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Hybrid recommendations??
"Tamyka Bell" wrote in message
Claude wrote: Had my Shogun Metro LX stolen from the garage on Monday night and hence looking for a new bike. I was happy with the Metro LX and can get a new one for $999 at Melbourne Bike Centre - its attractive because of the LX/XT componentry, albeit a little heavy. Does anyone have any views on other options or places in Melbourne to buy (including used)? Having not looked at hybrids I don't know their RRP but $999 seems pretty expensive, doesn't it? No, not for that level of equipment. Deore LX is very nice. I have the Deore version of that bike and I love it. All he need do is put some clip-on aerobars on for a decent alternative riding position, as I did, and he's got an excellent all-rounder. -- A: Top-posters. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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"Claude" wrote in message ... Had my Shogun Metro LX stolen from the garage on Monday night and hence looking for a new bike. I was happy with the Metro LX and can get a new one for $999 at Melbourne Bike Centre - its attractive because of the LX/XT componentry, albeit a little heavy. Does anyone have any views on other options or places in Melbourne to buy (including used)? Thanks Claude Claude I recently bought a Avanti Blade Sport to commute to work (about 1/2 hour each way) and have been very happy with it. Comes in within your price range, however I think the 2004 model is becoming hard to get. Ric |
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"Claude" wrote in message ... Had my Shogun Metro LX stolen from the garage on Monday night and hence looking for a new bike. I was happy with the Metro LX and can get a new one for $999 at Melbourne Bike Centre - its attractive because of the LX/XT componentry, albeit a little heavy. Does anyone have any views on other options or places in Melbourne to buy (including used)? Thanks Claude Claude I recently bought a Avanti Blade Sport to commute to work. (About 1/2 hour each way) and have been very happy with it. Comes in around $950 |
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Hybrid recommendations??
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:40:36 +0000, Yuri Budilov wrote:
In my research on various bicycle types I have found that the problem with all so called hybrid designs is that they are not driven by competitive cycling sport as much as say pure MTB and pure road/racing bicycles are. But the whole groupset is basically pulled straight from MTB. That leaves the frame & wheels, I can believe that there isn't much "race technology" in the frame, but if we're really looking for this, do you really get anything approaching recent technology in a bike under $2-2.5k ? 700C wheels aren't non-existant in racing, but perhaps I'd have to admit that the wider wheels used in most hybrids may only see racing in something like a European cycle-cross event. I also found that hybrid bicycles often cost more than more or less equivalent MTB bikes. This all is probably due to low volumes they sell to re-coup their investment. Not sure. And often, but not always, hybrids are as heavy or heavier than MTB too. Check out Trek MTB versus Trek hybrid prices and specs, on the web as example. Hmmm, I'll have to check this out. It's a valid point. cheers, -kt |
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I had a Specialized Sirrus Sport which I thought was great. Light, fast, good group, suspension seat post, great saddle, fantastic handle bar grips, reasonable price. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: 04SirrusSportDisc_d.jpg | |Download: http://www.cyclingforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1712| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Dominic Sansom |
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