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Old 12-09-13 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
I don't know about that. These are not cross racing bikes, everything linked here is copping cross style for a go-anywhere bike. This class of bike offers fender clearance over medium tires on 700c rims. You can see it looking at the space between the tire and the seat tube. Wheelbase of CrossRip and 520 is just about identical. 29er mountain bikes are longer...
Sorry. I should have said that the chainstays on a cross bike are short. The Trek 520 has 45 cm chainstays and the CrossRip has 43 cm chainstays. That can cause some heel strike issues for people with medium to large feet.
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