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New Road bike advice needed....
Hey Rob,
Bought a bike yet? Check this out: http://www.cyclingforums.com/t36259.html -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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New Road bike advice needed....
hey bob
if you like it, I can give it to you bit cheaper. contact me if you are interested. I reckon my avanti is pretty good setup, I put a lot of efford upgrade and maintain it. Alan -- Alan http://kusamochi.yi.org:222 -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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New Road bike advice needed....
hey bob
if you like it, I can give it to you bit cheaper. contact me if you are interested. I reckon my avanti is pretty good setup, I put a lot of efford upgrade and maintain it. Alan -- Alan http://kusamochi.yi.org:222 -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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New Road bike advice needed....
Rob Woozle wrote:
I am a MTBer who wants a road bike mainly for commuting but also for the odd triathlon and some training when I want some variety. $$$ are severely limited and I am hovering between an Avanti Edge, Avanti Sprint or the Giant OCR3. All are less than a grand which is my budget. Any recommendations or other bikes I should look at? Thanks, Rob Out of the three, I would go for the Giant. However, I was recently in the market for a new cheap road bike to replace my commuting one. I considered Merida 901 and 902 and Trek 1000. But I ended up with a LearSport bike. I'd recommend you take a look at their line up. The price is very attractive. The Shimano components are the same regardless of the brand. The frame would be under question. The workmanship looks as good as other brands, and they offer 15 years warranty on the frame. This was convincing for me. The Lear7700 is based on pure Tiagra and a carbon fork which sells for $1099. An equivalent of this bike from a major brand with such a fork will fetch at least $700 more. -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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New Road bike advice needed....
Rob Woozle wrote:
I am a MTBer who wants a road bike mainly for commuting but also for the odd triathlon and some training when I want some variety. $$$ are severely limited and I am hovering between an Avanti Edge, Avanti Sprint or the Giant OCR3. All are less than a grand which is my budget. Any recommendations or other bikes I should look at? Thanks, Rob Out of the three, I would go for the Giant. However, I was recently in the market for a new cheap road bike to replace my commuting one. I considered Merida 901 and 902 and Trek 1000. But I ended up with a LearSport bike. I'd recommend you take a look at their line up. The price is very attractive. The Shimano components are the same regardless of the brand. The frame would be under question. The workmanship looks as good as other brands, and they offer 15 years warranty on the frame. This was convincing for me. The Lear7700 is based on pure Tiagra and a carbon fork which sells for $1099. An equivalent of this bike from a major brand with such a fork will fetch at least $700 more. -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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