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17-04.-2008, 01:54 AM
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Anyone seen or ridden Swobo's bikes?
I hadn't ever heard of them (they make apparel apparently) but I was in the local bike shop looking at the TREK Soho S and came across a Swobo three speed with a front disk brake. I _like_ having some speeds; the Trek was a fixed gear bike you see. But it was nice man. Anywho, the price point between the two was two hundred dollars, in the Trek's favor- enough to consider buying it over the other and retrofitting it to suit my needs. Both bikes were strong, simple, and inky in their paint jobs. Only thing I would wish for was instead of $200 difference, they'd actually sell for $200. TBerk |
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17-04.-2008, 10:55 AM
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Re: Anyone seen or ridden Swobo's bikes?
TBerk wrote:
> > I hadn't ever heard of them (they make apparel apparently) but I was > in the local bike shop looking at the TREK Soho S and came across a > Swobo three speed with a front disk brake. > > I _like_ having some speeds; the Trek was a fixed gear bike you see. > But it was nice man. > > Anywho, the price point between the two was two hundred dollars, in > the Trek's favor- enough to consider buying it over the other and > retrofitting it to suit my needs. > And Trek is NOT known for being less expensive than the competition. > Both bikes were strong, simple, and inky in their paint jobs. Only > thing I would wish for was instead of $200 difference, they'd actually > sell for $200. > The website <http://www.swobo.com/> looks entirely to "hip", which is a great turnoff for us practical minded people who do not give a damn about image. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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17-04.-2008, 11:25 AM
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Re: Anyone seen or ridden Swobo's bikes?
In article <fu6am1$jf5$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Tom Sherman
<sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote: > The website <http://www.swobo.com/> looks entirely to "hip", which is a > great turnoff for us practical minded people who do not give a damn > about image. The website might be stylish, but the bikes aren't. Those are some kinda ugly welds. Dan |
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20-04.-2008, 12:06 AM
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Re: Anyone seen or ridden Swobo's bikes?
On Apr 16, 7:25 pm, Dan Becker <No...@address.invalid> wrote:
> In article <fu6am1$jf...@registered.motzarella.org>, Tom Sherman > > <sunsetss0...@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote: > > The website <http://www.swobo.com/> looks entirely to "hip", which is a > > great turnoff for us practical minded people who do not give a damn > > about image. > > The website might be stylish, but the bikes aren't. Those are some > kinda ugly welds. > > Dan Yeah, the bike looks both 'practical' and at the same time it has these shopping cart stencils on the seat cover and elsewhere. I think because they aren't a big company they'd need to charge a bit more but this seems like a lot for a bike. (I know, I know.) The welds to attract the eye, even in person. But on a black frame you don't see them as much as hi-rez pics w/ studio lighting. What I'm after is a good strong, low key, efficient bike. (While I'm selling an impracticable car for a more practical one at the moment- I spend most of my travels on a bike & transit.) I've hybridized the Mongoose frame I found in a lot with one bent rim and missing pieces but sometimes window shopping can drag you in. TBerk |
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