Originally Posted by
sthomper
thanks. the only other aluminum frame full-size bike i had was a mid 90s glue bonded trek 7000 i believe. i have since had a thing for the oversize aluminum. this bike had the componetry i was looking for...mainly an internal gear hub for low maintenace. i guess there is about 500 miles on this bike and it has done well. the frame has such a predictable pleasant solidness to it i look forward to riding it.
I wanted to test ride the Metropolis while I was narrowing down my choices for an IGH bike. Unfortunately, the only RM dealer here in town wasn't willing to stock them and therefore didn't want to order one in just so I could test ride it. Ditto the Brodie Ocho (he's also the only Brodie dealer in town) so I've never seen either bike in person. BTW I ended up with a Norco Ceres and I couldn't be happier, but I still would have liked to test ride the other 2 bikes.