Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
I wish they delt with the NoTubes rims. I am sure he can get them.
bought a road bike
- Thread starter SuperJETT
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I know several people are going to say "I told you so", but my road frame cracked the headtube just over 2 weeks ago. Top/bottom cracks were around 1/2 the total length and since it's aluminum, the frame was junk.
I bought a Motobecane (bikesdirect) Fantom CX cyclocross frame/fork and Cane Creek cantilever brakes and swapped the rest of my stuff over to it. ~$300 total to switch over to a stronger frame with rack mounts for the light touring I want to do. I had just bought the new compact crankset, so eventually I'll upgrade the shifters and wheels, but I'm very happy with my setup.
The frame is very very nice, allegedly a rebadged Fuji, even has the diamond shaped downtube the Fuji Cross Comp has. It feels a little more relaxed and the steel fork definitely smoothed things out over my old aluminum one.
I bought a Motobecane (bikesdirect) Fantom CX cyclocross frame/fork and Cane Creek cantilever brakes and swapped the rest of my stuff over to it. ~$300 total to switch over to a stronger frame with rack mounts for the light touring I want to do. I had just bought the new compact crankset, so eventually I'll upgrade the shifters and wheels, but I'm very happy with my setup.
The frame is very very nice, allegedly a rebadged Fuji, even has the diamond shaped downtube the Fuji Cross Comp has. It feels a little more relaxed and the steel fork definitely smoothed things out over my old aluminum one.
WaveDemon
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- Hell, Florida
that sucks!
I've got a Windsor (rebadged Fugi) track frame you could have for cheap. it's not even broken.
I've got a Windsor (rebadged Fugi) track frame you could have for cheap. it's not even broken.
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
LOL.
I offered him a Carbon Trek frame that is approx 16-17 years old, he snubbed me!
I offered him a Carbon Trek frame that is approx 16-17 years old, he snubbed me!
WaveDemon
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- Location
- Hell, Florida
yea but mine came from bikes direct, his favorite bike supplier.
that sucks!
I've got a Windsor (rebadged Fugi) track frame you could have for cheap. it's not even broken.
The GT is what broke, I replaced it with the Moto. $200 for frame/fork from bikeisland, it's hard to be to just get back on the road.
I almost bought a Kona Jake the Snake complete bike but since I already had the new compact crankset which is a really nice one, I decided to go this route. I'll upgrade to 10 speed later this year and new wheels and will have a completely new bike for less $$$ than the Kona, though I still like the Kona.