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Old 07-16-08, 03:47 PM
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Slavic
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I work in a bike shop and happen to build quite a few of both of these models. In my experience, the Trek cruisers tend to be a little better put together (Electras tend to need a bit of wheel truing out of the box, as well as needing a lot of lube on the cables) though both are essentially the same component rise and especially so if they're spec'd with internally geared hubs. That said, either can be made to work well for their purposes, and you could probably make an argument for a wheel trued by a mechanic being better than a machine built wheel that didn't need to be touched in the first place.

Either way, you should be fine. Pick whichever color you like better?
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