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Old 12-04-10 | 10:36 PM
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Tricross seems like a nice bike. Looks like it has fender eyelets and rear rack eyelets. Internal cabling is nice, carbon fork is standard, base model is 8 speed, $400 more gets you Tiagra. Aluminum frame is probably nice, but you may enjoy steel more. Selling you what's on the floor is sometimes ok, other times not.

Masi seems nicer with the a steel frame Speciale CX and eyelets for fenders and racks front and rear. Better touring bike perhaps. The more i commute, the more I want a touring bike. Looks great and the LBS sounds like they want to better serve their customer. I probably wouldn't mind the Uno since I'd have money for a second set of wheels and would just swap my Ultegra components over.

The KHS, well, I'd pass personally. Probably be fine and to the job, but it's an ugly frame with sloping top tube and bent rear stays, not as high end as the Masi and low mix of components. Price is in a different ballpark though so it depends on your budget. Did I mention its ugly?

I'd consider your budget and what you really want to do with it. If you really want one single bike you can put road wheels on and go fast on, put knobbies on and hit light trails, and then throw fenders on and do some commuting/touring then spending a little more for the best you can afford is critical.

I'd go for the Masi for 30 miles a day of commuting.
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