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Old 11-15-13 | 02:43 AM
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acidfast7
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From: England / CPH

Bikes: 2010 Cube Acid / 2013 Mango FGSS

as a person who lived in Germany for a while, it looks like common low-end German city bike.

shimano Tourney is fine and once it's adjusted, it's set for life

pull the trigger as you won't find a better deal on a bike in the US.

it's just a cheaper version of this which is considered to be an excellent value over here:

http://www.cube.eu/en/bikes/tour/tow...rey-white-men/

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also, i don't think you'll get much support for that type of bike on BF commuting because people (except those that have lived/traveled extensively abroad) will have any appreciation for them (as evidenced by the first few posts who suggested a sidewall generator while dumping on the bike ... ... goes to show whose opinion one should trust). same with the suspension ... there are literally millions of bikes sold with the same low-end suspension in the EU every year and they're fine ... they're actually quite nice for urban riding over here and won't be bad as some here suggest ... again because they have no experience with urban suspension fork (nor with dynamos or kickstands which are super useful in general). here, you'll get a response from people commuting on CX and race bikes ... which isn't super useful for your questions.

but feel free to ask me anything about those style of bikes and to take any non-European opinion with a grain of salt as they have no frame of reference.

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