Waste of a perfectly good CAAD9!
06-19-09, 07:53 PM
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Again, wrong. Vertical dropouts are not a limiting factor at all.
What makes the CAAD9 a great ss/fg road bike is the fact that it's a great road frame, and that has nothing to do with the shape of the dropouts. The reality is that you simply don't get frames with the sophistication found in a modern road frame but with track ends or horizontal dropouts. If you see that as a limitation so be it, in reality it isn't a limitation at all.
What makes the CAAD9 a great ss/fg road bike is the fact that it's a great road frame, and that has nothing to do with the shape of the dropouts. The reality is that you simply don't get frames with the sophistication found in a modern road frame but with track ends or horizontal dropouts. If you see that as a limitation so be it, in reality it isn't a limitation at all.
Specialized Langster = Allez with track ends.
Felt Dispatch/Gridloc - Alloy road frames with track ends.
Bianchi Freemont
Giant Bowery
Cannondale Capo
i'm sure there are a few more out there, but those are the ones off the top of my head.
06-19-09, 07:58 PM
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06-20-09, 12:32 AM
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I absolutely LOVE the sticker scheme.
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Don't forget the Trek T1 and Trek Soho (which I've seen converted to road fixies)
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06-20-09, 07:42 AM
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i love that people on this forum of all places are talking about the economic sense of doing this!!! most of the people on this forum are probably riding bikes that dont make economic sense for their use.
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