Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
I have a Lotus Challenger, clearly one of their entry level bikes. Despite the stem shifters and turkey wing brake levers, the over-all bike speaks clearly of quality. The frame is double butted, Tange 900, Cro-mo steel. The rims are Araya alloy 27" QRs. The derailers are Suntour AR and the brake levers, although they have turkey wings, are hooded. I've said in previous posts, not just here, that IMHO Lotus and Shogun made some of the nicest entry level bikes. I've never owned one of their higher end bikes, but I would not pass one up if it showed up where I find most of my bikes.
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