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04-06.-2008, 11:01 AM
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Re: Need a 17" Touring BIke with 27" Wheels
> A Muzi wrote:
>> Since she just left here on a new Bianchi Volpe with Michelin 700-28 >> it seems to have worked out OK. SMS wrote: > Good choice. I see that Trek finally corrected the crankset problem on > the 520 after so many years. For 2008 it's 50/39/30, for 2007 it was > 52/42/30. The Volpe is 28/38/48T, which is better for loaded touring, > though I really like the 48-36-26t on the Surly LHT. > I notice that the Volpe doesn't have the front low-rider rack braze-ons. > Too bad. Many feel that a banded upper lowrider mount is preferable to a hole in the fork blade. That's more a quibble than a crisis on an otherwise exceptional touring bike. p.s. a subset of Volpe owners ask for 53t outers despite 48x11 = 118 inches! -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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