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Old 09-19-10 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by RoboMonkey
Did you get to ride one? The tubing looks pretty thin for bamboo. It's hard to tell from that picture, but it looks similar to the diameter I used on my second frame, which flexed a lot while riding in higher gears.
Unfortunately I did not. It was a display model they had up on a table at a local cycling party event thingy.

The guy said he used it as his daily ride, though, and they seemed like they were staying pretty busy selling the frames.
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