Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Giant Bowery or Kilo TT

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databike
08-20-09, 02:56 AM
http://velosportbicycles.com/product/giant-bowery-48762-1.htm

or

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/mercier/kilott.htm

which do you prefer.

rogwilco
08-20-09, 03:04 AM
Just going by looks, I vastly prefer the Mercier - much "cleaner" and consistent imo. It's also a lot cheaper.
sanderswm
08-20-09, 09:43 AM
The Bowery rides very stiff. I was looking at it or the Bianchi Pista and went with the Pista. It also looks much uglier in person.

no name
08-20-09, 11:17 AM
To each his own, i have a bowery and like it a lot. I like the bigger tube aluminum stuff though, some people don't. Mine rides nice, not too rough. I got mine for $400 even. Just my two cents.
Scalawag
08-20-09, 11:27 AM
the bowery's geometry looks pretty strange to me...
no name
08-20-09, 11:34 AM
Some people don't like sloping top tubes, some don't mind.
dougland89
08-20-09, 11:47 AM
steel>aluminum
Kilo>Bowery
Kilo's Looks>Bowery's looks
Non compact geometry>compact geometry
Non ugly pain>ugly paint
see where I'm going with this?

The Bowery SUCKS