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recommend: solid road/touring bike under $1000
"raciere" wrote in message om... i am fairly new to riding, and am looking for a fast, solid road/touring bike for seattle hills, roads, etc... I recently bought a flat bar road bike from Ibex Bicycles. It's the Corrida CT 2.2, and the price was $299. Yes, there's a flat bar, but the frame has rack and fender eyelets, room for up to a 700x32 tire, and a triple crankset. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality. http://www.ibexbikes.com |
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David Kerber wrote:
In article , says... David Kerber wrote: In article , says... i am fairly new to riding, and am looking for a fast, solid road/touring bike for seattle hills, roads, etc... i'm leaning towards a touring bike, as the riding i want to do combines an ocassional trail (flat dirt trails) and the ocassional steep hill, along with curbs, etc... but most of the riding will be roads. and, too, i want to be able to pull my daughter in a bike stroller/trailer... and pure road bikes just seem a bit frail for all the above... and hybrids, well, i dont like them much. so.. touring! my budget requires that i stay under 1K. thoughts? Fuji Touring, approx $800 at an LBS, maybe a little less. STI shifters, 27-speed, 11/32 cassette and 52/42/30 crankset for those steep hills, 32mm tires for rough roads and smooth dirt/gravel. Sturdy, somewhat heavy but very tough and stable steel frame. For riding in the great northwest's wet weather, it also has eyelets for fenders, along with plenty of clearance for them, even with the big tires. I got one last fall and love it. If you take off the rack (it comes with one) and put on smaller, high pressure tires, it's got pretty reasonable performance if you don't need the lightest possible weight. At that price, you could even get some higher-performance wheels to save even more weight and aerodynamics and still stay under your $1000 budget. I second the Fuji, tho it's not perfect. I've had mine for a few months, ride (commute) daily. Had broken spokes on the rear. Bike shop is going to change the rear spokes for best quality DT spokes for a mere $12.00 CAD. A great bit of customer service! I had the wheels tensioned on mine soon after I bought it because they went out of true within a month, but they've been bullet-proof since then. I don't know if Fuji or somebody else assembled the wheels, but whomever it was left the spokes too loose. Once that was fixed, they've been great. .. Well, I like the rims. I mean, they look like quality product. When the bike shop mech showed me the difference between the stock spokes and DT spokes, I was impressed with the difference. What's happened is, the spokes don't acutally break. The mushroom shaped head that sits in the hub flange has come off a few times. I don't think this will happen with the DT spokes. Let me know if you have issues with your bike? Did I mention I changed tires to Continental Top Touring 2000's? The difference was so dramatic it was like climbing onto a different bike. I love them. Will keep the Hutchinson Globe Trotter survivor for emergency back up. Best, Bernie |
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says... i am fairly new to riding, and am looking for a fast, solid road/touring bike for seattle hills, roads, etc... i'm leaning towards a touring bike, as the riding i want to do combines an ocassional trail (flat dirt trails) and the ocassional steep hill, along with curbs, etc... but most of the riding will be roads. and, too, i want to be able to pull my daughter in a bike stroller/trailer... and pure road bikes just seem a bit frail for all the above... and hybrids, well, i dont like them much. so.. touring! my budget requires that i stay under 1K. thoughts? One more option: The Trek 520, a classic touring bike. These list for $1100, but can often be found for $100 less if you shop around. It is steel, and built for "loaded touring," meaning it is not frail. OTOH, it does not weigh a ton, either. Has many-spoked wheels (and stainless steel spokes), good quality components generally (road bike front + MTB back on the drive train), and all the fittings you'd want, for panniers, water bottles, etc. I bought one about 4 months ago and have been happy with it (no affiliation to Trek or any bike shop!) One caveat: This model seems to change very little from year to year (including the color), so dealers may be tempted to sell you an earlier-year model for the current price. If this matters to you, know the specs when you walk in the shop, because there may be no other way to tell the difference. OTOH, the fact that the design is relatively stable suggests that Trek has tweaked it enough over the years to have arrived at a good design point, and a model that is actually a year or two old is not that different from the true latest issue. Again, check those specs! Good luck! AMG |
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ok, to really throw a wrench into my plans... i did a ton of research
and decided that a bianchi axis was the best bike for my desires (tho a few hundred above budget). however, i was recently *given* a poccianti titanium italian frame, hand made in some small shop in florence. it it beautiful, however it needs some work. both the top tube and the down tube have significant impact dents... such that they may need cutting out & replacing. also, 1 of the chain stays is bent. must of been in a car crash, not sure of the history. everything else on the frame looks solid... all of the welds, joints, etc.... I am not at all familiar with this brand of frame, with titanium frame repair, nor do I have any idea what repair costs may be, or if this is even a good frame to build a cyclocross bike ... totally blind here. don't know if i should just get the bianchi, or dive into building a bike w/ this frame... as it is titanium and i hear ti will last a lifetime. so a few questions: = how expensive is ti frame repair? = to build a cyclocross, what good quality but affordable components would you recommend with this frame (wanting a triple + a 11/32T cassette?)... I've been looking at the campy centaur, but I don't think I can do a 11/32T cassette... what else is possible? = and has ANYONE ever heard of a "sesto fiorentino poccianti" titanium frame? oh, lastly... if I go for it and build this bike, who sells (online) the best priced new and used component groups? clearly I am a novice, and I will be grateful for any recommends or input. +s "Gooserider" wrote in message om... "raciere" wrote in message om... i am fairly new to riding, and am looking for a fast, solid road/touring bike for seattle hills, roads, etc... I recently bought a flat bar road bike from Ibex Bicycles. It's the Corrida CT 2.2, and the price was $299. Yes, there's a flat bar, but the frame has rack and fender eyelets, room for up to a 700x32 tire, and a triple crankset. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality. http://www.ibexbikes.com |
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On 10 Jul 2004 21:56:16 -0700, (raciere) wrote:
don't know if i should just get the bianchi, or dive into building a bike w/ this frame... as it is titanium and i hear ti will last a lifetime. Heh..... I find this funny. Here's a frame that sounds like it was run over by a car, three tubes dented or bent, and you're thinking that because it is titanium it will last a lifetime?? Sure-- take to an auto junk yard and have it smashed into a small cube, drill out a hollow, and they can bury your ashes in it Nothing personal. I hope you can see the humor of someone describing a smashed up bike and then going, 'But it will last forever!' so a few questions: = how expensive is ti frame repair? Probably more expensive than it's worth? = to build a cyclocross, what good quality but affordable components would you recommend with this frame (wanting a triple + a 11/32T cassette?)... I've been looking at the campy centaur, but I don't think I can do a 11/32T cassette... what else is possible? One idea- http://www.hubbub.com/ergoleverswshim9.htm = and has ANYONE ever heard of a "sesto fiorentino poccianti" titanium frame? oh, lastly... if I go for it and build this bike, who sells (online) the best priced new and used component groups? Buying a bike with parts is almost always cheaper than buying/having a frame and buying parts to put on it. And many bike shops will charge you a lot to assemble/fix a bike from parts you've collected mail order. Be sure to look carefully at the full costs here. clearly I am a novice, and I will be grateful for any recommends or input. +s As a novice, do you think that you are capable of building up a bike from parts? Do you know enough to order the right parts and deal with the little nuances that can come up? Like using anti-seize on titanium parts? I think that you will be much better off buying either a complete bike, or working with a local shop to get the parts to flesh out a used one. It's much easier to learn on an existing bike, and shops are much more willing to help you and share what they know when you are a customer. |
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recommend: solid road/touring bike under $1000
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:56:16 -0700, raciere wrote:
ok, to really throw a wrench into my plans... i did a ton of research and decided that a bianchi axis was the best bike for my desires (tho a few hundred above budget). however, i was recently *given* a poccianti titanium italian frame, hand made in some small shop in florence. it it beautiful, however it needs some work. both the top tube and the down tube have significant impact dents... such that they may need cutting out & replacing. also, 1 of the chain stays is bent. must of been in a car crash, not sure of the history. everything else on the frame looks solid... all of the welds, joints, etc.... You can buy a titanium frame for $600. Custom frames can be very, very hard to fix, and you may be far better off buying a complete package. Seems that nowadays you can buy a complete bike, with wheels, tires, etc for what you pay if you just buy the group. So, I would not get hung up on fixing the frame. It sounds pretty much trashed. 2 out of 3 main tubes are damaged, as is one of the chainstays. The whole frame is probably racked. Me, I'm partial to the old Raleigh Technium frames for touring. Great touring geometry. --Kamus |
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