Thread: $1,000 budget, 95% commuting, 5% touring
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Old 12-27-13 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DVC45
You're in luck then. There's a lot to choose from in aluminum.
http://redlinebicycles.com/bikes/2014-metro-sport/
Alloy frame,ok. Alloy fork,not so much.

YMMV,but my carpel tunnel won't take an alloy fork unless I've got at least 1.5" tires under it. I had an older Conquest Sport Disc and wound up getting rid of it after I found my DBX SuperSport. The CF fork on the DBX made that big of a difference.
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