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Old 10-23-12, 07:33 AM
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mr,grumpy 
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Originally Posted by mr,grumpy
I guess it's a moot point for now. I wound up picking up a Trecky Fisher for next to free. 26er with *gasp* rim brakes but still worlds better than the 20 year old Diamond Back that I'm riding now.

So I lined the GF up along side my (beloved) 820. The GF has no sticker so i measured it out at 17in. the (actual)Trek was labeled as a 19. The bottom of the line Trek 820 was about the some size as the, supposedly two inch smaller Fisher AND, to my poorly trained naked eye, had a more aggressive geometry than the High-speed Gary Fisher bike. It also weighs about double the Fisher's weight.
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