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Location: South Florida
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Bikes: Techna Wheelchair and a Sun EZ 3 Recumbent Trike
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Welcome to the forum! OK, my best advice, since all your options are nice bikes:
Buy the bike that makes your heart race in lust. That's the bike you're going to ride. As to the carbon bits on the Giant? Don't sweat it. CF is used in building jet aircraft. I was a carbon skeptic until I researched it more, and it's actually, in most applications, stronger than steel. This is only accurate if the frame is not crash damaged, though.
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