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United Cycling Team
No comments yet? I figured you guys would have been arguing about it by
now. http://cyclocosm.com/2006/02/pro-cyc...d-cycling.html feel free to tear mercilessly at my opinions. -Cosmo http://cyclocosm.com |
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Cosmo, in my collection I have quite a few high end bikes. Just before
Christmas my brother found an unused Fuji's Newest frame in my size on Craig's List. So I ended with yet another bike frame. I put it together and that dull ping of aluminum turned out to be on the second best handling bike I've ever ridden. What's more, it's a pound and a half lighter than the best handler - an equally lower end Look KG-241. The C40 and the Eddy Merckx Ex Pro won't see so much road time now. |
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Cosmo, in my collection I have quite a few high end bikes. Just before
Christmas my brother found an unused Fuji's Newest frame in my size on Craig's List. So I ended with yet another bike frame. I put it together and that dull ping of aluminum turned out to be on the second best handling bike I've ever ridden. What's more, it's a pound and a half lighter than the best handler - an equally lower end Look KG-241. The C40 and the Eddy Merckx Ex Pro won't see so much road time now. I ride a full aluminum frame and I love it. But I don't buy $6,000 bikes (what with the mortgage on my trailer and all...). Having sold bikes just down the road from Aspen all summer, I've gotta say that people buying expensive bikes want carbon because Bicycling Magazine and all the journalists that Geraard Spergen seems to think are better than I am say it's the thing to have. Be honest - if you were buying a new bike, money-is-no-object and having never ridden either, would you have gone with the aluminum Fuji (which I believe has carbon stays that AREN'T painted the same color as the rest of the bike - maybe you overlooked that point) or the carbon Colnago? |
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wrote in message oups.com... I ride a full aluminum frame and I love it. But I don't buy $6,000 bikes (what with the mortgage on my trailer and all...). Having sold bikes just down the road from Aspen all summer, I've gotta say that people buying expensive bikes want carbon because Bicycling Magazine and all the journalists that Geraard Spergen seems to think are better than I am say it's the thing to have. Be honest - if you were buying a new bike, money-is-no-object and having never ridden either, would you have gone with the aluminum Fuji (which I believe has carbon stays that AREN'T painted the same color as the rest of the bike - maybe you overlooked that point) or the carbon Colnago? After perusing your blog, best to take your own advice. There are no journalism awards for self-deprecation (nor for having sold bikes just down the road from Aspen). |
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United Cycling Team
Dan Connelly wrote: Even if the bikes are ugly, I really like the fact they're riding relatively generic bikes. It's part of their focus on attaining an identity independent of individual sponsors, it seems. That doesn't appear to have been their intention since they're trying to sell a bunch of these bikes for $6K and $7K. See: http://www.united-bicycles.com/buy.php That's pretty steep for an aluminum bike, but the website implies that they will be custom-built which may account for the high price. The frame looks a lot like my own team bike which is also from SoCal and I wouldn't be surpised to find out they were contracting the same builder (Russ Denny) to build these. The same guy built the aluminum Macalu frames for Excel Sports. Bret |
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