travel Lite+ has the special Santos XL touring wheels, suitable for heavy duty purposes! They are handmade, have extra wide rims and 36 spokes. This ensures maximum stability. Even fully loaded and equipped with wide tires, this bike feels very reliable in every curve. The frame of the Travel Lite+ is suitable for two wheel sizes. You either choose the 27.5 or the 28 inch XL touring wheels. Choose what suits you best.
Tip
Air pressure makes a huge difference while using the 27.5 inch wheels with 62 mm tires. If speed is your main goal, you are better off with more pressure. During slower travels with luggage comfort has more priority. In general we recommend a tire pressure between 1.7 and 2.7 bar, depending on your weight, your luggage and your goal.Super strong and stable
Comfortable touring with lots of luggage
stable frame
rear rack and lowrider possible
Safely downhill, full of confidence
Strong and stable frame
The Travel Lite+ follows without hesitation. Even during super fast downhills on paved roads or unpaved mountain tracks it feels very reliable. It has a super strong frame, a steel front fork and exceedingly strong wheels, which make swaying impossible.
A crazy amount of luggage
Stable riding behaviour, even with a lot of luggage
You can fit the Travelmaster 3+ with more than 40 kg of luggage, divided over 5 bags. For example, choose a Santos TravelRack XL rear rack (25 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.
*The TravelRack XL is suitable for at least 25kg. The carrier is not suitable for child 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 25 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.
*The TravelRack XL is suitable for at least 25kg. 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.
Pinion gear box
Cycling the world, barely any maintenance
12 or 18 speed
Santos belt drive
12 or 18 gears
Low maintenance Pinion gear box
The Travel Lite+ has a reliable Pinion gear box. This type of transmission will be supplied with belt drive, which makes it a super durable and low maintenance combination. By default we mount the Pinion gear box with 12 gears and for hilly terrain we also offer 18 speed.
The Pinion box with 18 gears is available in 6 colors, choose the one that matches your bike.
Super stiff and more precise
Strenghtened Pinion bridge
For a durable transmission system a more precise Pinion fitting is of great importance. Therefore the Pinion frame of the Travel Lite+ has a strenghtened Pinion bridge, which ensures the (belt) drive to be silent and durable. You will also notice this when riding the bike; efficiency with every pedal stroke.
Gates belt drive and Santos belt tensioner
Durable Santos belt drive
With the right belt and sprockets the bike's drive system is super durable. For all its models Santos chooses the best parts and has developed its own belt tensioner. This tiny wheel for the Pinion box keeps the belt tensioned and is located near the bracket. This makes the system super user friendly; removing the rear wheel can be done in an instant.
The Travel Lite+ has this durable Santos belt drive. This means fixed dropouts (thus the certainty of a straight rear wheel), Gates belt drive and the Santos belt tensioner. It's the ultimate system for a lót of silent kilometers.
Always a straight aligned wheel
Fixed dropouts
A straight aligned belt ensures a more durable drive. All Santos frames have fixed dropouts, so your wheel is always straight and a perfect belt alignment is guaranteed.Compare gear systems
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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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| Available since | 1998 | 2011 | 2011 | - | 2010 |
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Santos Only
SON SL, modular cable guides, many colors...
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 headlights are available in 6 colors, just like the corresponding SON dynamo hub and rear light.
Travel bikes with power
E-bike ready
The Travel Lite+ is designed with the future in mind. It is E-bike ready. This means the bike can be transformed into an E-bike whenever you wish to do so. A powerful feature, extremely flexible.
The Travel Lite+ E-bike has a strong motor and a big battery for a large radius of action. We chose a modular system, to be flexible, now and later.
Modular and clean
Santos cable guides
Santos developed modular cable guides for the Travel Lite+. The cables run along your frame perfectly, without any 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 | 800 | 907 | 602 |
| 53 cm | 530 | 590 | 821 | 909 | 602 |
| 57 cm | 570 | 600 | 851 | 932 | 622 |
| 61 cm | 610 | 610 | 881 | 950 | 642 |
| 65 cm | 650 | 620 | 906 | 969 | 662 |
| Ladies | |||||
| 45 cm | 450 | 575 | 685 | 907 | 602 |
| 49 cm | 490 | 580 | 682 | 907 | 602 |
| 53 cm | 530 | 585 | 688 | 928 | 622 |
| 57 cm | 570 | 595 | 705 | 950 | 642 |
| 61 cm | 610 | 605 | 719 | 969 | 662 |
* Measured with Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 50 mm tires.
Travel Lite
The classy allrounder equiped with the most durable and low maintenance components. Perfect to ride a all the time. A delicious trekking bike with real twentyniner wheels.
Travelmaster 2.9
The most versatile heavy duty trekking bike. Big wheels and wide tires for ultimate comfort and perfect balance.
Choose your bike
A good bike suits you perfectly
Is the Travel Lite+ suitable
for you?
When you are sure about your choice, you can use our customizer to configure your unique bike.
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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.
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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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