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jbeattie writes:
Fuji touring bike. https://www.performancebike.com/shop...e-2018-31-8654 [...] Even cheaper at Nashbar. https://www.bikenashbar.com/cycling/...ing-bike-nb-tr Thank you, Fuji and Nashbar added Oh, I forgot one thing on my "demand list", rim brakes! -- underground experts exiled |
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Sepp Ruf writes:
Shipping to SWE: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/se/en/fuji-touring-road-bike-2018/rp-prod166407 8806 SEK! Great! Anyone has any experience from if not this bike in particular but the brand? Fuji, quality Japanese/Taiwan/China stuff? -- underground experts exiled |
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On Thu, 24 May 2018 20:34:12 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote: John B. writes: I think that you are getting all tangled up in definitions. Try the Blayley's site. I think in one description The Fixie Pixie (the female member of the team) describes a Brevet Bike (what you are calling a Randonneuring Bike) as "reliable and comfortable has enough storage capacity that you can carry what you need for the distance and conditions (including clothes and tools) and/or store what you no longer need, and since the longer brevets require lights and usually involve sustained night riding, a bike used for longer brevets should have reliable long-lasting lights". Which might equally well describe a long distance touring bike :-) I'm getting all tangled up? Because that's what *I* said, basically Your just posted questions about the Fuji touring bike is an example. Whoopee! Real Elios 2CrMo! But in a quick perusal of the Fuji site I found no technical specs of the frame tube sets. So how great is it? (In comparison have a look at the upper end of the Columbus tube sets where they list the chemical and physical specs of each of the available tubes. In some cases where the heat treatment is critical specific temperatures and times (where required) are listed. Some years ago a guy got together with a custom frame maker and they built two frames. One from a specific tube maker's top end tube sets and a second from the same tube maker's lowest end stuff. If memory serves the only physical difference in the two frames was the color. Pink in one case and blue in the other. They when the frames were completed they built two bicycles and gather a group of the most vocal pundits to evaluate them. What they discovered was that there was no consistency whatsoever in the evaluations. One mob would pick the "low end" tube set bike and rave about the road holding and great ride while a second mob would be writing an equally enthusiastic report about the great ride and unbelievably great cornering of the frame built from the "high end stuff". Ask Frank for the details if you are interested as I believe he maintains a file of that sort of information :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Thu, 24 May 2018 20:53:56 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote: jbeattie writes: Fuji touring bike. https://www.performancebike.com/shop...e-2018-31-8654 [...] Even cheaper at Nashbar. https://www.bikenashbar.com/cycling/...ing-bike-nb-tr Thank you, Fuji and Nashbar added Oh, I forgot one thing on my "demand list", rim brakes! But why? When I was a little fellow I had a bike, for a while, that had no brakes at all. Just drag your feet to stop. Much lighter then actual brake sets complete with cables. (I will admit however that by the age of 12 I had learned how to repair lever brakes and went back to using them (with appropriate claims of superiority :-)) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 5/24/2018 2:39 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Duane writes: No, it’s just a touring bike like you can find anywhere. Mine was a Bianchi Volpe purchased in a typical bike shop in Albany NY. If that’s what you’re looking for you should have your pick. Bianchi Volpe, thanks, I'll add that to the list of possible bikes. A friend of mine has a Bianchi Volpe and likes it very much. Disclaimer: She's not an expert cyclist. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Fri, 25 May 2018 00:14:00 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 5/24/2018 2:39 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Duane writes: No, it’s just a touring bike like you can find anywhere. Mine was a Bianchi Volpe purchased in a typical bike shop in Albany NY. If that’s what you’re looking for you should have your pick. Bianchi Volpe, thanks, I'll add that to the list of possible bikes. A friend of mine has a Bianchi Volpe and likes it very much. Disclaimer: She's not an expert cyclist. But in essence, isn't that "IT"? If you firmly believe that in picking this whatever, be it bicycle frame, motor car, or female partner in life, that "You got the Good One" your life is going to be a lot more satisfactory then if one goes through life with a faint feeling that you, "should have taken the other one" :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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Frank Krygowski writes:
A friend of mine has a Bianchi Volpe and likes it very much. Disclaimer: She's not an expert cyclist. Good! Because it is just a bike. Perhaps she is good at something else instead. On the Fuji bike, can one get a rack for the front/front sides (2 or 3 bags), as well, and a pair of them vertical/horizontal extentions (?) to the brake levers so one can get to them (the brakes) from other hand positions? Tires only 32 tho. That's too thin IMO. -- underground experts exiled |
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On 5/24/2018 11:14 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 5/24/2018 2:39 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Duane writes: No, it’s just a touring bike like you can find anywhere. Mine was a Bianchi Volpe purchased in a typical bike shop in Albany NY. If that’s what you’re looking for you should have your pick. Bianchi Volpe, thanks, I'll add that to the list of possible bikes. A friend of mine has a Bianchi Volpe and likes it very much. Disclaimer: She's not an expert cyclist. High praise indeed! -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 25/05/2018 8:08 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Frank Krygowski writes: A friend of mine has a Bianchi Volpe and likes it very much. Disclaimer: She's not an expert cyclist. Good! Because it is just a bike. Perhaps she is good at something else instead. On the Fuji bike, can one get a rack for the front/front sides (2 or 3 bags), as well, and a pair of them vertical/horizontal extentions (?) to the brake levers so one can get to them (the brakes) from other hand positions? Tires only 32 tho. That's too thin IMO. You are really looking for a loaded touring bike then. The Volpe is what used to be called a Sports Touring bike. Probably closer to what someone would use to do brevets. Mine was a 90s model but even then I'm not sure tires much bigger than 32 would fit. No idea what the current models are like. |
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Duane wrote:
On 25/05/2018 8:08 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Frank Krygowski writes: A friend of mine has a Bianchi Volpe and likes it very much. Disclaimer: She's not an expert cyclist. Good! Because it is just a bike. Perhaps she is good at something else instead. On the Fuji bike, can one get a rack for the front/front sides (2 or 3 bags), as well, and a pair of them vertical/horizontal extentions (?) to the brake levers so one can get to them (the brakes) from other hand positions? Tires only 32 tho. That's too thin IMO. You are really looking for a loaded touring bike then. The Volpe is what used to be called a Sports Touring bike. Probably closer to what someone would use to do brevets. Mine was a 90s model but even then I'm not sure tires much bigger than 32 would fit. No idea what the current models are like. Sounds like he wants my bike. Surly Long Haul Trucker. Front and rear racks and fenders. Dynamo hub and lights. Cross levers so you can brake while upright. Long wheelbase so your shoes don't clip your panniers. CroMo frame. 36 spoke wheels. Mountain gearing for long hills while carrying 50 lbs of baggage. 3 water bottle mounts on the frame. Blah, blah, blah... |
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