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Old 01-20-10 | 10:07 AM
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From: Beautiful Downtown Burbank

Bikes: Habanero Ti ,Trek Pilot 2.1 , Niner Jet9 29'r, Giant Cadex 380

Originally Posted by datlas
Hence your avatar??

Actually, I do feel a smidge "guilty" buying a non-USA made frame...but an equivalent custom Ti build from a reputable USA framebuilder would have easily cost 2-3 times as much as the Hab.

I have not taken it on any "real" rides yet (just around the neighborhood since the streets are full of salt and gunk) but so far it's all good.
Exactly...I had to have a Habanero avatar.

I felt a bit guilty as well....but so many others are also made outside the usa....Plus Mark was awesome to deal with....and the price was incredible.
It allowed me to afford better components!

I have had mine 14 months....have over 5000miles on it.....still loving it!
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