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09-07-05, 02:17 AM

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Raiyn

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Originally Posted by tannermsmith

I was overwhelmed myself with the close similarities of these bikes and perhaps the best piece of advice (courtesty of Raiyn) is to go test ride them, see which one feels the best, then go off of the componentry,

Glad you liked that bit.

Here it is again:
The #1 thing is "Does the bike FEEL right?" components are a secondary concern (You really don't want ***** components but it's still not as important as feel.) It's my opinion that buying a bike is 80% FEEL and 20% everything else.

The 20% is easy to change. The 80%? Not so much

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