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05-17-11 | 08:42 AM

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invisiblehand

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Originally Posted by bhkyte

I remembered the link to the twin downtube bike I referred to earlier in thread .Thought it had 26 " but only 20" wheels

Possibly called a "gaap" in asian form, or a " landfreeR20" (possibly a joke suggestion?)

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...width-opinions.....

http://translate.google.com/translat...sl=zh-CN&tl=en

http://translate.google.com/translat...sl=zh-CN&tl=en

A bike forum user called "ZEPI" bought one on ebay

Just based on old conversations, I recall that a lot of these Asian bikes had weight limits that exclude a decent proportion of Americans/Europeans.

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