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Volagi: The Will To Go

Hello everyone:

Volagi is a new brand with its first offering being Liscio, Italian for smooth.
Its a carbon road bike with disc brakes
aero tubing
and the LongBowFlex Stay, which effectively smooths out the rough stuff.

High modulus 24/30t carbon fiber, monocoque design
BB30 bottom bracket
Avid BB7 Road disc brakes
compact gearing
24mm wide rims.

3 groups offered
Dura Ace at about $4500
Ultegra at about $3600
Rival at about $2900

Dura Ace and Ultegra get FSA SL-K compact, carbon cranks with 25/11t corsets
while, Rival gets FSA Gossamer compact crankset, and a 28/11t cogset

all the bikes are spec'd with FSA compact bars.
the DA bike gets the carbon version.

Rival has 32h 3x wheels with J-bend spokes, 24mm (w) x 19mm (h) rim, brass nipples stainless steel eyelets. Think Open Pro (esq)

DA and Ultegra get straight pull hubs, with a rim 24mm (w) x 24mm (h) 2x with brass nipples. semi-aero

a 30mm deep carbon aero wheelset is also available as an up charge.

a couple of quick reviews from BikeRumor

http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/04/20/...ights-details/

http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/07/07/...ake-road-bike/

Volagi News: http://volagi.com/news
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