New Bike

I am thinking about upgrading my bike..Whilst the frame is about
40 years old the equipment (Campag Veloce Mavic m2 etc) is only
a couple of years old and is in excellent condition..
I don't know if I should get a new Trek 100 a Specialized Allez
Triple or use my existing equipment on a Dolan Preffisio frame
...I live in a very hilly area and usually do a minimum of 30 miles a day
but occasionally do a trip of 70 miles...Any advice or suggestions
appreciated...Both the Trek and the Specialized got good writeups in the
C/Plus mag...


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Regards
Ted Wager
Using Ubuntu Linux

Ted wrote:
I am thinking about upgrading my bike..Whilst the frame is about
40 years old the equipment (Campag Veloce Mavic m2 etc) is only
a couple of years old and is in excellent condition..
I don't know if I should get a new Trek 100 a Specialized Allez
Triple or use my existing equipment on a Dolan Preffisio frame
..I live in a very hilly area and usually do a minimum of 30 miles a day
but occasionally do a trip of 70 miles...Any advice or suggestions
appreciated...Both the Trek and the Specialized got good writeups in the
C/Plus mag...

You don't see very many reviews of Dolan bikes/frames in glossy mags.
The Prefissio is supposedly available in September according to the web
site - I've just been there to order a frame for my posh fixie for this
summer. Mine is the second to last Dolan Pre-Cursa on the special offers
page here (Steady now, this could cost you money!)
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/

I'm a Dolan fan, so guess what I'm likely to recommend...

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JimP

" " - John Cage

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:23:53 +0100, Jim Price wrote:

Ted wrote:
I am thinking about upgrading my bike..Whilst the frame is about
40 years old the equipment (Campag Veloce Mavic m2 etc) is only
a couple of years old and is in excellent condition..
I don't know if I should get a new Trek 100 a Specialized Allez
Triple or use my existing equipment on a Dolan Preffisio frame
..I live in a very hilly area and usually do a minimum of 30 miles a day
but occasionally do a trip of 70 miles...Any advice or suggestions
appreciated...Both the Trek and the Specialized got good writeups in the
C/Plus mag...

You don't see very many reviews of Dolan bikes/frames in glossy mags.
The Prefissio is supposedly available in September according to the web
site - I've just been there to order a frame for my posh fixie for this
summer. Mine is the second to last Dolan Pre-Cursa on the special offers
page here (Steady now, this could cost you money!)
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/

I'm a Dolan fan, so guess what I'm likely to recommend...

Way out of my league.....I am paying for the new bike from
my oap so money is quite tight..Also do not think this suitable
for touring around with a saddlebag :-)
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Regards
Ted Wager
Using Ubuntu Linux

Ted wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:23:53 +0100, Jim Price wrote:

Ted wrote:
I am thinking about upgrading my bike..Whilst the frame is about
40 years old the equipment (Campag Veloce Mavic m2 etc) is only
a couple of years old and is in excellent condition..
I don't know if I should get a new Trek 100 a Specialized Allez
Triple or use my existing equipment on a Dolan Preffisio frame
..I live in a very hilly area and usually do a minimum of 30 miles a day
but occasionally do a trip of 70 miles...Any advice or suggestions
appreciated...Both the Trek and the Specialized got good writeups in the
C/Plus mag...

You don't see very many reviews of Dolan bikes/frames in glossy mags.
The Prefissio is supposedly available in September according to the web
site - I've just been there to order a frame for my posh fixie for this
summer. Mine is the second to last Dolan Pre-Cursa on the special offers
page here (Steady now, this could cost you money!)
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/

I'm a Dolan fan, so guess what I'm likely to recommend...

Way out of my league.....I am paying for the new bike from
my oap so money is quite tight..Also do not think this suitable
for touring around with a saddlebag :-)

Er, now I'm confused. Above you suggested it was a choice between two
~£500 bikes or a £275 frame available in September as documented he
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/en-us/dept_57.html
I wasn't suggesting the Pre-Cursa - that was just the reason I happened
to be looking at the Dolan web site, and it was only £100 anyway. There
are other bikes on that site which are a lot more, but I didn't mention
any of those. There is even a cheaper frame which would be suitable for
touring around with a saddlebag he
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/en-us/dept_116.html
Did I miss something?

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JimP

" " - John Cage

in message , Ted
') wrote:

I am thinking about upgrading my bike..Whilst the frame is about
40 years old the equipment (Campag Veloce Mavic m2 etc) is only
a couple of years old and is in excellent condition..
I don't know if I should get a new Trek 100 a Specialized Allez
Triple or use my existing equipment on a Dolan Preffisio frame
..I live in a very hilly area and usually do a minimum of 30 miles a
day but occasionally do a trip of 70 miles...Any advice or suggestions
appreciated...Both the Trek and the Specialized got good writeups in
the C/Plus mag...

If you've already got good kit, why pay for a complete bike? If you've
got a budget, then a budget which will buy a mediocre bike will buy a
really good frame.

Then again, what's wrong with your existing frame?

A very nice way of improving an existing bike is to fit a pair of lighter
wheels.

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(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; ... exposing the violence incoherent in the system...

in message , Jim Price
') wrote:

Ted wrote:
I am thinking about upgrading my bike..Whilst the frame is about
40 years old the equipment (Campag Veloce Mavic m2 etc) is only
a couple of years old and is in excellent condition..
I don't know if I should get a new Trek 100 a Specialized Allez
Triple or use my existing equipment on a Dolan Preffisio frame
..I live in a very hilly area and usually do a minimum of 30 miles a
day but occasionally do a trip of 70 miles...Any advice or suggestions
appreciated...Both the Trek and the Specialized got good writeups in
the C/Plus mag...

You don't see very many reviews of Dolan bikes/frames in glossy mags.
The Prefissio is supposedly available in September according to the web
site - I've just been there to order a frame for my posh fixie for this
summer. Mine is the second to last Dolan Pre-Cursa on the special
offers page here (Steady now, this could cost you money!)
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/

I'm a Dolan fan, so guess what I'm likely to recommend...

Oh, absolutely. Me too. My good road bike is a Dolan, and if I get myself
a new winter bike it will probably be a Dolan too.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

'graveyards are full of indispensable people'

Jim Price wrote:

Ted wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:23:53 +0100, Jim Price wrote:

Ted wrote:
I am thinking about upgrading my bike..Whilst the frame is about
40 years old the equipment (Campag Veloce Mavic m2 etc) is only
a couple of years old and is in excellent condition..
I don't know if I should get a new Trek 100 a Specialized Allez
Triple or use my existing equipment on a Dolan Preffisio frame
..I live in a very hilly area and usually do a minimum of 30
miles a day but occasionally do a trip of 70 miles...Any advice
or suggestions appreciated...Both the Trek and the Specialized
got good writeups in the C/Plus mag...

You don't see very many reviews of Dolan bikes/frames in glossy
mags. The Prefissio is supposedly available in September according
to the web site - I've just been there to order a frame for my
posh fixie for this summer. Mine is the second to last Dolan
Pre-Cursa on the special offers page here (Steady now, this could
cost you money!) http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/

I'm a Dolan fan, so guess what I'm likely to recommend...

Way out of my league.....I am paying for the new bike from
my oap so money is quite tight..Also do not think this suitable
for touring around with a saddlebag :-)

Er, now I'm confused. Above you suggested it was a choice between
two ~£500 bikes or a £275 frame available in September as documented
he http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/en-us/dept_57.html
I wasn't suggesting the Pre-Cursa - that was just the reason I
happened to be looking at the Dolan web site, and it was only £100
anyway. There are other bikes on that site which are a lot more, but
I didn't mention any of those. There is even a cheaper frame which
would be suitable for touring around with a saddlebag he
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/en-us/dept_116.html
Did I miss something?

Thanks for the url..I certainly missed it....Looks like what I
need...
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Regards
Ted Wager
High Peak UK
Using PCLinuxos