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Who still makes non-compact frame road bikes?
On 04/27/2012 03:17 PM, SMS wrote:
On 4/27/2012 12:04 PM, Duane wrote: On 04/27/2012 01:08 PM, SMS wrote: On 4/27/2012 9:48 AM, Arthur Shapiro wrote: In , wrote: I told him to go with a Habanero titanium with Shimano 105. Habanero is the obvious choice, and one can still purchase them without the arguably-silly threadless headsets. That's true, but since the threaded forks and headsets have become almost a boutique item, it now costs more for threaded. A threaded headset and fork are preferable of course, but I don't think he'd pay two hundred dollars more for it. You can correct the biggest problem with threadless headsets with some after-market devices, i.e. see http://www.octagoncycles.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oQYbZeQW0M. For his riding, the Surly Pacer would be ideal, and still about $600 less than the Habanero even once he had the crankset changed to a triple. I believe that the Bianchi CRO-Moly bikes are still non-compact frames. http://www.bianchiusa.com/bikes/road/ They've wrecked those too. Not quite compact, but "modified." Even the steel ones toward the bottom? Looking at the Volpe, the frame looks very similar to my Volpe from 1994. |
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