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Originally Posted by
crazyb
I used to have a u08 and found it to be very dead feeling, not bad, just run of the mill. And really all I was saying was that there isn't much difference between the two.
Actually, I was sort of agreeing with you. The dead feeling you describe could be as much due to wheels as to the frame. (My UO8 has good wheels.) With goo designe the frame material is mostly a matter of weight.
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