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Old 09-12-05 | 08:36 AM
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Bikes: Haro Backtrail 20" (MISSING), Fuji Berkeley fixie, Huffy cruisercommuterdeathmobile

I don't mean to derail but...

I saw it online and though it was pretty cool--like the decals, color, etc. Then I saw it in person and thought, eh, not so much. The pedals look like poo, and those stick-on brake things are kind of odd--crooked on the one I saw. The hubs look similar in design to my Velocity/IRO hubs, so you can probably get good bearings for 'em as long as you can keep from stripping the threads. The seat made me cringe just a tiny bit, but who knows, it may work. The clearances aren't very tight, which may bother track purists (I think the Fuji Track is tighter).

The big advantage to this bike is that it comes with about everything you could want to make any setup of fixed/SS road bike you're likely to want, so I've got to commend Raleigh on that. Just please get rid of those awful pedals.
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