Originally Posted by
bud16415
I Have a Windsor Tourist and was glad to see you had your LBS put the bike together. I had suggested to people to ask about doing that who were worried about doing the assembly themselves. My shop has never had any issues about working on mine.
If I could ask what did they charge to do the work and what all tuning did they say it needed?
Pretty bike Looks fun to ride.
They charged me $40 to put it together. It required no real tuning. They just double checked everything, like wheel tuning, etc.
The bike seems to be really built well.
Originally Posted by
a1penguin
The panniers look like a great choice. Are you going to do any touring with it or are those just for your commute? Not a bad looking bike at all.
Mostly commuting, but I may try some long rides with it as well.
Originally Posted by
pkulak
I always thought it would be awkward to ask a LBS to put together a bike for me that I bought online. But, the worst is that they say no, I suppose.
They knew I wanted to buy a bike from them, but they could not get the bike I originally wanted. I try to support my LBS when I can, and they were happy to do the work on this bike. I guess these days work is work.
Originally Posted by
dynodonn
Looks similar to the frame that my Moto had, if it is the same frame, it will be fine for a low powered rider and the flats/minor hills, but will turn into a wet noodle when the prod is put to it.
Yes, I noticed when I put the power down it was a noodle but I expected that from this bike. The tradeoff is that it sucks the bumps in the road up amazingly.
Originally Posted by
alexaschwanden
Nice bike.
Thank You!
Originally Posted by
Scooby214
I also have the 3 speed version of this bike, the Windsor Oxford. I changed out the bars, though the original bars were not too bad. I also like the saddle and grips that came on the bike. This bike has a good geometry for commuting. I've put exactly 899.20 miles on my Windsor Oxford 3 speed since it arrived on February 9 (mostly commuting miles).
It is good to hear you have put some good miles on your bike and had success with it. After riding this bike with the 8 Speed Internal Hub and the way it shifts, it is hard to go back to my Cervelo with Ultegra because of how smooth this Nexus is. I mean it does not even make a noise. You hear the click from twisting the gear selector and boom instantly in the new gear.
Ryan